Page 12 | Would you be grossed out by homemade baked good in care package?

BusyTraybake · 2025-03-07T15:35:54+00:00

I am helping my sister put together care packages for her wedding. She is paying for the wedding party to stay in a posh hotel for a few nights. We are going to leave little care packages on the bed. I have an exceptional brownie recipe and was going to leave a trio of favours in the box. But sister’s SIL says she would never eat a homemade treat due to hygiene reasons. obviously I will be clinically clean and wil even wear a hair net as I couldn’t think of anything worse than someone finding a hair. Who is being weird?

PrimitivePerson · 07/03/2025 20:14

The attitudes to hygiene on here are just bonkers. I'm not exactly ancient, but when I was a kid most people had one bath or shower a week, and somehow we all survived.

Fullofpop · 07/03/2025 20:11

@NattyTurtle59 I am seriously thinking about leaving mumsnet

I bet you don’t 😂

Lentilweaver · 07/03/2025 20:06

How do those with no allergens or other barriers feel about the delicious street food in Turkey, Thailand, Vietnam or anywhere else street food is great?

LovelyLeitrim · 07/03/2025 20:02

Theseventhmagpie · 07/03/2025 19:58

Unless I knew you personally and knew your level of hygiene it would be going in the bin.

How do you feel about chefs in restaurants? You often see restaurants shut down due to poor hygiene.

GiddyRobin · 07/03/2025 20:01

Wouldn't bother me at all! Only issue would be allergens (I'm a coeliac), but otherwise I'd be chuffed. We have loads of bakesales in our village, and my neighbours and I often swap dishes, either savoury or sweet. It's communal and really lovely.

I briefly worked in a couple of cafes as a student...far more grim in those kitchens, I can tell you! You couldn't have paid me to eat anything from there.

NattyTurtle59 · 07/03/2025 20:00

I would far rather have home baked goods than shop bought.

Honestly, the world is going mad, and it seems to me regressing. Or, more likely, the MN world, which as we all know is vastly removed from the actual world, In real life I don't know even one person who wouldn't eat home baked goods, in fact most people would prefer them. I worked in a place where people often brought baking in, and we all fell on it with delight.

I'm seriously thinking about leaving MN, so many really, really, strange people - I actually find it quite worrying that there are so many oddballs around (thank goodness I live in a part of the world where people are more normal).

Theseventhmagpie · 07/03/2025 19:58

Unless I knew you personally and knew your level of hygiene it would be going in the bin.

speakout · 07/03/2025 19:57

I wouldn't eat them- sorry.

I attended a Scouts fundraiser a few years ago, the usual tombola, book stall, tables full of home made goodies- sourdough bread, muffins, fruit loaves.
Two volunteers were manning the stall, and I hear one say to the other " I love how kneading bread leaves my fingernails so lovely and clean", holding up her hands in admiration.

The thought of that makes me heave.

Epidote · 07/03/2025 19:53

I wouldn't be grossed by anything nice done in good faith and manners even is is something I detest (fish) . The gesture is also important.

SporadicMincePieMuncher · 07/03/2025 19:49

It's clearly a divisive subject!

They sound like lovely brownies but I think it would be more in keeping with a bit of luxury if you purchased some individually wrapped brownies or cake slices - the sort of thing you'd find in a nice hotel or at the till in a waitrose cafe. Won't be too eyewateringly pricey for the quantities you're doing, and will ensure that those who won't eat home made, will eat them. You could always do the home made ones as a little extra for those you personally know and know would appreciate and eat them.

Lentilweaver · 07/03/2025 19:47

So glad my friends/ colleagues are not like MN and eat my samosas/ curries/ sweets without demanding to inspect my kitchen.

gannett · 07/03/2025 19:47

Lentilweaver · 07/03/2025 19:29

I would happily eat it and prefer it.

Astonished at people who say they dont eat food from other people's houses? Eh what?
Have you never had Christmas
or Diwali or Eid sweets from a neighbour or a colleague? Or worked in an office where people brought tupperwares filled with goodies?

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Oh you really do not want to open the can of worms that is home-cooked food AND someone ringing your doorbell AT THE SAME TIME.

"Grim." "Imposing themselves." "Abusive."

Zanatdy · 07/03/2025 19:46

I have no issues with eating anything, but seems many are so I wouldn’t bother

biscuitsandbooks · 07/03/2025 19:45

Lentilweaver · 07/03/2025 19:44

I don't believe everybody on this thread who said no is autistic. They have cited hygiene reasons.

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I never said they were, I was just offering a different perspective.

You're saying "food is love" but that's not the case for many people.

Lentilweaver · 07/03/2025 19:44

biscuitsandbooks · 07/03/2025 19:38

Not when you're autistic and struggle with different flavours and textures it's not.

I eat food that I'm familiar with and that I know I can tolerate. I show my love for people in other ways instead.

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I don't believe everybody on this thread who said no is autistic. They have cited hygiene reasons.

Fullofpop · 07/03/2025 19:42

And you’re getting married yourself…. Planning on doing anything like this for your guests op? (Don’t)

Fullofpop · 07/03/2025 19:40

This has me practically squirming with embarrassment.

I am “grossed out” by SO much in this entire scenario OP

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BusyTraybake · 07/03/2025 19:39

Thatcannotberight · 07/03/2025 19:35

Oh dear, I now have an image of these MN users as the vomiting lady from Little Britain. 😬🤣

I am DYING over here

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Psychostates · 07/03/2025 19:38

Thatcannotberight · 07/03/2025 19:35

Oh dear, I now have an image of these MN users as the vomiting lady from Little Britain. 😬🤣

From food poisoning 😂

biscuitsandbooks · 07/03/2025 19:38

Lentilweaver · 07/03/2025 19:37

I am really out of step with MN these days.
Food is love. Sharing it is love. Unless you are allergic.
Just yesterday I had the most delicious scones baked by a colleague. So much better than anything in a cafe.

Not when you're autistic and struggle with different flavours and textures it's not.

I eat food that I'm familiar with and that I know I can tolerate. I show my love for people in other ways instead.

Porcuporpoise · 07/03/2025 19:37

Mumsnet is full of germphobes who won't eat anything unless it's made by Mr Kipling but my real life experience of fetes and bake sales suggests that most people are not like this.

Lentilweaver · 07/03/2025 19:37

I am really out of step with MN these days.
Food is love. Sharing it is love. Unless you are allergic.
Just yesterday I had the most delicious scones baked by a colleague. So much better than anything in a cafe.

Thatcannotberight · 07/03/2025 19:35

Oh dear, I now have an image of these MN users as the vomiting lady from Little Britain. 😬🤣

biscuitsandbooks · 07/03/2025 19:30

Lentilweaver · 07/03/2025 19:29

I would happily eat it and prefer it.

Astonished at people who say they dont eat food from other people's houses? Eh what?
Have you never had Christmas
or Diwali or Eid sweets from a neighbour or a colleague? Or worked in an office where people brought tupperwares filled with goodies?

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No, never. Never been offered it either, unless it's family or really close friends.

Lentilweaver · 07/03/2025 19:29

I would happily eat it and prefer it.

Astonished at people who say they dont eat food from other people's houses? Eh what?
Have you never had Christmas
or Diwali or Eid sweets from a neighbour or a colleague? Or worked in an office where people brought tupperwares filled with goodies?