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 Asian, we give and get given food parcels from people we don’t know well quite often. For the most part it’s all delicious, I have a keen nose/eye for good food

@L4uz

OP I won't eat things people at work have made/baked/cooked even before the pandemic

... I hadn't finished and my sausage fingers caught the post button

But as I was saying, I won't eat things made by co workers or friends unless I know their kitchen and personal hygiene is up to my standards! I don't even use the generic mugs in the cupboard at work!

Ridiculous! I make fudge, truffles, jams, pickles, cakes and biscuits etc regularly and give as gifts to people who are extremely appreciative as am I if I am lucky enough to receive such a gift

Always have been this way to me, and always will be.

@L4uz

OP I won't eat things people at work have made/baked/cooked even before the pandemic

I think this is such a sad way to live I feel sorry for you.

I’m assuming by your “especially teachers” you are yourself a very ungrateful teacher who has decided home made goods aren’t good enough, however not everyone has the money to go out and buy you a gift for doing your job 😑 I could be 100% wrong but if this is the case a would send out a polite message to all parents advising that due to Covid you will be unable to accept any gifts homemade or otherwise

This is one of the Mumsnetty issues that doesn't translate to real life at all! Do people not have 'cake day' at work where people bring in cakes, some of which are made at home? We are still doing this now, and no one gives a shit, they just gobble up the cake!

How ungrateful do you sound????? People put alot of thought, time and effort into homemade gifts. I'd never just bin them, it's insulting to the person giving. If I were to give someone a gift, homemade or otherwise I'd much rather they regift to someone else if they're not going to use it.

@L4uz

OP I won't eat things people at work have made/baked/cooked even before the pandemic

Weird...

@stackemhigh thank you but I don't need your pity 😊 just my personal choice.

I don't blame the teacher. Kids are known to play very nasty pranks.

Otherwise you sound bonkers.

Homemade/baked presents from friends are lovely. I would trust their hygiene! However as a teacher, home baked things from students I may raise an eye brow at. Mainly because a teacher got given hash brownies one year....

Plus doesn't cooking kill most of the covid? I wouldn't worry more this year than another year

@Bearbehind

Surely you can tell them when they hand over the gift? If you don't want anything then don't accept anything.

FGS lookfortheheros, which part of ‘please don’t get me a gift’ would then lead you to giving that person a homemade gift

I would never do that. I'm talking about YOUR friends. Tell YOUR friends who hand over a present to you that you don't want it. Don't accept it then bitch about it on the Internet like it's a giant inconvenience!

"Really, the staff at my sons school are always really happy with a home make cake"

Yep. Smiling and thanking you until you're out of sight... and then it's in the bin.

I wouldn't eat anything someone else baked or cooked unless I knew them very well and was familiar with their kitchen hygiene. So when people I don't know well (or haven't seen their home) give me a piece of cake or something that's homemade, I'm sorry but I thank them profusely and say I'll eat it later and then bin it. It might be awful and rude and wasteful and OTT but I couldn't bring myself to eat it.

I just did a search on this thread for the word "starving", as in "there are people starving in the world".

It's not there.

Have we gone from "there are people starving in the world" (said to children who don't finish their meal) to "there are people dying in the world" (as from Covid)?

Also, @BLASTPROCESSING you forgot: MN says never ever buy any single-use plastic. Now the same MNetters say you must wear a new disposable mask three times a day. Washable is no good - just grim, not safe, people are dying. All that single-use plastic!

I probably wouldn't want homemade food from a complete stranger but by that same token I can't think why I would be receiving a gift from them. Was planning on making Christmas cake for my parents and MIL as I do every year - in fact my DM has already asked if I will be making them a cake (assuming Covid allows me to see them to give it to them, but at least it keeps a long time) and was also thinking about making them some nice iced gingerbread biscuits / Christmas biscuits as well as I will have plenty of free time in December.
Bit of a miserable though OP to not want to receive gifts like this if it's for close friends abs family!

@Muchadoaboutlife

I rarely eat anything homemade by other people. They could have sneezed over it or stuck their finger up their bum and then stirred the cake with it. Yuk. No thanks

Some shops sell homemade cold food & snacks from homes of dubious hygiene

We normally do homemade edible gifts for teachers, the kids help me make them and are always particular about which one is for which teacher. I dont think they would be thrown in the bin but know it is a possibility, doesnt really bother me, we have made the effort and the teachers are just as likely (maybe more so) to not want something I buy. We wont be making stuff this year though.

@Wilkie1956mog

I wouldn't eat anything someone else baked or cooked unless I knew them very well and was familiar with their kitchen hygiene. So when people I don't know well (or haven't seen their home) give me a piece of cake or something that's homemade, I'm sorry but I thank them profusely and say I'll eat it later and then bin it. It might be awful and rude and wasteful and OTT but I couldn't bring myself to eat it.

@Wilkie1956mog this!!! Someone might have let their kids lick spoons and put them back into the cake mix, or pick their noses before rolling out dough etc 🤢 Biggest fear is pets on worktops and not wiping them down before preparing food on them

I make jam, chilli ketchup, flavoured gin, I do hope its eaten and not dumped. It would hurt my feelings. I would rather you said no thanks and pretended you dont eat that stuff and let someone else have it.

Blimey! My manager brought in homemade cakes today to thank everyone for their hard work. Never occurred to me not to eat one. Delicious they were, and I'm still alive!

Well, it might not be the majority but, based on the poll, just over every 1 in 4 homemade edible gift is heading for the bin

Just wondering if any of the home made gifters are wondering if their gifts are actually being eaten or actually end up in the bin / dog!
Seems lots of people think their gifts are wonderful and ALWAYS so well received