On Jul 13, 1:58*pm, "Gregory Morrow" >
wrote:
> Many of us enjoy sending - and receiving - "care packages" of various
> culinary goodies and such...
>
> Who do you send them to...???
> [snip]

I've never sent one, but one I received will always stand out in my
memory. It was near xmas 1967 and I was in 'Nam. A woman who owned a
grocery store in my small Alaskan home town got the names of all the
guys from the town who were over there. She put together packages
with canned salmon, smoked salmon, canned Alaska shrimp, crackers,
cheese, and other miscellaneous goodies. It was an Alaska-themed care
package, for sure, received on a day that had to be near 100F. When I
got home I looked her up of course and thanked her profusely. She
just shrugged and said something like, no big deal, seemed like a good
idea at the time. There's a lot to be said for small towns. -aem