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

[loup_noir]

Say thanks and then open up the magazine again. Look in the tiny print section in the front and find the subscription information. If they have phone number, you can use that to contact them; if not, use the snailmail address. Write them a very nice letter, asking them to please either discontinue the subscription or send it to a (pick one) battered women's shelter, homeless shelter, county jail or whatever. I've done that with "Reader's Digest" when my mother felt compelled to give us that insipid magazine as a present.

[madbaker.livejournal.com]

Thank you - I will do that. What a great idea!