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modom wrote:
> 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.
>
>

Take some real Mexican chocolate, the kind in the big block that she
can use for hot chocolate, and a chocolate whipper to mix it into hot
water.

An assortment of dried chili peppers would be nice, but you need to
check if you can get them through customs and in what form.

Susan B.