Item in MM you keep and benefit from, long after Purim?

amother

Thu, Feb 16 2023, 7:16 am

For years Ive tried to get containers (or something in the MM) that people will like and benefit from, way past Purim. One year I gave a good kitchen gadget (that I tied to a theme), to everyone, that wasnt too expensive, that I think was appreciated.

Im out of ideas. Anyone?

amother

Khaki

Thu, Feb 16 2023, 7:17 am

One year I gave all therapists and teachers contigo travel mugs. I found a good deal on them but even so they were $7-8 a piece. Everyone really appreciated it though. I filled it with nice tea bags and chocolate.

amother

Zinnia

Thu, Feb 16 2023, 7:27 am

Anything KLP.
Once got MM in a huge round platter that turned out to be perfect for hand shmurah matzah. I could have lived without it but since we have it, we use it.

Oh, quit chalishing, the MM were all wrapped and sealed commercial products, including a bottle of wine that we used at the Seder.

Elfrida

Thu, Feb 16 2023, 7:29 am

I don't know about long after, but I always put aside and appreciate the Pesach chocolate.

amother

Molasses

Thu, Feb 16 2023, 7:30 am

A new appliance? Or one they don't have yet?

amother

Fern

Thu, Feb 16 2023, 7:30 am

Wine !!

A kitchen gadget, nicer serving platter

rae

Thu, Feb 16 2023, 7:43 am

My neighbor once gave a lucite 8 X 8 tray with compartments. I sill use it years later at my coffee station. I fill each compartment with diff tea bags, coffee singles, Splenda and sugar packets.
Getting scratched and need to replace but that’s def the most use I got out of mm.

STovah

Thu, Feb 16 2023, 7:47 am

Wine or KLP chocolates. I generally throw out all the non-disposable trays, gadgets, etc that I receive on Purim.

amother

Blonde

Thu, Feb 16 2023, 7:48 am

I once got a really sweet looking napkin holder (shaped like a swan).
It had a chocolate bar and another food item inside - instead of the napkins. It’s been a couple of years, and I still have and use the napkin holder daily.

cookier

Thu, Feb 16 2023, 7:48 am

I once got one that was wrapped in a fabric beeswax wrap. I used it all the time for lunches.

Maybe you could use nice jars, like the kind that have the metal clamp? Or clear plastic tumblers?

amother

DarkPurple

Thu, Feb 16 2023, 8:09 am

I really enjoy the nice containers that I keep and use. Other than that I like if we get wine because it is most practical.

amother

Apricot

Thu, Feb 16 2023, 9:03 am

I only save the chocolate and baked goods
All candy and packaging gets dumped
Ive never gotten something that was actually usable for a while afterwards

amother

Broom

Thu, Feb 16 2023, 9:49 am

I got once a cute cookie jar (came filled with cookies) that I used for many years until it broke.

amother

Zinnia

Thu, Feb 16 2023, 1:51 pm

STovah wrote:

Wine or KLP chocolates. I generally throw out all the non-disposable trays, gadgets, etc that I receive on Purim.

I save them for the following year to make packages for the "A-list" MM.

amother

Apricot

Thu, Feb 16 2023, 2:12 pm

ive never gotten klp food....

bracing

Thu, Feb 16 2023, 2:40 pm

amother Zinnia wrote:

I save them for the following year to make packages for the "A-list" MM.

I love 'A-list' expression here
LOL

amother

Gold

Thu, Feb 16 2023, 2:50 pm

amother Apricot wrote:

ive never gotten klp food....

My shul did it one year. It was their theme. Definitely useful.

schoolbus

Thu, Feb 16 2023, 2:53 pm

Anything on a nice wooden tray. U can find for cheap in amazing savings and wooden trays are so useful and pretty

Hashemlovesme1

Thu, Feb 16 2023, 3:02 pm

my favorite is from a neighbor who often gives mm in a Tupperware/Rubbermaid/plastic reusable container. I still have a lot of them from over the years. So useful!

Bnei Berak 10

Thu, Feb 16 2023, 3:07 pm

STovah wrote:

Wine or KLP chocolates. I generally throw out all the non-disposable trays, gadgets, etc that I receive on Purim.

If you get glass or porcelain platters, do you still throw them out? shock