To clarify, we never thought the basket odd in a bad way. Not the usual gift but they knew the area where we were going and when and knew we'd need it. They told us to take it with us or we'd have just put it with the other presents. A great gift with careful thought put into it. I think the poster you responded to was indeed thinking ill of it. Meh. So be it. We didn't. We were happy with the gift. I remember a thread awhile back about a story where some bridezilla sent a nasty note to one of her guests regarding the insufficiency of her present. I'm not sure if it ended up being true or a hoax.
Ahhh Here it is.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/02/wedding-gift_n_3535780.html
Oh and there's a link within the story to one where two bridezillas were unhappy with their gift basket. HAHHAHA. That dust up is a doozy.
We did go to a wedding where it was pretty much cake, ice cream, those little candy things some punch, and some cookies. I think they had some strawberries too. It's all they could afford. It was the middle of the day about 3pm. So nobody needed a meal. We didn't look down on them for it and thought it was nice. Nor did we say oh wait, that's about $5 a plate. So we're taking our gift back and getting a $5 gift.