"Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
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> My late mother was Diabetic and allergic to flowers. For Mothers' Day I
> would buy her a huge bunch of asparagus and tie it up with a big, bright
> ribbon. She loved it.

My one SIL loves tomatoes. Every year I grow them and hope to have excess
for her. At almost every gift giving occasion, someone gives her a large
tomato. I've been known to get cases of diet soda.