to feel like throwing up whenever I have to eat other people's home cooked food

[gettngbetter]

A lady in work baked a cake the other day and brought it in to share around. I accepted a slice as not to seem rude and said I'd have it later with my lunch as I'd just eaten. Then when no one was looking I wrapped it in a napkin and threw it in the bin.

I don't know why exactly but eating something that someone baked at home makes me feel ill. How do I know how hygienic they are? I'm not overly obsessed with hygiene or germs but i dont like the thought of someone I dont know very well touching the food with their hands.

If I'm in a restaurant I have no problem eating anything - even though if I think about it rationally the chef there could be very unhygienic! I've read horror stories about restaurants having to be shut down because they were endangering people's health.

Sometimes I'm in a situation where I feel obliged to accept and eat something - and there's no way of disposing of it - I try to gulp it down as quickly as possible.

I admit it's a bit weird to feel like this - Does anyone have the same issues. Or does anyone else have similar weird phobias? My friend is totally freaked out by cotton wool (I find that weird!)

[PhallicGiraffe]

What a bunch of weirdos. I'd choose home cooked over factory produced anyday. The amount of crap that goes into commercial food is outrageous!

[SockPinchingMonster]

I'd be more worried about factory produced cakes/breads/biscuits to be honest. A family member used to work for a major bread producer and told me some of the disgusting things the factory workers used to do in the bread mix. Similarly my college tutor used to work at a biscuit factory and told the class that the same thing used to happen in the biscuit mix. In all honesty you are safer eating someone's home baked cake.

[frogwatcher42]

SockPinchingMonster - did it involve various human secretions from different areas of the body by any chance????

[petitdonkey]

I wouldn't say that I have a phobia and will happily eat cakes made by my friends and family but (and now I'm going to upset lots of people) when I was a teacher I would never eat something homemade by a child or his/her parents. I had one exception but the mum was a school cook and used to bring in a massive tray of white cake with white icing and sprinkles.....

I think that I am a decent baker and my hygiene is excellent but I have never sent anything homemade into a class teacher as it seems like a waste. (I was by NO means the only teacher that would chuck stuff) Maybe it's different if you teach in a naice middle-class school but, where I worked, no way.

[SomethingOnce]

Ok, I'll say it.

Middle class people can have unhygienic homes.
Many non-MC people have hygienic homes.

Bloody hell.

[pigletmania]

It was a waste of cake though, ou should have given it to someone and said that your jst not hungry

[SockPinchingMonster]

Frogwatcher - Oh yes, various types of disgusting secretions, makes me feel sick just thinking about the things I have been told goes on in food factories. Give me someone's home baking any day.

[farrowandbawl]

I can't understand why you would feed it to your kids if you refuse to eat it yourself.

You are worried about hygiene and getting ill from eating something someone else has made, but you don't mind risking the kids getting ill?

You wont eat something someone has made, but will eat something from a restaurant, takeaway, cafe or a ready made sandwich, mcdonalds, KFC etc etc...

I know someone who works in a place catering for airline food - NEVER eat it.

I also know someone who used to make pre made sandwiches - the horror stories are true

I wont go into what goes into curries..I'll leave that to your imagination.

In short, you are more at risk in your average food joint, than you will ever be in a scruffy home kitchen.

[Procrastinating]

I would (and do) feed it to my children because I know my disgust is irrational. It is nothing to do with hygiene for me.

[exoticfruits]

I'd be more worried about factory produced cakes/breads/biscuits to be honest. A family member used to work for a major bread producer and told me some of the disgusting things the factory workers used to do in the bread mix. Similarly my college tutor used to work at a biscuit factory and told the class that the same thing used to happen in the biscuit mix. In all honesty you are safer eating someone's home baked cake.

I always think the same, but I suppose it is an irrational fear and not based on any logic.

[PrincessFlirtyPants]

YANBU... It always tastes strange

I only eat at my mums house. Never ever at anyone else's though!

[ThingsThatMakeYouGoHmmmmmmmmm]

YABU.

Weirdo. But you knew that anyway.

[marriedinwhiteisback]

Totally weird but at least the OP is polite about it in public. What do you do if you're invited out to lunch/supper/dinner OP? Bet you are too precious to touch actual real meat too.

HAve you ever eaten a pot noodle? If you have - get a grip.

[frogwatcher42]

Sock and Farrow - its awful isn't it. What do they do with airline food - I haven't heard that one before - is it not all pre-made?.

I wish I hadn't got involved in this thread as thinking about all the awful stuff such as that we mentioned up thread has put me off anything in my cupboards. It took me a while to get over it when I first knew about it years ago - I wouldn't eat out for ages.

I would so much rather eat home prep food. More so now I have been reminded of what can end up in bought.

[valiumredhead]

Restaurant kitchens are vile, if you eat out normally you are being precious about home cooked good.

[farrowandbawl]

Frog, just trust me on this one. It's premade yes, that's where he was working, in the place that makes it.

[frogwatcher42]

Farrow Oh. Just tell me - top end or bottom end addition, if you get what I mean. I think i could cope with one better than the other!!!!!

[MrsLouisTheroux]

A number of my old friends worked in factories during the summer when we were students.
They had some stories to tell. Frozen veg, biscuits, sausage rolls, pasties and cereal are all on the 'don't ever eat list' according to them!!

I happily munch away on pretty much anything apart from home cooking.
Food from my family, cafes, restaurants yes, friends, colleagues no.
I don't know why either!

[farrowandbawl]

Both..on a regular basis...vomit once or twice if there was a hangover involved. ..but "it's ok, it'll be all cooked off" according to the manager.

It makes me laugh that electrical items are condemmed on the spot for insurance companies if there was even a risk of bodily fluids being involved..but food....

[daisychain01]

My cooking always has that effect on people - ho-hum ...

[Retroformica]

I think it's bonkers! In see people are extra hygienic knowing they don't want to poison anyone. But also the oven heats to 180c and that will kill anything!

[beepoff]

I can't bear home made labels, on food or anything else. Especially if they get a bit wet and the ink starts running... I feel sick just typing this.

But YABU OP if you ever, ever eat a ready meal or pretty much any prepared or canned food from a supermarket. I went to a food factory once and it put me off for a very very long time.

[frogwatcher42]

Farrow - that's disgusting. I have heard about most additions but not vomit.

I purposefully am always really really nice to waiters and waitresses regardless of how good or bad they are!!!