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

I’m with you OP even pre Covid.

Do you not eat out. How many kitchens of take always, cafes etc would you be horrified to see what happens in them.

OMFG I totally get you OP!
I used to run a big cleaning franchise business and after viewing hundreds and hundreds of homes to provide quotes, I vowed NEVER to eat anything home baked / cooked from homes I hadn’t seen the kitchen of.
I am not joking when I say that some of them were so bad they made me dry heave.
Some people’s hygiene standards are very very low.
One home I quoted for were well known for entering their home made dishes into local food competitions (school fair / pub bake off kind of things) and their kitchen was full of flies and cat shit, looked like the surfaces hadn’t been wiped for years!
Unless it’s from someone I know well enough (to have seen their usual cleanliness) then it’s a huge no from me!

YABTU

If I know the person concerned, I will eat it. Hell, sometimes if I didn't.

I get the impression the OP probably leaves their parcels and post in the hallway for 3 days for the viruses to die (I actually know someone who does that)

I take it you don't eat out at restaurants? Never mind that... I take it you've never worked in one 😂😂😂👍 goodluck carrying on thinking all staff wash their hands and follow protocol

Haha no I don't care. But dp is funny about homemade stuff not made by him, me, or his mum. He just can't eat it. And he's not a generally fussy eater!

I always make a cheesecake for ds to take into school at Christmas and the end of the school year, he's autistic and its easier than getting gifts for all the staff who are involved with him. Their only concern is that he's in yr 5 now 😂. The TA that I handed it over to in July was ecstatic as he was part time and kept missing out

you sound lovely

Hmmm. Well it really depends. If it was made by someone I know well and know their house is clean I'd eat it. It kind of depends what the edible food is. Some things are worse then others. I won't lie though. My kids have brought things home from school that I have binned (obviously not in front of them) because I don't know how many hands have been involved and with young children,the thought of sneezing and runny noses and coughing makes my stomach turn. Not my own children. I will eat their food snot and all if I have to.

This reminds me of cooking with Y1 children. They washed their hands first (sort of), but often had runny noses. Their cakes and biscuits always turned out really well and, presuming all the germs had been killed in the cooking, were gladly received in the staff room by hungry teachers and all lived to tell the tale.

100% I am one of those People who will not even buy a cake off a stall. I just cannot being myself as have images of that ‘homemade professional’ cake that time with the ash tray next to it, or finding a hair, or knowing someone’s not washed hands or maybe licked their fingers! I also will never have a Deliveroo since I saw the meme with the driver in a public loo with his bag of food next to him. Makes me physically ill.

What makes you think stuff bought in shops is any more hygienic?

I will never eat food my child had brought back from school.

I also know I am a nightmare. I can’t help myself and being myself to eat it.

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This takes me back to when my young niece proudly gave me a box of home-made mince pies, beautifully presented. They were edible but rather chewy.
Only when I had eaten one & congratulated her on her pastry making skills did she inform me that it was also a great way of getting the dirt off her hands ! 🤢

If your going to be that ungrateful I really hope you receive nothing.
Money is tight this year, so I’d actually expect more handmade items then usual.

YABU because no one is going to give you a food gift unless they know you anyway?

How many strangers have given you a food gift in the past? You know how many strangers have given me a food gift? None. Not one.

The only home made gifts I've given have been to my immediate family or I make cakes for my co-workers. That's it.

I never eat a homemade gift. I am a teacher and would never eat a child's home baking. Equally, I would never send homemade food into school for a teacher. I also think it's a bit cheeky to give someone a present for Christmas or birthday that is homemade food.

@felicisNox - i don't think OP was saying people she/he didn't know. I think they meant didn't know the hygiene standard of their kitchen.

@cherish123

I never eat a homemade gift. I am a teacher and would never eat a child's home baking. Equally, I would never send homemade food into school for a teacher. I also think it's a bit cheeky to give someone a present for Christmas or birthday that is homemade food.

What’s cheeky about it? Only on MN could someone be offended by being given a gift.

This is peak MN, isn't it? I mean how awful do you have to be to do this without even a shred of guilt?

Do you work for a commercial company that makes Christmas food gifts 😂

I generally accept all gifts with good grace and plenty of thanks but I do know some people well enough to know their kitchens are a health hazard so wouldn't eat anything that's been prepared or stored there.
I have a really weak stomach, it's just not worth it for me.

How very sad for you.
We used to have a neighbour who baked lovely, overflowing Christmas plates of cookies and bars for friends.
It must’ve taken her weeks of intense labour. Never once did we get sick and never once did we consider “binning” them.
In fact, it was one of the things we most looked forward to during the holidays.
We miss our friend and people like her who brought joy into the world — instead of sucked joy out of it.
WOW