Quick Cooking (Quickly Discarded)

[madbaker]

My wife's grandmother means well, I am sure. The last few Xmases she has bought us magazine subscriptions.

To such periodicals as "Country Life - for people who enjoy the rural life" (we live in urban San Francisco); "Country Crafts" (for people who make popsicle sticks-and-yarn ornaments); and this year, "Quick Cooking".

"Hey," I thought. "This one might not be an insta-throwaway."

Then we opened it.

Standard ingredients include: processed American cheese; non-dairy whipped dessert topping; canned cream-style corn; and for those adventurous types, garlic powder and onion powder. (Not all in the same recipes.)

I'm... vaguely appalled.

How do we discreetly tell her that we would rather have her donate money to Habitat for Humanity or something similar? Unfortunately, I think she buys these subscriptions from her church - which means that the chance of changing her mind is low.

Comments

[farmount.livejournal.com]

Perhaps you should say, "Thank you for the lovely magazines, but right now we're so busy we don't have time to read and appreciate them as much as we would like to. Perhaps you could make a donation to a charitable organization in our name instead so we can help a worthy cause?"

She may still give the church the money then, but you won't have to deal with the guilt of dead trees being wasted on recipes for Velveeta.

[madbaker.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's a great diplomatic answer. One would think you'd had practice with relatives who don't share your values or something. 8)