dirty ethel rackham Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Dd19 leaves in less than a week for her study abroad program in Spain. While I am working hard on coming to terms with her being so far away, I am working on helping her with packing and all the details. It just occurred to me that she might want to bring a gift for her host family. Any ideas of something that will be easily transported? She is limited to 1 big suitcase, one carry on bag and one personal item. We are from the Chicago 'burbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domestic_engineer Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Spices or spice blends that are unique to the States or to Chicago? (Chilli powder, maybe?) Popcorn (since there's a lot of corn in the Midwest) A variety of American Chocolates and/or Snacks and/or candy. (Cracker Jack? Nerds, pop rocks ... what other odd candy do we create here?) California Wine Something related to a Chicago professional sports team Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza. 😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree Frog Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 When we hosted, our exchange student brought a couple of games from his country and a cookbook that had the same recipe written in both English and German. They didn't take up much space, but we enjoyed them. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mominco Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Box of See's candy or anything you can get local.Magnets, USA Kitchen towels(Kohls has them) Here is one from Amazon(prime) -Design Imports-Vintage 4th of July cotton dishtowels Shot glasses-Amazon(prime).Small salt and pepper shakers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pen Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Could you ask the family if there’s something from USA that can fit luggage they’d especially like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 When I was in high school, my family hosted a Spanish exchange student for a few weeks during the summer. She brought very generous gifts for my family -- a bottle of Spanish perfume and a beautiful Lladro figurine that I still have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share Posted December 28, 2019 Cool ideas. We have some Fannie Mae candy that we can send along. Uno is one of our family's favorite games so we could bring the game and print off some of the more interesting rule variations in Spanish. Maybe a jar of our favorite chili seasoning and dh's recipe for chili and cornbread. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domestic_engineer Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Maybe a quarter with Illinois on the back. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domestic_engineer Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 10 hours ago, dirty ethel rackham said: Cool ideas. We have some Fannie Mae candy that we can send along. Uno is one of our family's favorite games so we could bring the game and print off some of the more interesting rule variations in Spanish. Maybe a jar of our favorite chili seasoning and dh's recipe for chili and cornbread. you might pack enough cornmeal for your recipe; I don't know if cornmeal is easily found overseas. Along those same lines .... you could pack a jar of Peanut Butter; not exactly glamours though. 😄 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share Posted December 28, 2019 6 minutes ago, domestic_engineer said: you might pack enough cornmeal for your recipe; I don't know if cornmeal is easily found overseas. Along those same lines .... you could pack a jar of Peanut Butter; not exactly glamours though. 😄 We decided to pack a homemade cornbread mix where they would only add the milk (or buttermilk), eggs, and fat. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share Posted December 28, 2019 Now comes the task of translating the recipes into Spanish with metric measurements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 (edited) 39 minutes ago, dirty ethel rackham said: We decided to pack a homemade cornbread mix where they would only add the milk (or buttermilk), eggs, and fat. I think this is perfect. A great gift. Edited December 28, 2019 by Caroline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 6 minutes ago, dirty ethel rackham said: Now comes the task of translating the recipes into Spanish with metric measurements. Or just send a set of US measuring cups. LOL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pen Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 1 hour ago, dirty ethel rackham said: Now comes the task of translating the recipes into Spanish with metric measurements. Sounds like a good gift! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzanne in ABQ Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 How long will your daughter be there? When we hosted a Japanese exchange student (for an entire school year), she brought a lovely box (covered in washi paper), filled with decorated cookies. (the American equivalent might be a tin of toll house cookies). She also brought a lovely photo book of Japanese landmarks (paperback, so not to heavy), and some brochures of places to see in her home prefecture (state). My favorite was a small photo album she created, with pictures of her family, doing things they like to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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