Many of us enjoy sending - and receiving - "care packages" of various
culinary goodies and such...

Who do you send them to...???

What do you include in them...???

Longest distance one of your care packages has travelled...or most exotic
destination...???

Etc....???

I almost submitted this to the official RFC site, but what the hey, I guess
this will be an "unofficial" survey - I intend no slight to our
indefatigable Chatty Cathy...

;-)

Some interesting history, CARE is still extant and very active. Check out
the contents of the first CARE packages! :

http://www.care.org/about/history.asp


"History:

CARE is one of the world's largest private humanitarian organizations.
Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, we're part of an international
confederation of 11 member organizations committed to helping communities in
the developing world achieve lasting victories over poverty.

The scope of our mission has changed considerably since our founding in
1945, when 22 American organizations came together to rush lifesaving CARE
Packages to survivors of World War II. Thousands of Americans, including
President Harry S. Truman contributed to the effort. (Get QuickTime to watch
this video of the president.) On May 11, 1946, the first 20,000 packages
reached the battered port of Le Havre, France. Some 100 million more CARE
Packages reached people in need during the next two decades, first in Europe
and later in Asia and other parts of the developing world.


Our Name

We've always been known by the acronym "CARE," but the meaning behind the
letters has changed as our mission has broadened. When we were founded in
1945, CARE stood for "Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe."
Today, with projects in more than 60 countries around the world, CARE stands
for "Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere, Inc."


The CARE Package®

"Every CARE Package is a personal contribution to the world peace our nation
seeks. It expresses America's concern and friendship in a language all
peoples understand."

- President John F. Kennedy, 1962


The first CARE Packages were U.S. Army surplus "10-in-1" food parcels
intended to provide one meal for 10 soldiers during the planned invasion of
Japan. We obtained them at the end of World War II and began a service that
let Americans send the packages to friends and families in Europe, where
millions were in danger of starvation. Ten dollars [about US $90.00 in 2008
dollars] bought a CARE Package and guaranteed that its addressee would
receive it within four months.

When the "10-in-1" parcels ran out, we began assembling our own food
packages, greatly assisted by donations from American companies. At first,
senders had to designate a specific person as the recipient, but soon CARE
was flooded with donations to send CARE Packages to "a hungry occupant of a
thatched cottage," "a school teacher in Germany," and so on.

Decades ago, we largely phased out the CARE Package as we expanded the
breadth of our work, focusing on long-term projects in addition to emergency
relief. However, it remains a powerful symbol of the compassion and
generosity of those who support our vision of a world free of poverty and
suffering.


What was in the first CARE Packages?

one pound of beef in broth
one pound of steak and kidneys
8 ounces of liver loaf
8 ounces of corned beef
12 ounces of luncheon loaf (like Spam®)
8 ounces of bacon
2 pounds of margarine
one pound of lard
one pound of fruit preserves
one pound of honey
one pound of raisins
one pound of chocolate
2 pounds of sugar
8 ounces of egg powder
2 pounds of whole-milk powder
2 pounds of coffee

Later CARE Packages included food for different cultural diets and non-food
items such as carpentry tools, blankets, school supplies and medicine..."

</>

Gregory Morrow wrote:
>
> Many of us enjoy sending - and receiving - "care packages" of various
> culinary goodies and such...
>
> Who do you send them to...???
>
> What do you include in them...???
>
> Longest distance one of your care packages has travelled...or most exotic
> destination...???
>
> Etc....???
>
> I almost submitted this to the official RFC site, but what the hey, I guess
> this will be an "unofficial" survey - I intend no slight to our
> indefatigable Chatty Cathy...
>
> ;-)
>
> Some interesting history, CARE is still extant and very active. Check out
> the contents of the first CARE packages! :
>
> http://www.care.org/about/history.asp
>
> "History:
>
> CARE is one of the world's largest private humanitarian organizations.
> Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia,
(some snippage)
> Our Name
>
> We've always been known by the acronym "CARE," but the meaning behind the
> letters has changed as our mission has broadened. When we were founded in
> 1945, CARE stood for "Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe."
> Today, with projects in more than 60 countries around the world, CARE stands
> for "Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere, Inc."
>
> The CARE Package®
>
> "Every CARE Package is a personal contribution to the world peace our nation
> seeks. It expresses America's concern and friendship in a language all
> peoples understand."
>
> - President John F. Kennedy, 1962
>
> The first CARE Packages were U.S. Army surplus "10-in-1" food parcels
> intended to provide one meal for 10 soldiers during the planned invasion of
> Japan. ........
(some more snippage)

Sort of like "Xerox" and "Kleenex", "CARE" packages took on a same
general meaning in an similar way. I mean, any package that contained
goodies and was sent to the recipient has come to be called a "care
package." At least, that's how I think of it.

I remember as a kid cast-awayed at summer camp <g>, I always looked
forward to receiving the 'care packages' from home It was so nice to
get letters, cookies, and stuff like that in the 'care package.' When
an absence from home is not optional, I imagine the importance of a
'care package' takes on an entirely different meaning.

Sky

--
Ultra Ultimate Kitchen Rule - Use the Timer!
Ultimate Kitchen Rule -- Cook's Choice

Gregory Morrow wrote:
>
> Many of us enjoy sending - and receiving - "care packages" of various
> culinary goodies and such...
>
> Who do you send them to...???
>
> What do you include in them...???

When I was a kid, once a year we'd receive a big
box of assorted food items that you couldn't
get in California from mom's family in Hawaii.

That would include nori, arare, salted plums,
macadamia nuts, ramen, those horrible little
spherical yellow Japanese cookies (I forget
what they're called, but they're one of mom's
favorites), etc. Of course, now she can just
go down the street to buy all that stuff at
an Oriental food market, and a lot of it is
available at Safeway.

My favorites were the arare, wonton chips
(the package had a picture of a weightlifter
holding a giant barbell marked "1 ton" above
his head), boiled peanuts, and macadamia nuts.

On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 15:58:57 -0500, "Gregory Morrow"
> wrote:

>
>Many of us enjoy sending - and receiving - "care packages" of various
>culinary goodies and such...
>
>Who do you send them to...???
>
>What do you include in them...???
>
>Longest distance one of your care packages has travelled...or most exotic
>destination...???
>
>Etc....???
>
>I almost submitted this to the official RFC site, but what the hey, I guess
>this will be an "unofficial" survey - I intend no slight to our
>indefatigable Chatty Cathy...
>
>;-)
>

I can't recall receiving a CARE package and I never even considered
sending one to my kids when they were away at college. We gave them
cash, not CARE.

I've participated in the abf xmas exchange, but that's not a CARE
package.... it's a cultural exchange of culinary items.


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

"Gregory Morrow" wrote

> Many of us enjoy sending - and receiving - "care packages" of various
> culinary goodies and such...
>
> Who do you send them to...???

When I was in Japan, I sent most of them stateside and got things in return.
I once sent ture Japanese chopsticks to Moscow though (and packed the sides
with neat little japanese food items and hard candies).

> What do you include in them...???

It was things I could get easily and folks were facinated at a packet of
something with no english on the label. Not expensive stuff but the returns
were not either, just stuff I couldnt get.

Lets see, 100yen store (think dollar store) chopsticks, spices, munchies
(they have some really neat munchies you've probably not seen). Also noodle
bowls of the types not sold in the USA, dried seaweeds (not nori, you can
get that USA easy), dried spiced baby shrimp (usually got those in Korea), a
korean red chile powder I never had a specific name for, kida candies that
would ship well (they have some of the neatest stuff in that line!), and
powdered Calamansi (add sugar and it's a drink, dont add sugar and it's a
spice). Dried mushrooms of the legal in the USA sort but not button or
shiitake (which you can get here) such as cloud ears etc.

> Longest distance one of your care packages has travelled...or most exotic
> destination...???

Hehe well, from Japan I probably was the 'exotic' side of the deal? However
there was a packet to Moscow with chopsticks and such. Moscow though was
closer than CT I think? Most packages went to CT or Hawaii.

<sf> wrote in message

> I've participated in the abf xmas exchange, but that's not a CARE
> package.... it's a cultural exchange of culinary items.

I plan to do that better this next year. I was new to it first time last
year and got the address in at last minute so didnt have a box ready and
ended up using a delivery service (Virginia Peanuts, gourmet sorts).

This next time, I'll be loaded with a box ready to go and printed recipes to
match the stuff in it. I turned off the binary echo for now (too big in
size) but will add it back in when it seems time or see a note here.

"Gregory Morrow" > wrote in message
...
>
> Many of us enjoy sending - and receiving - "care packages" of various
> culinary goodies and such...
>
> Who do you send them to...???
>
> What do you include in them...???
>
> Longest distance one of your care packages has travelled...or most exotic
> destination...???
>
> Etc....???

My oldest son lived for a year in a small town in Indiana. I sent them
Tex-Mex stuff because it's not readily available there.

I sent a friend in Ontario, Canada flour tortillas as they were not
available there then.

This isn't food related but I sent my ex-MIL underwear who was in the Peace
Corps in Ghana.

Personally delivered Skippy peanut butter and Old Bay Seasoning to a friend
who was living in Paris. More fun to personally deliver food to France <g>!

I received real Belgian chocolate from a friend who lives there. He sent me
the chocolate that isn't available on the internet or in the US.

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

"Gregory Morrow" > wrote in message
...
>
> Many of us enjoy sending - and receiving - "care packages" of various
> culinary goodies and such...
>
> Who do you send them to...???
>
> What do you include in them...???
>
> Longest distance one of your care packages has travelled...or most exotic
> destination...???


My husband used to send packages of his home-baked goodies to the girls when
they were away school. They bragged that their Dad had sent them the
packages.

We hand-delivered "care" packages to them on whatever birthday they could
legally drink in their state: all the mixings for whiskey sours, including
the glasses and a cooler of ice.

Felice

<sf> wrote in message
> I can't recall receiving a CARE package and I never even considered
> sending one to my kids when they were away at college. We gave them
> cash, not CARE.
>
> I've participated in the abf xmas exchange, but that's not a CARE
> package.... it's a cultural exchange of culinary items.
>

So get lost in semantics if you want, but many of us like receiving a
package of goodies from "home" once we move away.

I get them from a friend in Philly with things like Tastycakes, Habbersetts
scrapple, Taylor pork roll and last Mark it was Irish Potato candy.

I'm sure you kids appreciated cash, but I bet they would had also like some
home goodies too.

"Gregory Morrow" > wrote in message
...
>
> Many of us enjoy sending - and receiving - "care packages" of various
> culinary goodies and such...
>
> Who do you send them to...???
>
> What do you include in them...???
>
> Longest distance one of your care packages has travelled...or most exotic
> destination...???


Rosano Italy. It had local products like maple syrup, as well as candy. It
was for kids so it was loaded with junk.

"Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote in message
...
>
> <sf> wrote in message
>> I can't recall receiving a CARE package and I never even considered
>> sending one to my kids when they were away at college. We gave them
>> cash, not CARE.
>>
>> I've participated in the abf xmas exchange, but that's not a CARE
>> package.... it's a cultural exchange of culinary items.
>>
>
> So get lost in semantics if you want, but many of us like receiving a
> package of goodies from "home" once we move away.
>

I call them "care" packages too. I love putting them together! Cash
is not the same. And, for the folks I send them to, money is not the
issue. I just want them to feel special. My mother and sister and
several friends also do this, so I get *mine* too, nyah nyah!!

Gregory Morrow wrote:
> Many of us enjoy sending - and receiving - "care packages" of various
> culinary goodies and such...
>
> Who do you send them to...???
>
> What do you include in them...???
>
> Longest distance one of your care packages has travelled...or most exotic
> destination...???
>
> Etc....???
>
> I almost submitted this to the official RFC site, but what the hey, I guess
> this will be an "unofficial" survey - I intend no slight to our
> indefatigable Chatty Cathy...
>
> ;-)
>

Not sure this qualifies as a "care package" but I have a friend that
loves certain kind of chocolate. She thought it was available only in
Europe. On my last trip there, I looked for it, but couldn't find it.
Bought her about 8 other kinds.

Got home and gave them to her. She loved them, and found a new fav. A
couple week later, we found her previous fav at Trader Joes'. ;-)

The distance was from Graz and Vienna Austria and London England to Las
Vegas Nevada.

On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:37:31 -0400, "Edwin Pawlowski" >
wrote:

>I'm sure you kids appreciated cash, but I bet they would had also like some
>home goodies too.

They weren't in exile, fer cripes sake!

They were still in California, just southern CA.... which is like
another country, I'll grant you that. Oh yes, both knew how to cook
- so if they wanted something "special", I emailed the recipe.


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

"Gregory Morrow" > ha scritto nel messaggio
> Many of us enjoy sending - and receiving - "care packages" of various
> culinary goodies and such...
>
> Who do you send them to...???

Loyal readers who cannot get something they need to make a recipe... not
very often!
>
> What do you include in them...???

The ingredient and some local 2 language magazines that show iff my area.
>
> Longest distance one of your care packages has travelled...or most exotic>
> destination...???

Italy to New Zealand, but most recently the Netherlands with Pane Carasau
for a reader who has been making my recipes for almost 4 years, since day
one.

> I almost submitted this to the official RFC site, but what the hey, I
> guess
> this will be an "unofficial" survey - I intend no slight to our
> indefatigable Chatty Cathy...
>
> ;-)
>
> Some interesting history, CARE is still extant and very active. Check out
> the contents of the first CARE packages! :
>
> http://www.care.org/about/history.asp
>
>
> "History:
>
> CARE is one of the world's largest private humanitarian organizations.
> Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, we're part of an international
> confederation of 11 member organizations committed to helping communities
> in
> the developing world achieve lasting victories over poverty.
>
> The scope of our mission has changed considerably since our founding in
> 1945, when 22 American organizations came together to rush lifesaving CARE
> Packages to survivors of World War II. Thousands of Americans, including
> President Harry S. Truman contributed to the effort. (Get QuickTime to
> watch
> this video of the president.) On May 11, 1946, the first 20,000 packages
> reached the battered port of Le Havre, France. Some 100 million more CARE
> Packages reached people in need during the next two decades, first in
> Europe
> and later in Asia and other parts of the developing world.
>
>
> Our Name
>
> We've always been known by the acronym "CARE," but the meaning behind the
> letters has changed as our mission has broadened. When we were founded in
> 1945, CARE stood for "Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe."
> Today, with projects in more than 60 countries around the world, CARE
> stands
> for "Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere, Inc."
>
>
> The CARE Package®
>
> "Every CARE Package is a personal contribution to the world peace our
> nation
> seeks. It expresses America's concern and friendship in a language all
> peoples understand."
>
> - President John F. Kennedy, 1962
>
>
> The first CARE Packages were U.S. Army surplus "10-in-1" food parcels
> intended to provide one meal for 10 soldiers during the planned invasion
> of
> Japan. We obtained them at the end of World War II and began a service
> that
> let Americans send the packages to friends and families in Europe, where
> millions were in danger of starvation. Ten dollars [about US $90.00 in
> 2008
> dollars] bought a CARE Package and guaranteed that its addressee would
> receive it within four months.
>
> When the "10-in-1" parcels ran out, we began assembling our own food
> packages, greatly assisted by donations from American companies. At first,
> senders had to designate a specific person as the recipient, but soon CARE
> was flooded with donations to send CARE Packages to "a hungry occupant of
> a
> thatched cottage," "a school teacher in Germany," and so on.
>
> Decades ago, we largely phased out the CARE Package as we expanded the
> breadth of our work, focusing on long-term projects in addition to
> emergency
> relief. However, it remains a powerful symbol of the compassion and
> generosity of those who support our vision of a world free of poverty and
> suffering.
>
>
> What was in the first CARE Packages?
>
> one pound of beef in broth
> one pound of steak and kidneys
> 8 ounces of liver loaf
> 8 ounces of corned beef
> 12 ounces of luncheon loaf (like Spam®)
> 8 ounces of bacon
> 2 pounds of margarine
> one pound of lard
> one pound of fruit preserves
> one pound of honey
> one pound of raisins
> one pound of chocolate
> 2 pounds of sugar
> 8 ounces of egg powder
> 2 pounds of whole-milk powder
> 2 pounds of coffee
>
> Later CARE Packages included food for different cultural diets and
> non-food
> items such as carpentry tools, blankets, school supplies and medicine..."
>
> </>
>
>
>
>
>

"Sky" > ha scritto nel messaggio Gregory Morrow
wrote:
>
> Many of us enjoy sending - and receiving - "care packages" of various

I remember as a kid cast-awayed at summer camp <g>, I always looked
forward to receiving the 'care packages' from home It was so nice to
get letters, cookies, and stuff like that in the 'care package.' When
an absence from home is not optional, I imagine the importance of a
'care package' takes on an entirely different meaning.

I adore receiving them, and I am just knocked over at what friends think I
must miss. Jello, marshmallow babes, Peeps have all come to Italy. Most
recently, however, one of my oldest friends decided I was losing my chic
when I work because I wear all white that isn-t too hot to bear. She sent
me a necklace made of "diamonds" as big as ice cubes to wear with my white T
shirts. That's what I call a care package!
She also sent US yeast so I can do side by side tests to figure out why
things come out differently.

Sky

--
Ultra Ultimate Kitchen Rule - Use the Timer!
Ultimate Kitchen Rule -- Cook's Choice

Gregory Morrow wrote:
> Many of us enjoy sending - and receiving - "care packages" of various
> culinary goodies and such...
>
> Who do you send them to...???
>
> What do you include in them...???
>
> Longest distance one of your care packages has travelled...or most exotic
> destination...???
>
> Etc....???
>
> I almost submitted this to the official RFC site, but what the hey, I guess
> this will be an "unofficial" survey - I intend no slight to our
> indefatigable Chatty Cathy...
>
> ;-)
>
[snip]

The only time I recall sending care packages, they were to my
sister--from Massachusetts to Illinois. This was in the late
60s/early 70s, and I would send her ingredients for cooking SE
Asian food--which were hard to come by in Boston back then, and
impossible to come by in her area of Illinois.

--
Jean B.

On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:07:22 +0200, "Giusi" >
wrote:

>I remember as a kid cast-awayed at summer camp <g>, I always looked
>forward to receiving the 'care packages' from home It was so nice to
>get letters, cookies, and stuff like that in the 'care package.'

OK, you can put the tiny violin away now.


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

sf wrote:
>
> On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:07:22 +0200, "Giusi" >
> wrote:
>
> >I remember as a kid cast-awayed at summer camp <g>, I always looked
> >forward to receiving the 'care packages' from home It was so nice to
> >get letters, cookies, and stuff like that in the 'care package.'
>
> OK, you can put the tiny violin away now.


Darn, and I had the whole orchestra out too! :>

Sky

--
Ultra Ultimate Kitchen Rule - Use the Timer!
Ultimate Kitchen Rule -- Cook's Choice

On Jul 13, 8:25*pm, sf wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:37:31 -0400, "Edwin Pawlowski" >
> wrote:
>
> >I'm sure you kids appreciated cash, but I bet they would had also like some
> >home goodies too.
>
> They weren't in exile, fer cripes sake! *
>
> They were still in California, just southern CA.... which is like
> another country, I'll grant you that. * Oh yes, both knew how to cook
> - so if they wanted something "special", I emailed the recipe.
>
> --
> I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.
>
> Mae West

I send care packages to my daughter at UCI, all the way from northern
California. It seems like there's always something that arrives here
that she needs, so I just go ahead and fill up a box. It's a good
excuse to bake cookies!

Susan B.

On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:44:11 -0700 (PDT), sueb >
wrote:

>On Jul 13, 8:25*pm, sf wrote:
>> On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:37:31 -0400, "Edwin Pawlowski" >
>> wrote:
>>
>> >I'm sure you kids appreciated cash, but I bet they would had also like some
>> >home goodies too.
>>
>> They weren't in exile, fer cripes sake! *
>>
>> They were still in California, just southern CA.... which is like
>> another country, I'll grant you that. * Oh yes, both knew how to cook
>> - so if they wanted something "special", I emailed the recipe.
>>
>
>I send care packages to my daughter at UCI, all the way from northern
>California. It seems like there's always something that arrives here
>that she needs, so I just go ahead and fill up a box. It's a good
>excuse to bake cookies!
>
>Susan B.

I hang my head in shame... you're a good mother Susan. If mine
wanted their mail, they came home to get it. I cut my kids loose and
let them fend for themselves. They lived.


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West