Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Return that dish, but never return it empty!

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!

6 comments:

  1. wasn't this in an earlier post?

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  2. Yes! http://marashgirl.blogspot.com/2013/12/hospitality-la-marash-aintep.html

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    1. why the repeat?

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    2. Someone appeared at my door with TWO empty platters, platters that had been filled with TWO birthday cakes!

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  3. I generally include the platter as part of the gift! It's not a gift if you expect it to be returned.

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    1. The perfect solution to a non-existent problem! Thank you, Marash Marta!

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