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Scottish Hamper

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  • Peter-Pan_5
    Peter-Pan_5 Posts: 380 Forumite
    Scotch pies,lorne sausage,anyone mention whisky
    A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will.
    El sabio muda el consejo, el necio no.
  • Jacster_2
    Jacster_2 Posts: 1,192 Forumite
    bethscott1970 wrote:
    I'm going to put a handmade invitation to visit us for a weekend

    What a wonderful idea! That is a truly excellent gift! I would be delighted if someone gave me that as a present...:D ...and I would definitely visit!

    Do they have a garden? Maybe a small potted heather?
    If it was easy, everyone would do it!
  • aliasojo
    aliasojo Posts: 23,053 Forumite
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    Oh lol, I do hope these lovely (English) people are going to enjoy all things Scottish after all this. It would be a shame if all they wanted was a toaster.

    :rotfl:
    Herman - MP for all! :)
  • Hunnymonster
    Hunnymonster Posts: 751 Forumite
    Some speciality tea and/or coffee from somewhere like Braithwaite's in Dundee

    (Just adding as I think of them)
    There are 10 types of people in the world, those that understand binary and those that don't

    In many cases it helps if you say where you are - someone with local knowledge might be able to give local specifics rather than general advice
  • bethscott1970
    bethscott1970 Posts: 200 Forumite
    It's my cousin who's getting married aliasojo and I spent over an hour talking to her and my aunt trying to work out what they wanted. Eventually I said I might as well bring something Scottish for her when we came down and she got really excited and started gushing about how she'd love to get something like that. Our family originally came from the highlands down to Norfolk in the 1800s so she has the same draw to Scotland that I had.
    Thanks for all the great ideas, I will start getting bits and pieces over the next few weeks, I'd like to get it done ASAP then it's out of the way.

    btw mentioned it to my mother (she lives in Lincolnshire) and got landed with an order for butteries, smokies and if we go via stirling she wants some rolls as well. Any other orders? ;)
    my retirement fund
  • carnet
    carnet Posts: 501 Forumite
    bethscott1970 wrote:
    a couple of tins of Baxters soup (Scotch Broth and mullaga..I can't spell it but you know what I mean

    You do know that mulligatawny is a highly-flavoured curry soup of East Indian origin and nothing to do with Scotland :confused: ?

    Now cullen skink.....;)
  • aliasojo
    aliasojo Posts: 23,053 Forumite
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    bethscott1970 wrote:
    Eventually I said I might as well bring something Scottish for her ..........

    Take me, take me!!! I love a good get together, lol. :D

    What about adding a Scottish tea towel to the hamper? I have an English friend who loves the ones with Scottish facts written on them, or you also get ones with Scottish words and their meanings. Useful and informative all in one go, lol.....and still fairly cheap.
    Herman - MP for all! :)
  • fuzzyrazer
    fuzzyrazer Posts: 1,463 Forumite
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    #bethscott,if your interested,i used a great wee seller on ebay that sells tartan shoe horses for weddings etc..,PM me if you want details.....oh and what about a clouted dumpling,i think that how it's spelt.....i'm Glaswegian,and some of the words even get me confused.....great idea for a gift......
    :T It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice. :T

    :D "A bargain is something you can't use at a price you can't resist." :D
  • maggiesoup
    maggiesoup Posts: 793 Forumite
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    Sorry, you're right! What am I thinking of! Mother's Pride plain of course.
  • albalad
    albalad Posts: 1,194 Forumite
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    What about a quaich ............. steeped in tradition and undeniably scottish, something to be kept and remebered. I received one as a wedding present from my elderly very Ayrshire aunt and i absolutely love it . Traditionally it was given as a wedding gift or "loving cup".
    "The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page."
    happy travels !!
    "No matter where you go, there you are."
    albalad
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