Pleased that someone has gone to the trouble of preparing you a meal on a platter? Gifting you a birthday cake? Delivering you soup when you're feeling under the weather? Sharing a tray of cookies with you and your family?
You'll certainly be attentive to returning their pot/platter/tray . . . BUT will you return the pot/platter/tray empty? Not if you're Armenian! If you're Armenian, you'd NEVER return a platter empty . . . Never!
Why not?
You tell Marash Girl!
wasn't this in an earlier post?
ReplyDeleteYes! http://marashgirl.blogspot.com/2013/12/hospitality-la-marash-aintep.html
ReplyDeletewhy the repeat?
DeleteSomeone appeared at my door with TWO empty platters, platters that had been filled with TWO birthday cakes!
DeleteI generally include the platter as part of the gift! It's not a gift if you expect it to be returned.
ReplyDeleteThe perfect solution to a non-existent problem! Thank you, Marash Marta!
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