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

[wyterayven.livejournal.com]

Great answers you have gotten. I especially like the donating the subscription idea.

My Grandmother and I dont get along too well. I have never met a more rigidly religious person in my life. She usually sends me a subscription to National Geographic. Cool. I like NG. But then she follows it up with a card that tells me how miserable she is. She has been waiting to die for more than 20 years.

I really wish we could pick our relatives.