"Never go visiting empty-handed!!!"

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."

Yapan Yemez!

Yapan yemez!  The person who makes it doesn't eat it!!!! The vicissitudes of the Armeno-Turkish language/idiomatic expressions, expressions Marash Girl grew up with, are boundless!!! The person who makes/bakes/cooks it doesn't eat it?  Really?  Why? Because she knows what distasteful ingredients she used up to prepare the meal?  Because she knows there's not enough for everyone?  Because she's tasted so much of it as she prepared the meal that her appetite has been sated?

If you think you know the answer, dear reader, please make note of it in the reply section below.  Or if it's easier, just email me.  The best answer to this real life riddle wins a prize!!!!