I don't know about you but mothers day 2007 will be upon us shortly and I am still trying to come up with a unique mothers day gift idea. Mothers day 2005 I gave her a special day out at a beauty spar. She rally loved being pampered. Mothers day 2006 it was a homemade mothers day gift where we all contributed a home made item. My mother was so emotional when she opened each gift as they were all very personal and she still talks about them today.
So back to mothers day 2007, I have been looking into buying her a gourmet hamper. There are numerous companies across the world that specialize in luxury and gourmet food hampers. Some of these offer excellent cheese gift baskets which are ideal for mothers day gift. The choice of cheese is quite staggering and the baskets are even more appealing when they also come with tasty chutneys, relishes, savory biscuits and wine. Accessories such as cheese boards and knives are also available.
The West Country region of England is famous for its production of fine cheeses and cider products. Cheese gift baskets from the area include a soft blue cheese from a Devon Buffalo herd. This is highly prized as a food low in cholesterol and with extra calcium, compared with other cheese from cow's milk. Blue Stilton and Brie are other popular varieties with Stilton wafer biscuits.That would be perfect mothers day gift as she absolutely loves stilton cheese.
Brendon Blue is a full fat, soft blue made from goat's milk. There are other goat's milk cheese made with herbs and garlic.Raspberry and Redcurrant Cheese is an interesting alternative. In keeping with the cider tradition, there is delicious cider flavored chutney. Spiced plum chutney is also very tasty.
The Jersey Cow herd has long been considered the Rolls Royce of the cheese world and Whole Partridge Blue is a full fat soft cheese from Jersey milk. Somerset is another English county with a good reputation for cheese and the black waxed, mature cheddar is a great export. Cheese gift baskets often include something to wash the food down with such as red wine or vintage port.
There is also a product for beer lovers, including dark ale, old fashioned porter and best bitter. This also comes with real ale chutney and a beer tankard.I don't know whether my mother would appreciate that as a mothers day gift but my father certainly would. Some of the West Country baskets are wicker with a lining of red gingham.
Across the Atlantic, there are several American companies that offer Cheese gift baskets. Some of these offer regional varieties such as cheeses from Vermont and Virginia. There is goat's milk cheese with paprika from Indiana and another goat cheese from Texas wrapped in a hoja santa leaf. Canadian cow's milk cheese comes washed in New York State sparkling apple cider. French cheese is also available, from Alsace and washed in wine from the region. Other cheese is washed in Calvados. These products come with accompaniments like fruit nut crostini, plum butter, crackers and walnuts.
After this savory feast, it's time for dessert and what better than a slice of cheesecake. Some Cheese gift baskets offer a choice of cheesecake. A favorite is New York style with the best cream cheese, pecan shortbread and pecan and praline crunchy top.I am now spoilt for choice as to which mothers day cheese gift basket I give her.
Gift Baskets Mothers Day
In ancient Greece, the festival of Cybele, the great mother of the Greek gods, was held around the Vernal Equinox which took place in the spring. This celebration was adopted by the Romans and celebrated between March 15th and March 18th. The Romans also celebrated Matronalia in honor of the goddess Juno which was also celebrated in the month of March. Roman mothers were given gifts on this day to show respect for them.
In Great Britain and Ireland, they celebrate Mothering Sunday. This day always falls on the fourth Sunday of Lent and began as a 16th century tradition that people went to visit their mother church annually, often reuniting mothers with their children for this one day. As society became more secular, the date was adopted as a time to celebrate and give thanks to mothers.
In the United States, Mother's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday in May. The American holiday was loosely based on the British day and was introduced by Julia Ward Howe, a social activist and poet during the Civil War who wrote ?The Battle Hymn of the Republic.? She introduced the holiday as a way to unite women against the war. While Howe was not very successful in this attempt, a young homemaker from Appalachia named Ann Jarvis attempted to improve sanitary conditions on both sides of the Civil War by adopting Mothers? Work Day in 1858. After the war was over, she used the day to try to reconcile Union and Confederate neighbors. As a remnant of this conciliation, in some parts of the United States it is customary to plant tomatoes on Mother's Day.
Upon her death, her daughter Anna Jarvis founded a memorial day for women that began in Grafton, West Virginia on May 10, 1908. The custom soon spread to 45 states until 1914, when President Woodrow Wilson declared the first national Mother's Day to remember the mothers whose sons had died in war.
Once the holiday was official, businesses began turning it into a commercial venture. Anna Jarvis herself became an opponent of what the holiday that she had begun had turned into but to no avail. Mother's Day is the busiest day of the year in the restaurant industry as most people take their mother out to dinner. Florists and gift basket companies also make a profit as people buy these items to give to their mothers.
Again, the holiday that we know as Mother's Day falls on the second Sunday in May in the United States. This date varies from country to country. In Norway, it is celebrated on the second Sunday in February, while in the former Soviet Union it falls on March 3rd. Great Britain still celebrates it on the fourth Sunday in Lent, while many Middle Eastern countries celebrate it on March 21st. Portugal and Spain celebrates Mother's Day on the first Sunday in May, while Mexico celebrates the occasion on May 10th. No matter what part of the world that you are in, there is some form of Mother's Day celebrated.
No matter how commercialized this holiday has become, for some women this day represents the one time during the year that their families actually appreciate them and may even say ?thank you? for all that they do. We can hope to celebrate Mother's Day for a long time to come.
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