Southern Gifts for Northern Friends
The next time you travel in the South, take time to find special southern foods and gifts for those closest to you. Northern friends who enjoyed a particular dish when they visited the South might even request these southern gifts. Southern foodstuffs make ideal gifts as long as you can transport them back properly to your northern locale, and other items such as southern honey, beauty products and handmade items make excellent gift options as well.
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Food Gifts and Gift Baskets
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Gift baskets filled with local southern food and regional specialties make gifts for northern friends since they are filled with food you are probably unable to find in the North. Class Acts Gift Baskets is a southern company that specializes in gourmet regional specialties of Charleston, South Carolina; see the Resources section for more information. At the Paula Dean Store in Savannah, Georgia, you can find gift baskets containing sauces, candy and spices. If visiting the Williamsburg-Hampton areas of Virginia, try picking up a Genuine Smithfield ham; such meat has been a staple of southern American cooking for generations. Pick up Virginia peanuts, wine and gourmet specialties at the Genuine Smithfield Ham Shoppe in Smithfield, Virginia.
Honey and Body Care Products
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Located in Savannah, Georgia, the Savannah Bee Company produces artisanal raw honeys as well as natural body care products. Pick up a bottle of specialty honey or choose from the company's lines of everyday and wildflower honey. Sampler honey gift baskets are available as are honey-based body care product gift sets. A jar of honey with a tube of honey lip balm is an inexpensive Savannah-produced present. There are numerous other southern-based companies with websites for purchasing honey gift sets for good prices. The Southern Honey Assortment Gift Set from Harris & Clark offers three types of honey for under $10. Such gift sets are ideal for those who enjoy small-batch southern honey. The southern honey-baked ham is a staple of southern cooking; a honey gift set with Smithfield Genuine Ham makes a good gift set for those who do not have to travel far.
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Handmade Gifts & Other Food Gift Ideas
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Any gift made by southern hands is sure to please. Look for items such as tablecloths, kitchen accessories, skirts and dresses, jewelry boxes and handmade soaps. Knowing that your gift can only be found in the South will add to the uniqueness of the gift. Southern cookbooks are welcome gifts for friends interested in southern cooking. Southern desserts such as pecan candy, red velvet cake (or mix) and handmade chocolates make excellent gifts as long as you do they are still in good condition when you present them. Virginia peanuts are a food item produced mainly in Virginia and North Carolina. Available in honey-roasted, salted and unsalted, these nuts make great snacks. Tennessee praline pecans from Jack Daniel's are a fun southern whiskey-inspired gift.
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