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

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BusyTraybake · 07/03/2025 15:35

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?

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janeandmarysmum · 10/03/2025 11:32

Good grief so much angst and aggro. I think this is the first time I've actually been glad to be coeliac,

Tinseltuttifruitti · 10/03/2025 11:29

It wouldn't occur to me to not eat them.

People who are squeamish have probably never been in a professional kitchen! This reminds me of the thread where a poster boycotted a restaurant because she saw an employee smoking a cigarette out back...

Psychostates · 10/03/2025 11:26

TheKeatingFive · 10/03/2025 11:20

God that's eye opening.

Pringles are one thing I never touch. Awful, artificial crap. They bear no resemblance to real food at all.

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It doesn't surprise me. Although that article is more than 15 years old, they taste of nothing but cheap salt, and aren't as crunchy either. I remember when they first came out and they tasted so good, particularly the 'cheese and chive' flavour which they changed to 'sour cream and chive.'
Pringles have changed so much over the years, a long with Ben & Jerry's icecream, I wouldn't buy them.

KimberleyClark · 10/03/2025 11:22

newnamesix · 10/03/2025 11:20

Agreed. And those tubes never biodegrade.

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Absolutely, they are made of reconstituted instant mash among other things.

TheKeatingFive · 10/03/2025 11:20

Bigtreebrenda · 10/03/2025 11:18

Pringles actually argued in court that their product is so full of shite chemicals that it isn’t a potato product:

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2009/may/21/pringles-vat-tax-crisps-snacks

Pringles are the very last thing any remotely discerning person should be putting in their mouths. Yuck!

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God that's eye opening.

Pringles are one thing I never touch. Awful, artificial crap. They bear no resemblance to real food at all.

newnamesix · 10/03/2025 11:20

Bigtreebrenda · 10/03/2025 11:18

Pringles actually argued in court that their product is so full of shite chemicals that it isn’t a potato product:

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2009/may/21/pringles-vat-tax-crisps-snacks

Pringles are the very last thing any remotely discerning person should be putting in their mouths. Yuck!

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Agreed. And those tubes never biodegrade.

Bigtreebrenda · 10/03/2025 11:18

newnamesix · 10/03/2025 11:13

@BettyBardMacDonald

Some people place a higher value on snacking and aren't bothered about where the food comes from. They can have at it.

I'd classify anyone who eats Pringles as pretty desperate for a snack, actually.

Pringles actually argued in court that their product is so full of shite chemicals that it isn’t a potato product:

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2009/may/21/pringles-vat-tax-crisps-snacks

Pringles are the very last thing any remotely discerning person should be putting in their mouths. Yuck!

The Court of Appeal has ruled that Pringles are actually crisps

Brilliant 'our product is rubbish' defence fails to convince judge at Court of Appeal, costing Procter and Gamble upwards of £100m in VAT

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2009/may/21/pringles-vat-tax-crisps-snacks

LovelyLeitrim · 10/03/2025 11:14

BettyBardMacDonald · 10/03/2025 10:47

My SO and I, why?

I can remember visiting my parents when Pringles first were sold, many years ago, and a tube would last the four of us the weekend. They aren't like popcorn where one can just eat and eat it.

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Out of interest, how long and how many meals do you get from a chicken?

Asking for a friend!

newnamesix · 10/03/2025 11:13

@BettyBardMacDonald

Some people place a higher value on snacking and aren't bothered about where the food comes from. They can have at it.

I'd classify anyone who eats Pringles as pretty desperate for a snack, actually.

Psychostates · 10/03/2025 11:10

LoAndBeholden · 10/03/2025 11:04

Some people have genuine OCD and need treatment. The other posters need to get a grip. This kind of stuff makes me think society now is sick and neurotic. Humans have developed defence systems. We live in the uk. You are unlikely to get sick from eating a home-made brownie. Get over it.

Not unless it's a pot brownie, which I'm sure wouldn't happen anywhere other than student digs. When the person is known to you, I cannot see the issue. Exactly, and op isn't a random. She is the sister of the bride.

KimberleyClark · 10/03/2025 11:09

Of course not. How do some people manage to live?

LoAndBeholden · 10/03/2025 11:04

Some people have genuine OCD and need treatment. The other posters need to get a grip. This kind of stuff makes me think society now is sick and neurotic. Humans have developed defence systems. We live in the uk. You are unlikely to get sick from eating a home-made brownie. Get over it.

LoAndBeholden · 10/03/2025 10:59

BettyBardMacDonald · 10/03/2025 10:49

Yes, @Peppercorncrunch, we enjoyed the cakes because I know the hygiene of the person who baked them. They weren't left on our bed in a hotel room by some random.

the OP is not a random.

Psychostates · 10/03/2025 10:55

Isthiswhatmenthink · 09/03/2025 21:50

Eating does not = gobbling (unless you have disordered thinking around food).

I think that’s exactly what poor old Betty has. She’s posting using these sneering terms to elevate herself and convince herself she’s definitely not the one with the problem. 😬 Sorry pal.

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Ooo, I quite like the word "gobbling." It reminds me of the hobbits from Lord of the Rings for some reason. 'Elevensies' anyone? I think I'll have a brownie! 😂

Fizbosshoes · 10/03/2025 10:54

LoAndBeholden · 10/03/2025 10:46

Are you raising children this way? To reject any home-made food? Be careful. When they get to uni etc they may find life restrictive and challenging.

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My DD loves baking and makes great cakes and brownies. She took some home made cookies to uni when she started and they were well received.
(We do have cats at home but they are rarely in the kitchen when we are baking and of course never on any food prep surfaces)

BettyBardMacDonald · 10/03/2025 10:49

Yes, @Peppercorncrunch, we enjoyed the cakes because I know the hygiene of the person who baked them. They weren't left on our bed in a hotel room by some random.

LoAndBeholden · 10/03/2025 10:48

newnamesix · 09/03/2025 11:28

I think it's because a willingness to eat a homemade brownie doesn't equate to being willing to 'gobble anything'.

Eating does not = gobbling (unless you have disordered thinking around food).

There is a whole world of food I choose not to consume. I don't place a value judgment on people who choose to consume it.

You must have a very small little life, based on your postings on this thread, which is your choice, but others don't have to tell you it's normal.

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I think there must be disordered eating going on, if you read between the lines.

Peppercorncrunch · 10/03/2025 10:48

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BettyBardMacDonald · 10/03/2025 10:47

Iwantmyoldnameback · 10/03/2025 10:42

How many people shared half a tube of Pringles?

Pot luck dinner parties are where everyone brings a dish to share I believe.

My SO and I, why?

I can remember visiting my parents when Pringles first were sold, many years ago, and a tube would last the four of us the weekend. They aren't like popcorn where one can just eat and eat it.

LoAndBeholden · 10/03/2025 10:46

BettyBardMacDonald · 09/03/2025 09:35

What hogwash. Our lives aren't restricted at all.

Illness and poisoning aren't a concern, as I have stated before. Aesthetics are.

I'm never desperate enough for a biscuit or brownie that I'd eat any old thing some rando plopped into a sack and left in my hotel room.

Are you raising children this way? To reject any home-made food? Be careful. When they get to uni etc they may find life restrictive and challenging.

Hillarious · 10/03/2025 10:45

Garlicgarlicgarlic · 07/03/2025 16:10

Nope.
I wouldn't eat anything made in someone else's house.

Have you ever seen threads on here where people announce they don't wash their hands after peeing (because 'sterile' 😄) or after changing a kids shitty nappy?
and for all the other reasons posters have already written.

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Does that include an invitation to dinner at someone else's house?

LoAndBeholden · 10/03/2025 10:44

What kinds of people do some posters associate with that they are so scared of home-made food?! Get cleaner friends!

These days it’s a luxury to get home-made food.

Some people here are soooo uptight. They probably only holiday in place that serve fish and chips, and are terrified of ‘foreign muck’ too.

And ‘ a cake made by a random school mum without accreditation’ is my favourite comment on this thread.

Peppercorncrunch · 10/03/2025 10:44

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Iwantmyoldnameback · 10/03/2025 10:42

How many people shared half a tube of Pringles?

Pot luck dinner parties are where everyone brings a dish to share I believe.

Peppercorncrunch · 10/03/2025 10:40

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