Bags of flour.....yep....read on.

[Janeymoo50]

AIBU....to give (as wedding favours), bags of flour.

I am getting married in a Windmill.

Same sex wedding (not that it matters).

Have hunted high and low for wedding favours.

I think a bag of flour from the mill, in a nice bag, with a recipe for an easy loaf, is ok.

Would you all make a face??

I usually hate favours but I think a wee bag of flour is a brilliant idea. You only need the flour and the recipe, there is no need to complicate it anymore.

I think people will take it and I don't think you need bags unless everyone is taking public transport home which I suspect they aren't.

Congrats. I hope you have a lovely day.

Just before getting married, years ago, I attended a wedding as a guest. The table was full of lovely favours, little gifts and wrapped in a ribbon the same shade of pink as the bridesmaids dress. The bride and her sisters had spent AGES making them and they cost a lot.
Anyway, a few minutes into the meal, my friend beside me says "wasn't it nice of the hotel to put all this crap on the table for decoration " I realised there and then that favours are a complete waste ( except on people just married or about to get married) Everyone else just wants a day out, and most favours get left behind or thrown out.

I think the flour idea would be at least useful, but I think you should keep your money. Add alcohol into the mix and it's definitely going to be a white wedding and if your friends are anything like my friends, a total mess.

I hope you have a lovely day and it sounds like a great wedding, but dump the favours and keep the money for something nice is my advice.

That is such a lovely idea OP - I would be absolutely thrilled to receive that. I do think that a little recipe card and sachet of yeast would make it perfect.

How exciting

That's awesome!

I think it's a really sweet idea. And I have coeliacs disease!

Lovely idea. Your wedding sounds fab.

If they cover each other in the flour & yeast, they're definitely the types to cover each other in beer & wine as well. If it's a warm day, you can leave them to prove and pop 'em in the oven the next morning.

What a lovely venue, Jane!

Great idea!

Aw, I think that's a lovely idea! Original, and relevant to where you're getting married.
To those worrying about flour bombs or whatevs. You're going to get dicks wherever you are, and at least this wheedles them out.
I'd think it was a lovely, personalised themed gift and DH would immediately go home and make bread or something with it as he loves baking.

Just before getting married, years ago, I attended a wedding as a guest. The table was full of lovely favours, little gifts and wrapped in a ribbon the same shade of pink as the bridesmaids dress. The bride and her sisters had spent AGES making them and they cost a lot.
Anyway, a few minutes into the meal, my friend beside me says "wasn't it nice of the hotel to put all this crap on the table for decoration
Do you know what? You've got it bang on there. To a lot of people, the favours just aren't on the radars of some people and they have no IDEA of what goes into the making of them.
They're just there to see their friends get married, and any decorations on the tables they're just going to see as extra fluff.
I know I did before I got married. Had the parents sorting out almonds in gossamer type bags at their insistence (didn't mean anything to me, but obvs did to them!) )
I couldn't have given a shit whether we had almonds or not. I only said yes for a quiet life! early twenties and easily told what to do
Your bags of flour and recipes sounds a great compromise - something practical, creative and useful!

We have cookie mix and cookie cutters as wedding favours. YANBU.

Bah. Bold fail.

I think it's a nice idea, but as a person with Coeliac Disease, if you're having table seating, please don't put the bags of flour on the tables. Just too much of a chance of cross contamination.

But a table set up by the door, as others have suggested, would be nice.

I think it's a nice idea, but as a person with Coeliac Disease, if you're having table seating, please don't put the bags of flour on the tables. Just too much of a chance of cross contamination.
Genuine question - how is having flour concealed in a small bag on the same table going to affect coeliacs?
Not having a go, just genuinely interested. I'm allergic to eggs and can't eat them, and can't be in the same room as them being fried either without reacting with closed up eyes.

How about including a terracotta flower (flour ) pot so they can bake a posh shaped loaf?

Kryptonite it only takes a teeny amount to make me react horribly. Many bags of flour (especially 'small batch' mills) get 'dusted' with flour particles in the packing process. Someone accidentally tipping that bag over onto a dinner plate could leave enough residue to make me ill. Or people opening them out of curiosity and spilling or 'spraying' a bit could do the same thing.

The bag of flour itself isn't the hazard, kind of like the egg in the shell could be for you I suppose. It's accidental spillage or flour particles floating about the table and landing on plates, cutlery, glasses, or anything else that could end up in my mouth that could do it.

I think it's a great idea. I wouldn't bother with yeast, etc, but I would include a recipe card with your names, date of the wedding etc for people to keep.

Blimey, all these suggestions of additions to the flour favour. Feck it OP, why not treat each guest to a new fitted kitchen!

Bag of flour, instructions attached. Done.

AcrossthePond55 if some one is that sensitive to flour, would they even go to a windmill?

I have NCGS and I think that's an awesome idea.

Yes, ensure there's a way to make sure they're properly sealed. Also, find out who has coeliacs/wheat allergy/NCGS/etc (which will become apparent when they're invited to the meal - but if no meal type arrangement just ask), and then you can prewarn them. They're the best people to give you practical tips on how to avoid cross contamination issues etc.

OP, how about giving each guest a bag of flour, some fresh yeast, organic salt, fair trade sugar. Is there a diary farm nearby you could get some butter from in cute little packs? And it would be great if you could make your own home made jam...provide each guest with their own little hamper. If you could stretch to also giving each guest a Kitchen Aid with dough attachment, you would create a truly memorable day for your guests.

lynette exactly, given my issues my first questions would be about the environment there before I accepted the invite. But I'd also then, had the OP asked, given some tips on how to minimise risks for the likes of me!

I think it's a nice idea but you will have a fair few people leave them behind. My dad would be very much . But at least you could collect any leftovers up and actually use them!

I think I'd prefer you skip the favours, and instead serve bread rolls/canapes made from the mill's own flour, as part of the meal.

You know your guests better than I do, but I love this idea. I'm no baker, but if I were invited to a wedding like this, I would make the effort to bake some bread with the flour and send pics on facebook to the brides (is that the right word?) before eating the lot with a ton of butter (hungry now...).
I say go for it.