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

I find it amusing how your language is so derogatory about people who have a different view, “ilk” and “gobble anything”.

And you all others defensive 🤣🤣😆😆😆😆.

Do you have many friends, you know ones that buy you presents etc?

Thank you 😊. Goody bags are really nice. I just thought the term ‘care package’ was so right-on. And it did make me think of some old lady having her Care Package put in place before she’s discharged from hospital 😀. Language is fascinating 🎁

My friend had a book launch last week. We got a cute paper bag containing a planner, pen, bookmark, cookie (labelled with the name of the character in the book who makes them) and a mug. I didn't realise this was a care package. (It wasn't).

A care package is what you give to someone who's ill or had a rubbish life event. Not a wedding guest or a book launch guest.

@Ilovecleaning Care packages are to goody bags what staycations are to UK holidays.

I'm fine with homemade baked goods as long as I don't have any reason to believe that they were prepared in a filthy kitchen by a filthy cook. It doesn't usually cross my mind to worry about it, and I love a bake sale. This is perhaps odd, because I am someone who won't share water bottles or share a drink from the same glass and who carries hand gel with me everywhere long before the pandemic happened.

What happened to turn a simple goody bag into a "care package"?

@BettyBardMacDonald because your lives must be quite restricted, and I don’t know anyone who has been ill from a home made cake, but do know people who have had food poisoning from a restaurant

I find it amusing how defensive the "gobble anything " ilk is. Why do you feel the need to insult those of us who are more careful about what we choose to eat?

People are so weird not eating homemade food lol

I think people would be surprised just how "clean" factories are.

I would definitely eat your brownies. I love home made cake and your brownie recipe sounds wonderful.

Unfortunately many people on Mumsnet seem to live in a weird parallel universe where you can't eat anything made by an actual human being as it might make you ill.

I have only ever met one person like this IRL. Years ago when DD was still at primary I was temporarily between jobs so was able to go to some PTA coffee morning thing. I like baking so took my own contribution then sampled other peoples delicious offerings. I noticed that some people had sent in boxes of bought cake but thought, fair enough maybe they don't have time or are not confident bakers. However, I preferred to stick to the homemade.

At the end there was loads left over so they were selling them off and I bought some to take home, as did we all. One of the women I was with bought up the boxed commercial cakes. She said, before anyone even asked, that she wouldn't consider eating cake made by people she didn't know. At the time I thought her exceptionally weird, and still do really, but I have been on Mumsnet long enough to realise there are some other people out there who are like that.

You wouldn’t want to ruin your appetite by eating a brownie fhe night before? Ok.

So many nutso germophobes on this thread.

She’s being silly along with all the people on here that say they wouldn’t eat it. The vast majority of wedding cakes are baked by family, friends or people who bake at home, and everyone happily eats those.

people eat out more than ever these days and the lack of hygiene even in the best of kitchens would shock people. Do they think that every employer is able to check if someone has washed their hands after the loo, not mishandled or stored food incorrectly, etc, etc.

That's quite some acquaintance you have if you think that that's a possibility.

It's not a fear of illness. No one has suggested that except the "i'll eat anything from anywhere" ilk.

One can decline food for reasons other than fearing illness or death. I don't think toddler snot, pet feces or the fecal bacteria under some slob's fingernail extension are going to kill me. But I still don't care to eat them.

Waste of time and money.
I wouldn’t eat them. Intolerances and some people live in filth.

I’d eat them 😋
I think if you make a little label saying if the brownies are free of nuts , gluten , dairy , egg , whatever then the guests can choose whether to eat them or not .
I myself have traditional brownie recipes plus vegan and GF recipes too

Seems they’ll only eat the catered food as long as they can see a certified copy of the hygiene credentials and personally examine the kitchen beforehand otherwise they’d rather starve

I think the brownies sound lovely, OP. I would be thrilled with them, and the gift box.

I thought I was a squeamish person before encountering Mumsnet. The collective grossed out-ness at the realities of everyday life is quite something to behold!

Tbh not sure I really understand this - if people would not eat the brownies then will they not eat at the wedding at all - seems very odd ? I would love the brownies and a lovely thought

i wouldn’t think twice about eating it and am surprised that so many of you are saying they wouldn’t!

All the people scared of food poisoning - stop being so paranoid. I'm 50, and have only, with any certainty, had food poisoning once, which I'm almost certain came from a dodgy McDonald's.

I've eaten all sorts of stuff that may or may not have come from iffy sources, and it's never made me ill.

It's not normal to reject brownies

Much rather eat a home baked option than any ultra processed food crap

Yes. I make one comment about care packages on a thread about care packages which, of course, means I live my life like that: thinking about care packages.
And your passive aggressive use of ‘sad’ 🙄 Did you have your head tilted to one side as you typed it while emitting a baffled little sigh wondering why we are not all as sweet as you?🤣

We went to a wedding recently that was entirely catered in a “pot luck” style by family and friends. Very diverse range of people attending and not one seemed to have a problem tucking into homemade goods.