BS”D
I am with you on this one, SJS – in the US I enjoyed baking my own mishloach manos but here I can’t find ingredients or figure out my oven so all I am doing is distributing junk food that my friends already have. I don’t want any in return because we all get our stuff from the same supplier and I don’t eat that stuff.
Last year I gave only to a few friends on one side of town; this year I’ll give to my friends on the other side unless I’m in E”Y for Purim which is where I’d like to be.