Help Us Rescue the Good Name of Food Gifts
Please stop giving my favorite gift category a bad reputation. Quit sending the boxes 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. Those of us who live in the north can get apples and pears with real flavor every fall. You see, I love 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. There is a difference, you know, between true quality and the convenience of buying from one of those ugly mall kiosks. Food gifts deserve at least as much careful thought as that after-shave you bought your dad year after year in your childhood–oops, not a good example, perhaps. Instead of that big brand name box of gelatinous cheese spreads from the mall, consider a selection of genuine artisan cheese 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. gift basket makes a delightful gift for the right person. 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. I prefer not to be tempted, especially during the holidays, but my sister would be an ideal recipient. She knows how to sip and savor; I remember only how to gulp and refill. We all have a special friend or a dear relative who has moved away. 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 can be a truly thoughtful gift for someone who is into fitness or who has started the sort of logical diet that allows the consumption of fruit. I hope you understand… If you give a food gift the thought that it deserves, stay out of the long lines at the mall kiosks, and hasten the journey of the boxes filled with fake cheese to the garbage bin, which is where they are going to end up if you send them to me. 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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