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  1. Mar 15, 2011 #1
    SupriyaDinesh

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    Hi,
    As asked in the title what do you usually take to the guest's house?fruits or nute or toys for kids...?I am always in a dilemma.sometime few gifts may be repetetive or may not like it.Share your ideas.

    TIA..
     
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    Coffeelover

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    Normally I take flowers to their houses. If I know them well, then I may make cake or some sweet dishes. Books will be good for the children. If they are newly married, I take cook books.

    Have a wonderful time.
     
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    SriVidya75

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    Might be some flowers and a dessert!!! usually if someone invites us for dinner, I would tell them I would bring the dessert.....If its a special occassion and they are ordering food and its a big gathering....then flowers and a cake ( just as CL mentioned above)...

    other gifts might be family games kit...like poker or bingo or pictionary etc...something that everyone can use when we meet next time :)
     
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    AbhiSing

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    Fruits, Mixed Nuts, Chocolates. If for very close friends' I will cook some dish they liked at my house(Polis, Vadai, etc)
     
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    babyhopes

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    I am good in photoshop so i will make a picture frame with their pics and will give them..(if we are visiting occasionally)

    Apart from that home made sweet varieties,toys,fruits.......
     
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    Supriya
    Hope you remember me. I will always have this dilemma when ever i have to visit friends. I'll usually bake some cake, cookies or prepare some sweet from Chituma's collection.
     
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    shree

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    hi,

    i generally take some home made sweet with me. if kids r there then some books or dress for them. if there is no option some fruits.
     
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    SupriyaDinesh

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    Cl,Srividhya,Shree,vijee,Baby hopes, you have given good ideas.Thanks.

    I took homemade sweet to a recent dinner.Every one must be health conscious.Only few spoons were consumed.Such a bummer.now i have no inclination to prepare and waste.

    Jency,of course remember you.Do send message in FB.
    Fruits,nuts are very good idea and i would like to implement.what if they dont like that fruit and nut?can i ask them beforehand?
     
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    jencym

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    Wow such a health conscious family. Recently we went to our friends house (she is pregnant) so i made 7 cups burfi, Plum cake and Apple halwa(Chithu ma's Recipe). They liked everything.

    Nothin like home made sweets, tht too in US :cheers. Dont get disappointed with just a family not liking sweets. I still remember ur mom's Bread halwa and yummy kesari:thumbsup.
     
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    babycorn

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    I have this dilemma all the time.I have taken biscuits for kids and fruits for adults.I saw my fruits in a pathetic condition,the next time I visited them.It was not opened at all.

    Homemade sweets is a good idea.I need to implement that too:cheers
     
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