Show Sincerity With Mishloach Manot

Mishloach manot is the word denoting the Purim baskets meaning gift articles of food items and drinks to be offered on the festival of Purim to colleagues, relatives, friends, business associates, neighbors and all the people whom we know. The Book of Esther advises presenting mishloach manot and is aimed at ensuring that there is plentiful food with everyone to enjoy during the Purim feast. The gifts also are intended at increasing love and cordiality among the Jew society. This is meant for defying Haman’s conviction that the Jews are not unified. 
According to the Jewish convention, each Jew has to present mishloach manot comprising of two different kinds of foodstuffs to minimum one individual. The Book of Esther advises offereing of mishloach manot to symbolize the occasion of Purim as an occasion to relish and feast whereby all the people together with the poor are in position to enjoy the banquet and occasion. The canto in the book which prescribes the tradition tells that 2 separate ready-to-eat foodstuffs and/or beverages need to be given to one person. It also states to donate two amounts to 2 poor persons. Generally, the 1st convention or mitzvah is accomplished by people by themselves, while the 2nd is performed by giving donations to charitable organizations who in turn present cash, foods and/or beverages to poor people on the occasion of Purim. 
Mishloach manot is necessary to be presented by each Jewish person even if he himself is poor. People who are not in a position to purchase food items for their friends can choose to exchange their food items with their friends. 
There are certain traditions relating to offering mishloach manot. The gifts must be presented compulsorily in the daytime of Purim. Moreover, some traditionalist people opine that males must present gift baskets mandatorily to males and females to exclusively females. Nevertheless when the one of the recipient or sender is a family the opposite party may be a male or a female. So also families are permitted to offer gift articles to other families. Another convention is that the mishloach manot must not be offered to a mourner. However a mourner is supposed to give the gift articles to other people, but the gift bundle must not be very adorned. Certain people have the opinion that a mourner should send the gift baskets to just one person. Another command also advises that Purim should fall on the same date for the recipient and the sender. To reciprocate the mishloach manot is not mandatory. 
Related to the food items to be offered as mishloach manot, the command is the foodstuffs must be readymade. Underdone grains or meat cannot be sent. Normally the gift baskets comprise of wine and pastries. Also, fruits, desserts, salads, snacks, cooked foods and canned foods too can be added in the gift pack. Also the fruits tucked in the gifts are supposed to be of two dissimilar sorts. Thereby 2 oranges are not two different types of food items, nevertheless one grapefruit and one apple are two different types of foodstuffs.