Help Me Rescue the Good Name of Edible Gifts
Friday, March 19th, 2010 Subscribe To Our Feed
Please stop giving my favorite gift category a horrible name. Quit shipping the containers filled with processed cheese spreads that are mostly chemicals and the unidentifiable tubes labeled as some sort of sausage. Extend the protest to include those tree killing enormous boxes that contain a couple apples or pears. I can find apples and pears that are just as good in my local super market.
Despite my heretical words, above, I love good food gifts. I love giving them and receiving them. However, when you send me something, please make it the same quality I give those on my gift list. Oh, and by the way, high quality is not the same as easy to buy from a temporary, seasonal kiosk in the mall. Food gifts require the same thought as any other gift category.
Instead of that big brand name box of gelatinous cheese spreads from the mall, consider a assortment of gourmet cheeses from some cheesemaker who actually understands what cheese is and what it can be. Let’s keep the goats and cows happily employed instead of just putting more chemicals in our food. I would love even a small gift such as that more than the biggest box of the fake stuff that your mall displays.
A wine gift basket will be a perfect gift for the appropriate recipient. Just be sure that the person to whom you send it appreciates a good wine. You see, I haven’t had a drink in years, because I’m an alcoholic. While my sister would be properly grateful for a wine basket, I would not. She knows how to sip and savor; I remember only how to gulp and refill.
In our mobile society, we all have a beloved relative or a dear friend who has moved to some distant location. Think about a present of a gift certificate for live lobsters or even lobster dinners. Granted, this is not a bargain basement priced gift, but sometimes we enjoy splurging on someone especially dear.
I made light of fruit gift baskets a while ago, but, if you take the time, you can find a basket of gourmet fruit–fruit that does not grown in my back yard. This is a terrific gift for someone who is a fitness fanatic or anyone who appreciates the simple beauty that is fruit.
I hope you understand… If you give a little thought to a food gift, you can avoid the line at the mall kiosk and save the heavy fruitcakes and fake cheese boxes for other shoppers. Spend an evening with me, shopping from my home office, using the Internet for all my food gift shopping. I share my real cheese with you, but you’ll have to bring the wine for yourself.
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