OT - Need Advice for Packaging HomeMade Goodies for Mailing

[lacw]

Gmaann, Hope you are sharing your recipe for your Oatmeal Raisin Cookies in the QIAD cookbook !
Loralee

[CindyB]

LOL!!! Glad I could bring a grin to y'all's faces!

Evie - that trip, with the time difference, probably had something to do with the wind - had a tailwind going there, and fighting a headwind all the way back. Or it could be you just didn't drive as fast because every mile took you further from your boy - I'm thinking that's what it was.

[Cathy32078]

During the Viet Nam war, we sent gum & hard candy along with the cookies and treats. Sucking the air out of a ziplock with a straw works wonderful.

[Tiggersmom]

Evie my dh was in vietnam and it didn't matter what condition the goodies arrived in! Many times he was out in the field and the guys already had opened his package and had their pick b4 he got to see he even had a package....lol......his parents spoiled his really good as they sent a coffee can filled about every other week.

It's the thought that counts more than anything.

When my oldest was in the Marines I sent him some pistachios because they were on sale and he was wowndering why I did that {I didn't know he didn't like them! We could never afford them when he lived at home] But not all was lost, he sold them to one of the other guys!!! LOL

[IowaGal]

I send cookies to Iraq in a foodsaver bag then place them in the plastic coffee cans. They are lightweight and keep things from crushing. Drew asked me to send excedrin (They don't have good headache meds at the PX he said) Those floss thingys with the plastic handles, silly string (they use it to detect invisible trip wires) and chicken cup o noodles. I dont ask, I just send!

[CindyB]

I've heard that silly string needs special handling due to it being in an arosol (sp?). I think I remember someone was gathering them up and shipping them with a private carrier with other supplies going to Iraq/Afghanistan, for the same purpose. The silly string is light enough that they can see any trip wires in front of them, without breaking them and setting off the explosive.

DH was in Vietnam, and I know he would have appreciated any and all packages!

[kenderosa]

My son just returned from Afghanistan and he sure used to look forward to anything received from home. I used to send Rice Krispy treats, as I could wrap them individually and they traveled quite well. Yeah, for our Troops.