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On 8 Jan 2006 18:01:36 -0800, wrote:

>Hi everyone,
>This group has been very helpful to me in the past I'm wondering if you
>have any ideas on this one. I'm going to visit a friend in France and
>would like to bring her some gifts (if I ask her what to bring she'll
>tell me nothing) she loves cooking and food. I'm from California and
>thought maybe I'd bring some local stuff like pistachio nuts, dates (if
>I'm allowed?) and maybe some macadamia nuts (even though they're
>Hawaiian they're inexpensive here) She likes Mexican food but I'm not a
>cook and have no clue what sort of Mexican products one couldn't get in
>France...She doesn't drink at all and anyway its a pain in the neck to
>drag bottles of wine around (in my limited experience) I haven't even
>been to France for 20 years so I'm even more clueless than usual.
>Any thoughts or ideas you have would be greatly greatly appreciated...

A couple of cans of chipotles, maybe? Some canned salsa, too.

modom