Tudor5 > wrote in
on
Oct Sat 2009 09:15 am

> On Oct 3, 4:27*am, Nancy2 > wrote:
>> On Oct 2, 2:11 pm, Kalmia > wrote:
>>
>> > Christmas, Hanukkah etc. are not TOO far off. *What would be a
>> > great gift item (other than ingredients) for the ardent cook on
>> > your list?
>>
>> > *I'd love a top notch mandoline, m'self.
>>
>> ...a gift card to a kitchen supply place - either something like
>> Williams-Sonoma (which wants top dollar for everything) or a
>> restaurant supply where your dollar will buy more, and probably make
>> the ardent cook even more ardent.
>>
>> N.
>
> Agree Gift vouchers seem to be the safest bet and allows the
> giftee a choice or even to pass it on to others .
> The sort of gift that keeps on giving
>
> I am forever greatful to a an old girlfriend and has turned out to be
> a (along with her husband of 15 yeaqrs) long term mates who sent me
> a victorknox gift voucher
> ages ago that allowed with some additional cash to purchase a
> beautiful set of kitchen knives and finishing steel sharpeners etc
> That I use almost every day .
>
> Certainly not the unkindest cut of all .
>
> At the moment which has become a sort of tradition making up gifts
> of home made liquers and Christmas puddings ready for distribution in
> December
> Basicly very simple boiled fruit cakes with HEAVY infusion of whisky
> or brandy (also home made )
>
> But they go down a treat if the requests are any indication
> The real problem is getting the tins back so can post all over
> the place .
>

Recently an old friend of mine got married again. For both of them it
was their 2nd marriage. I gifted them with a penzey's gift box, mainly
because of their ages and situations they had all the other stuff they
wanted such as toasters, lamps and gravy boats. So the spice box set
was the route I went, they seemed to like it.

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