DETROIT - Jay Leno was warned he may need a doctor, but went through with eating a 125-year-old fruitcake anyway.
"Is it crystalized," Leno said before eating a small bite pried from the cake with a pocketknife.
"It needs more time," he said after a deliberate chew.
Morgan Ford, 83, of Tecumseh, was Leno's guest on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno." He brought his great-grandmother Fidelia Bates' fruitcake to Burbank, Calif., to share a piece with Leno for Tuesday's night's show.
Ford is the caretaker of the fruitcake, which has been handed down through generations.
Ford's daughter, Julie Ruttinger, of Tecumseh, e-mailed "The Tonight Show" recently about her family's antique fruitcake after seeing "The Fruitcake Lady" on the show. She wanted to tell them "we've got the real fruitcake."
He's a braver person than I am.
"Is it crystalized," Leno said before eating a small bite pried from the cake with a pocketknife.
"It needs more time," he said after a deliberate chew.
Morgan Ford, 83, of Tecumseh, was Leno's guest on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno." He brought his great-grandmother Fidelia Bates' fruitcake to Burbank, Calif., to share a piece with Leno for Tuesday's night's show.
Ford is the caretaker of the fruitcake, which has been handed down through generations.
Ford's daughter, Julie Ruttinger, of Tecumseh, e-mailed "The Tonight Show" recently about her family's antique fruitcake after seeing "The Fruitcake Lady" on the show. She wanted to tell them "we've got the real fruitcake."
He's a braver person than I am. 
Sharon's gonna git you, sucka! 
