To think that, unless you know the kitchen they were made in is very clean, homemade edible gifts go straight in the bin

[Bearbehind]

Especially this year

Given we’re sanitising things we touch and are ultra conscious about the spread of germs etc - AIBU to think that if you get edible gifts from someone’s who’s kitchen you either don’t know or don’t think is very clean - you’d just bin it?

I’m not saying you can catch Covid from the food but it’s the principle of not knowing how hygenic stuff is

I’m not a fan of homemade gifts at the best of times - I think a sort of rule should be that unless your homemade items are good enough to sell for actual money, then please don’t do it

No one is going to admit they binned it but I do hope those who would make homemade edible gifts, especially for teachers, this year think twice

You're wired OP , so far this year I have had onion chutney, tomato chutney , picked onions and brownies.. ALL of which I ha e loved , been grateful five and scoffed .. without doubt EVERY item has been far superior in taste to 'clinically' produced crap .. NEVER had a problem in 25 years in the country.

You start by saying we are extra cautious about germs this year, but then say you don't think we can catch Covid by eating someone else's food. If we can't catch it via food, why be extra cautious about homemade stuff?

I have received homemade food from others this year and we happily ate it. I also don't think it needs to be good enough to sell.

"I’m not saying you can catch Covid from the food but it’s the principle of not knowing how hygenic stuff is"

You can't catch COVID from a principle.

@outofthemoon
They're beautiful! Do you sell them by any chance?

If someone has taken the time to make something for me, I'll eat it. I've never been a ewwwee DIRTY person and think people who refuse to buy from bake sales are barking.

Who ever got ill from eating a fairy cake. So many neurotic people on MN.

I'm another one who works in a hospital and still having shared food, no one in our office has an issue with it and I can't imagine for a minute that HR would be interested

You've clearly touched a nerve here OP!

I love the thought of solemnly telling someone that you can't accept their biscuits cos they might be all germy! Yeah that's kinder than just saying they were delicious and you both moving on with life.

I have a friend who is an excellent cook. She also has gorgeous long curly hair. Whenever I go round for dinner I'm stopping my meal to pull her hairs out of my mouth. She will laugh and say "oh it gets everywhere". I love her and value her friendship so I'll put up with it but if it was some random at a jumble sale I would be horrified!

Someone told me 'dirty hands make cakes taste better' so I feel boaky about food from them. Otherwise, I'm more than happy to accept and eat.

Someone told me 'dirty hands make cakes taste better'

I'm not fussy about food but I would not like to hear someone say that when I was about to eat their cake lol

No. You've overdosed on Mrs Hinch.

@BexR

You've clearly touched a nerve here OP!

I love the thought of solemnly telling someone that you can't accept their biscuits cos they might be all germy! Yeah that's kinder than just saying they were delicious and you both moving on with life.

I have a friend who is an excellent cook. She also has gorgeous long curly hair. Whenever I go round for dinner I'm stopping my meal to pull her hairs out of my mouth. She will laugh and say "oh it gets everywhere". I love her and value her friendship so I'll put up with it but if it was some random at a jumble sale I would be horrified!

Except OP isn't moving on with life and seems genuinely upset and frustrated with people giving her these gifts. Offended even. If she she could move on with life then we wouldn't all be here having these conversations! She hates it and won't it to stop. The only way it will stop is if she is truthful.

Cant say I'm getting that vibe from her posts @lookfortheheroes. It's just a aibu thread not a petition to parliament.

Had a friend who used to work at a well-known cake factory and having heard his stories I'd take my chance on the home-made brownies any day.

I was going to bake a loaf of bread and bring it with flowers and card for neighbours whose family member died last week, but now you have me rethinking.

Can I point out that fudge is cooked at a temperature which kills bacteria and that sugar is a preservative.

@GrouchyKiwi

I was going to bake a loaf of bread and bring it with flowers and card for neighbours whose family member died last week, but now you have me rethinking.

This is my biggest gripe with Mumsnet. It makes you second guess normal behaviour!

Bake the loaf GrouchyKiwi
I work in hospital and eat stuff colleagues and heaven forbid patients have made. I've never been ill from any of them.
I have however had Covid and a rare form of Influenza A - neither associated with baked goods though

I'd never eat something someone had made unless I knew what their hygiene standards were like.
I can't understand the rush to the cake stall at the school fayres. I'd pay not to eat the cake.

Aww bless. You don't work in hospitality OP that's clear. Your naive view that restaurants have to have amazing standards - well, let's just say you don't want to know the truth. I've seen things that would make the hair in your cake turn curly and die of fright. Chefs are notorious.

@GeorgeMichaelsEspadrille

Has anybody on here ever actually been I'll from someone's homemade brownie/cookie/jam/fudge?

Between us, my family must have eaten 100s of such goodies, but can't think of any harm caused.

I saw a thread on Facebook the other night where some woman said she never buys chickens from Tesco anymore because her husband got ill with food poisoning so she only buys them from Aldi. I pointed out that properly cooking the chicken (and good hygiene to prevent raw from contaminating cooked meat) would make this impossible as cooking kills the bacteria. I can't remember now which one she said he had (not salmonella or campylobacter.....something beginning with L... could have been listeria come to think of it) and she replied it was definitely that bacteria because it was tested when her DH was ill and she definitely cooked the chicken because she's always careful. Seemed bizarre to me though because proper cooking DOES kill those bacteria

A childhood Christmas highlight for me was neighbours delivering home made biscuits each year, made to traditional recipes from their home country. Yabu.

I eat colleagues baking too regularly. Even now!

Can't beat a homemade cake - much better than anything you can buy in the shops. I would love a homemade gift especially if edible. Also like the gloves!

Don't get this obsession with being sterile. Surely these people giving do feed their families every night without killing them.

HR at my work can barely work out who is supervised by who. No chance of them even considering banning cakes. DH works in healthcare and even when they had covid patients the managers were buying treats for the staff to share.

Quite common to go over to someone's house for the first time and be fed.

I only give to people who I think would appreciate a homemade gift.

Also loving the idea of sticking your fingers in fudge as it cooks.

You can do clearly tell the people who have no idea what they're talking about.

@Bearbehind

Especially this year

Given we’re sanitising things we touch and are ultra conscious about the spread of germs etc - AIBU to think that if you get edible gifts from someone’s who’s kitchen you either don’t know or don’t think is very clean - you’d just bin it?

I’m not saying you can catch Covid from the food but it’s the principle of not knowing how hygenic stuff is

I’m not a fan of homemade gifts at the best of times - I think a sort of rule should be that unless your homemade items are good enough to sell for actual money, then please don’t do it

No one is going to admit they binned it but I do hope those who would make homemade edible gifts, especially for teachers, this year think twice

Speak for yourself You’re a loon

HTH

I made jam this week to give to some family for xmas. I promise I wasn't sticking my finger in it while it was cooking at over 100 degrees......