Comments on: Absolutely Last Second Holiday Gifts Made In America!!! https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/12/19/absolutely-last-second-holiday/ Wed, 21 Dec 2011 23:17:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Calli Arcale https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/12/19/absolutely-last-second-holiday/#comment-510522 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 23:17:39 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/12/19/absolutely-last-second-holiday/#comment-510522 Handmade gifts are awesome, though not always very last-second-amenable. I’m giving a few handmade things (though I’ll admit the yarn is actually from Norway — I do love Dale Heilo).

Tonka Trucks at least *used* to be made in America (invented in Minnesota!), but I’m not sure if they still are. Hasbro bought them years ago, and they’re not what they used to be. Not shin-splitting sheet metal, for one thing. 😀 I still have my dump truck, which I played with as a little girl many years ago.

]]> By: Weygold https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/12/19/absolutely-last-second-holiday/#comment-510521 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:30:57 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/12/19/absolutely-last-second-holiday/#comment-510521 Source your materials and make it your self. Now you know it’s “made in wherever you are”.

]]> By: HP https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/12/19/absolutely-last-second-holiday/#comment-510520 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 06:07:10 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/12/19/absolutely-last-second-holiday/#comment-510520 If you don’t mind giving consumable gifts, there are wonderful American artisanal foods, beers, and wines that most people wouldn’t dream of buying for themselves. I just had some amazing Humboldt Fog soft-ripened goat cheese with grape-leaf ash from Cypress Grove Chevre in good old Arcata, California. I was also pleasantly astonished by Coppola’s [!] California Claret, currently on sale at my local vintner.

Most of these are too pricey for everyday eating, but people really appreciate them. Last year I gave my Tea-Party-Supporting, Kroger-shopping (but really misses A&P) Mom a pound of Humboldt Fog for Xmas, and she really enjoyed it. (I didn’t tell her it was made from goat milk, or that it cost ~$20/lb, I just said it was “fancy brie.”)

With the exception of Eastern European pickled vegetables, all the best food and drink I’ve had in the last year comes from the US. (Sure, we can’t feed our poor on a day-to-day basis, but no one does feasts like us. USA! USA! USA!)

]]> By: MadScientist https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/12/19/absolutely-last-second-holiday/#comment-510519 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 02:54:19 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/12/19/absolutely-last-second-holiday/#comment-510519 Can I add Dremel tools? They’re made in America – North America even – somewhere in Mexico.

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