While researching something to give to my step mother for the holidays,
always a challenge as she has everything and if she didn't she'd just go
buy it, I found this list on the "Serious Eats" blog. The balsamic
vinegar looks promising....Would you enjoy getting this?

http://www.seriouseats.com/required_...-savories.html

Oh pshaw, on Sun 09 Dec 2007 08:29:31p, Goomba38 meant to say...

> While researching something to give to my step mother for the holidays,
> always a challenge as she has everything and if she didn't she'd just go
> buy it, I found this list on the "Serious Eats" blog. The balsamic
> vinegar looks promising....Would you enjoy getting this?
>
> http://www.seriouseats.com/required_...eats-gift-guid
> e-savories.html
>

Yes, Goomba... When can I expect it to arrive? :-)

--
Wayne Boatwright

Date: December 9th,2007

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Today is: Second Sunday of Advent
Countdown 'til Christmas
2wks 3hrs 15mins
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Cats must rush out from behind the
couch and bury their claws in Daddy's leg.

In article >,
Goomba38 > wrote:

> While researching something to give to my step mother for the holidays,
> always a challenge as she has everything and if she didn't she'd just go
> buy it, I found this list on the "Serious Eats" blog. The balsamic
> vinegar looks promising....Would you enjoy getting this?
>
> http://www.seriouseats.com/required_...gift-guide-sav
> ories.html

Buy her a bottle of balsamic-wanna-be vinegar for $5 and donate the rest
of the purchase cost for the high buck stuff to a local food shelf.
Unless you MIL wouldn't like that idea.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Notes about our meals in Tuscany have been posted to
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com; 10-16-2007

Goomba38 > wrote in
:

> While researching something to give to my step mother for the
> holidays, always a challenge as she has everything and if she didn't
> she'd just go buy it, I found this list on the "Serious Eats" blog.
> The balsamic vinegar looks promising....Would you enjoy getting this?
>
> http://www.seriouseats.com/required_...s-eats-gift-gu
> ide-savories.html
>



Stop stuffing around and buy some good shit..........



http://www.maggiebeer.com.au/home/




--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia


Wars begin where you will...
but they do not end where you please.

Machiavelli

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article >,
> Goomba38 > wrote:
>
>> While researching something to give to my step mother for the holidays,
>> always a challenge as she has everything and if she didn't she'd just go
>> buy it, I found this list on the "Serious Eats" blog. The balsamic
>> vinegar looks promising....Would you enjoy getting this?
>>
>> http://www.seriouseats.com/required_...gift-guide-sav
>> ories.html
>
> Buy her a bottle of balsamic-wanna-be vinegar for $5 and donate the rest
> of the purchase cost for the high buck stuff to a local food shelf.
> Unless you MIL wouldn't like that idea.

Aaaaaaaaaack Barb.. you're not being helpful! LOL
This is an elderly (77) woman who now lives alone on the golf course.
Plays tennis 2x week. Golfs. Has a new knee. Might enjoy something she
wouldn't normally get herself? She's earned a little pampering after
taking care of my dad in his last years (RIP Pop!).
I'd get her a boytoy but they'd probably just try to screw me outta my
inheritance, LOL.
Food gifts seem a good idea for someone who doesn't need for anything,
especially more "stuff" y'know?
It is small and compact. Easy to ship. Wine was another option. I often
get her a bottle of good Spanish Sherry.

On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 09:31:14 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>In article >,
> Goomba38 > wrote:
>
>> While researching something to give to my step mother for the holidays,
>> always a challenge as she has everything and if she didn't she'd just go
>> buy it, I found this list on the "Serious Eats" blog. The balsamic
>> vinegar looks promising....Would you enjoy getting this?
>>
>> http://www.seriouseats.com/required_...gift-guide-sav
>> ories.html
>
>Buy her a bottle of balsamic-wanna-be vinegar for $5 and donate the rest
>of the purchase cost for the high buck stuff to a local food shelf.
>Unless you MIL wouldn't like that idea.


We do our donations this time of year, but also send foodie gifts.

This year, we're picking some from he

http://www.cruets.com/Scripts/prodLi...idCategory=146

Costco also has decent deals on some foodie gifts and their costs
include shipping/handling.

Boron

jay wrote:
> On Sun, 09 Dec 2007 22:29:31 -0500, Goomba38 wrote:
>
>> While researching something to give to my step mother for the holidays,
>> always a challenge as she has everything and if she didn't she'd just go
>> buy it, I found this list on the "Serious Eats" blog. The balsamic
>> vinegar looks promising....Would you enjoy getting this?
>>
>> http://www.seriouseats.com/required_...-savories.html
>
> Nice gift for a food/cook person..and so much different than the 10$ stuff.
> I have had it on fresh strawberries at a friends home and it is superb!
> Some tips on good and best uses would also be nice. My hand has reached
> for it on several occassions but the other hand slaps it back on the shelf.
>
> jay

LOL.. I give you permission to splurge at least once. You don't have to
dust it, feed it or plug it in.

Boron Elgar wrote:

> We do our donations this time of year, but also send foodie gifts.
>
> This year, we're picking some from he
>
> http://www.cruets.com/Scripts/prodLi...idCategory=146
>
> Costco also has decent deals on some foodie gifts and their costs
> include shipping/handling.
>
> Boron

Amazing cruets on the home page! Thanks for the link. I don't have a
Costco membership...yet! They're coming to my city next year. I look
forward to it.

Janet Baraclough wrote:

>> Aaaaaaaaaack Barb.. you're not being helpful! LOL
>> This is an elderly (77) woman who now lives alone on the golf course.
>> Plays tennis 2x week. Golfs. Has a new knee. Might enjoy something she
>> wouldn't normally get herself? She's earned a little pampering after
>> taking care of my dad in his last years (RIP Pop!).
>
> Maybe she'd like a gift token for some personal pampering?
> aromatherapy massage, or hot stones or a mudbath?
>
> Janet
>
> Janet

Yeah, I thought of that but just wasn't sure if she does that sort of
thing? I know she gets her hair and nails done weekly, but I don't know
where. She is a type II diabetic and is very careful with her intake yet
enjoys (and cooks) food marvelously. I just thought a real syrupy
balsamic vinegar would be something she'd never buy herself yet enjoy?

"Goomba38" > wrote in message
. ..
> Janet Baraclough wrote:
>
>>> Aaaaaaaaaack Barb.. you're not being helpful! LOL
>>> This is an elderly (77) woman who now lives alone on the golf course.
>>> Plays tennis 2x week. Golfs. Has a new knee. Might enjoy something she
>>> wouldn't normally get herself? She's earned a little pampering after
>>> taking care of my dad in his last years (RIP Pop!).
>>
>> Maybe she'd like a gift token for some personal pampering?
>> aromatherapy massage, or hot stones or a mudbath?
>> Janet
>>
>> Janet
>
> Yeah, I thought of that but just wasn't sure if she does that sort of
> thing? I know she gets her hair and nails done weekly, but I don't know
> where. She is a type II diabetic and is very careful with her intake yet
> enjoys (and cooks) food marvelously. I just thought a real syrupy balsamic
> vinegar would be something she'd never buy herself yet enjoy?

Well, my opinion means exactly zero, but I still would say go for it.
Whyever not? She's a foodie, she'll love it.

Lynne A