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

I have no idea, they got on fine though as far as I could see, and still went to each others houses! I worked in a strange place. 😂

When my kids were young I often went to cake sales, or school fayre, just to buy the home baked cakes and biscuits. I let DH think I'd made them myself.

If anyone doesn't want them, send them my way. I like brownies. I'd happily eat them.

They were pretty open about it tbh after the colleague had been over, and joked about each other's lifestyles. The lady in question would laugh and say "hey a bit of dirt never did anybody any harm, builds you immunity etc." She was quite an outspoken person, and would call the other lady a "clean freak." They weren't bothered.
I wouldn't eat baked good from a knowingly dirty house though, no.

I wouldn't want a homemade thing from someone I didn't know as not everyone has the hygiene standards you say you have but clearly people have different views so maybe best to leave it. She's not being weird and neither are you but not everyone is comfortable with homemade stuff.

You've heard of washing and disinfectant, I suppose?

I may say I've never vomited into anything I've then used for baking. I can't recall ever seeing other posters mentioning that, but then I suppose I don't choose to read about other people's vomiting habits.

It’s the mimsy preciousness, the delicate shudders at the very idea of eating something made by a person other than yourself that causes the baffled amusement.
I have only ever met one person with this kind of worldview and he had severe anxiety issues. During the BSE scare he refused to let his family go into the garden because of squirrels in the trees and squirrels were BSE carriers.
(Well, possibly, if you killed them and actually ATE their brains…)
But, you know, germs.

You’ve just reminded me of when I was making some cakes with young Girls Brigaders, one of them said can we lick the bowl, without thinking anything of it I said yes , of course . One girl was aghast, raw eggs ! She’s my daughter’s close friend, 30 years later, we all survived!

Yes, but were these cakes then sold, or given as wedding favours? 😂

I'm always up for a homemade baked item unless I know the person is particularly dirty.
For example a woman at work often brought homemade cakes in, her house was filthy she had cats climbing on benches, washed the cats dishes with her own, and leaving them sitting in dirty water. 🤢 It literally was a health hazard. She looked clean, and put together on the surface. It was a huge surprise when a colleague visited her house.
I realise that's an extreme example, I always graciously received a cake and told her I'd keep it for later! Another lady I knew always wore gloves to bake. Her house was spotless, and we always loved it when she brought stuff in.

Op's brownies sound great, and I think she sounds lovely and clean. I would definitely eat them.

I would be very pleased to receive this and would happily it

@Sahara123 I still lick the bowl, benefit of DC being at uni, don’t have to share! I think it is the best bit. Like raw pastry too!

I bet the non brownie eaters would ever have let their DC do that.

Wonder how many posters know of anyone who was sick from eating a home made cake

One of my fondest memories with my kids . Licking the bowl ! One daughter said she preferred that to the actual cake !

Not in that point, no. I don’t want to eat home-made food from any home that might not practice good hygiene. I e been to friend and family houses where the cook has touched a pet before going back to handling food or has a cat jumping on he worktop. Turns my stomach.

If unable to make the toilet, then emesis bags (available from Amazon, etc). Prior to that, a bucket lined with bin bag.
Never ever would have considered food items a suitable receptacle.

I agree.

When my dad was in hospital for several weeks I took the nurses a box of home made cakes. After reading threads like these I put on that I owned a café and had a five star rating, plus allergens. The nurses thought it was hysterical and I suspect that they thought I was showing off! They said they’d eat anything.

Op you can do your level 2 food safety exam online for about £15, which is what most food handlers have. Might appease the ones that are paranoid. I’d put your sil a cheap and nasty bought brownie in!

I would absolutely eat them but only if I knew roughly what was in them, home baked is fabulous! Not to be awkward or wasteful but simply for allergy reasons though I would need a label or a wee note in the box. We are a multi allergy household and my youngest dd has a sulfite allergy which means she can eat next to nothing out and with no label it would be an automatic no. I have several serious allergies too but can eat a much broader range so could probably chance cakes but I would still hesitate at an event like this in case of disaster.

I'd think it was a nice touch, but I wouldn't eat them if I didn't personally know the maker. This is because a colleague went through a home baking phase and was bringing things into the office to share. She always had filthy fingernails and I had been shown pictures of her cat (I like cats) all over the kitchen countertops, with the litter tray in the kitchen corner too. I just felt like the cat pooed and then jumped up to a work surface. Nobody got sick from her food though.

@whatthefuk curious to know what you and your family vomit into?

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

Hmm.... Venn diagram crossover between the "teeny tiny how on earth can you manage a WHOLE CHERRY TOMATO" crowd and the "ewwwww germs" crowd.

I don’t expect you need to turn many invites down.

You might be, but the number of people I've read on here who use pans, bowls, etc to vomit in would put me off eating home baking, no matter how clean they appear.

We don't accept invitations to pot luck meals.

It's not fear of germs or illness. It's aesthetics. I've seen too many people cooking in their homes oblivious to toddler grime, pet hair and other distasteful things to look upon homemade food as appetizing.

It's a turnoff, that's all. I'm never so desperate for a brownie or cake or whatever anyway, so passing them up is no hardship.

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