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Should I re-think this gift?

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SeasonallySnowyPeasant · 10/12/2012 21:45

I got a bit carried away with getting bargains on Amazin Black Friday Blush and bought DBro's girlfriend casserole/braising tongs. I don't know her very well but apparently she likes cooking and I didn't want to get her something too generic. She is absolutely lovely and would accept a roll of bin bags with good grace but should I get her something else?

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kdiddy · 10/12/2012 22:03

I love cooking and would definitely appreciate a gift like that but I also have a bit of a bee in my bonnet about overly practical presents. So maybe get her a little something else as well?

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SeasonallySnowyPeasant · 10/12/2012 22:08

That's a good idea. I'm the same age as her and would like the tongs but we are very different (she's far nicer than me for a start Wink).

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cazza2878 · 10/12/2012 22:24

What on earth are casserole tongs? Honest opinion? Sounds like an odd gift to me (and I love cooking).

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pictish · 10/12/2012 22:25

Casserole tongs??

How do they work? Would be like eating soup with a fork surely?

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1978andallthat · 10/12/2012 22:26

I love unusual cookery type gifts. Is v thoughtful.

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starfishmummy · 10/12/2012 22:27

What cazza says!!

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SeasonallySnowyPeasant · 10/12/2012 22:41

Pictish here they are. I'd use them for turning and picking up meat.

Well, they seemed like a good idea at the time but I am wondering whether it's a bit odd. I only have my mum's word for it that she's into cooking and I don't know much about her other interests. It's also the first time I've bought for her and I very much doubt she'll buy for me or DH and the DCs so I don't want to embarrass her with a big gift.

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SeasonallySnowyPeasant · 10/12/2012 22:46

Angry just spotted that I paid 8p more for them than they cost now. So much for a bargain!

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Snowkey · 11/12/2012 06:24

Honest opinion - I think they are a bit of an odd gadget....I'd send them back and get something useful or edible - make her some peppermint bark or home made fudge rather than buying a gift. Who would pay £17.99 for tongs though - that price was seriously inflated.

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SeasonallySnowyPeasant · 11/12/2012 09:27

I'll talk to DBro and see what he thinks. If worst cones to worst, I get to keep them :o

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pictish · 11/12/2012 09:31

£18 for tongs!!

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sausagesandwich34 · 11/12/2012 09:35

tongs for casserole? what's wrong with a fork?

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SeasonallySnowyPeasant · 11/12/2012 09:38

Alright, alright, I know it was a bit of a silly impulse buy but I didn't pay £17. I'm not that much of a mug, honest.

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CajaDeLaMemoria · 11/12/2012 09:43

Hmm...

I think if you'd got her a casserole set, or a casserole pot thing, it'd be okay. But tongs are bizarre. I've never known anyone use them. I like to cook but I'd never heard of them...I don't know what I'd do with them.

I think they might be one of those weird things that some people will find really useful, and others would be baffled by. Like silicon cake cases.

If I was you I'd keep the tongs for myself and buy her something edible, or a little cooking set, or something.

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DoubleMum · 11/12/2012 09:54

I have tongs and use them often (although never for a casserole!). I use them for all kind of things - turning meat, lifting something like bacon, roast potatoes etc off a cooking tray, loads of things. I'll be honest though, mine are £3 ones from Tesco, I'd be a bit bemused with posh tongs.

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Theala · 11/12/2012 10:06

I like the posh tongs. I would like to receive them as a gift, I think.

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SeasonallySnowyPeasant · 11/12/2012 10:26

Ok, I'm going to put it to my brother. Here goes...

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Thumbwitch · 11/12/2012 10:29

I like the tongs but might be a bit Xmas Hmm about getting them as a first Christmas present from you!

See what your brother says though. :)

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INeedThatForkOff · 11/12/2012 12:50

TBH, we have loads of cookery-related gifts given to DH that we never, ever use - garlic roaster, brie baker, pasta machine etc ...

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INeedThatForkOff · 11/12/2012 12:51

What about some nice crockery (Cath Kidston / Emma Bridgewater type stuff if she's into it)?

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SeasonallySnowyPeasant · 11/12/2012 12:58

A Brie-baker?! That's worse than mine, fantastic. Someone got hooked on the Lakeland catalogue...

She lives with her parents or her sister depending on where she's studying so she doesn't need crockery.

No reply from DBro yet but he is at work.

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SeasonallySnowyPeasant · 11/12/2012 13:32

Reply from DBro. He thinks she wouldn't use them. I shall unwrap them and put them in my kitchen :o (and stop feeling so smug about having finished my Christmas shopping)

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Thumbwitch · 11/12/2012 13:35

I hope he gave you some idea for an alternative then Xmas Smile

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Merrin · 11/12/2012 18:11

I think your over thinking it, its a fine gift. :o

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SeasonallySnowyPeasant · 11/12/2012 19:40

Idea for an alternative? Of course not Hmm

It will have to be a book voucher or something equally boring.

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