A hard and fast rule growing up, Marash Girl learned that one should never go visiting "empty-handed"! Whether it be a chocolate cake baked that very day by her mom (Grandma Jennie), or a box of Whitman's Samplers, chocolates purchased that day from the Armenian owned pharmacy, the rule was clear.
Today Marash Girl learned from her Turkish friend Murat that, yes, this is not only a rule in the Armenian community, but it is a teaching from the prophet Muhammed:
"Ziyarete eli boş gidilmez." "One should not go visiting with an empty hand."
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