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

Is bought food automatically not crap?

Not at all, plenty of shop bought food is nice and plenty of it is also crap as it’s tasteless and bland

@Crankley

I'm in no way germphobic and it's not just food, I would say the same about homemade craft items. I reckon the giver gets more out of it than the receiver in most cases. I also hate bottles of alcohol spoiled by people adding stuff to them; they taste fine just as they are. If you can't afford to buy presents just say 'no presents for adults this year'.

Agree.

I just binned a load of homemade Pinteresty claptrap like mosaics made of broken china, glued-together teacups forming a quaint tealight holder, etc., that the givers enjoyed making but don't fit into my home. Dust-catchers all.

My SILs ex would only eat fruit and veg from a shop. He wouldn't eat anything from our allotment. It was so strange. I asked him if I washed it, sprayed it with chemicals and then wrapped it in plastic would he eat it? He said yes.

What an absolute numpty! There are also apparently people who think it's 'icky' to get eggs from their neighbours' chickens (as though shop bought eggs don't come out of a chicken's rear end) and people who will only eat meat if it's packaged and cut up in chunks so that it doesn't look like it's part of an animal. We have become very distanced from the real sources of our food. People a handful of generations ago would no doubt be baffled at our preference for processed, uniform, denatured food.

hopingforonlychild I had no idea what kimchi is as I don't eat foreign cuisine. Having googled, I wouldn't eat if even if I made it myself.

Let me ask those of you so keen on home crafted items, as an adult, would you wear the mittens photographed in an earlier post? I'm betting no-one over the age of 10 would wear them and I still firmly believe that the giver derives more pleasure from crafting or cooking or stuffing alcohol with all manner of unnecessary things, than the recipient.

YABU
I can't imagine being this precious.
I love homemade treats and food.

I still firmly believe that the giver derives more pleasure from crafting or cooking or stuffing alcohol with all manner of unnecessary things, than the recipient

I still firmly believe that the giver derives more pleasure from crafting or cooking or stuffing alcohol with all manner of unnecessary things, than I do if they give them to me.

Fixed it for you.

I just binned a load of homemade Pinteresty claptrap like mosaics made of broken china, glued-together teacups forming a quaint tealight holder, etc., that the givers enjoyed making but don't fit into my home. Dust-catchers all
That isn't an issue of being home made.
That's an issue of poor gift giving.

I would rather think that, unless I know the kitchen they were made in is very unclean, I would be happy to accept them.
That being said, I wouldn’t ever receive edible gifts from strangers or slight acquaintances, (at least, not yet!), which is perhaps why OP has made the post. And as PP’s have said, it’s mainly teachers Etc. who might think twice about their gifts’ provenance in this way

as an adult, would you wear the mittens photographed in an earlier post?

You bet your ass I would and gladly. They look cosy and wonderfully made.
I'm an artist so I do give gifts I've made myself but only to people I think will love them as the time and materials gone into an unappreciated gift could be used to make money. I make each gift unique to the person so it's a lot of work. I also give baked goods to friends but more as random acts as kindness.
Those of you who throw away all handmade things; what would you do if someone gave you the perfect gift - the gloves that fitted perfectly and were just your colour, a dress you love, a blanket that matches your sofa? Would those go in the bin anyway purely because they're homemade?

I'm nearly six times ten years old and I would happily wear those mittens!

@Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g

I'm nearly six times ten years old and I would happily wear those mittens!

Me too, perfect for dog walking. Isn’t fair isle the trend de jour this year?

@Crankley have you tried the cuisine of the over 200 countries in this world in order to determine that you don't like foreign cuisine :)

A lot of food in the UK are also based on foreign influences. Fish and Chips came from fried fish made by Sephardi Jews. I hope you eat fish and chips and its not too foreign for you?

I made the mittens!

I made them for a friend who is very into 50s vintage things- they are knitted from a 1950s pattern. She is actually the only person I know who would wear them, I admit.

@Crankley

hopingforonlychild I had no idea what kimchi is as I don't eat foreign cuisine. Having googled, I wouldn't eat if even if I made it myself.

Let me ask those of you so keen on home crafted items, as an adult, would you wear the mittens photographed in an earlier post? I'm betting no-one over the age of 10 would wear them and I still firmly believe that the giver derives more pleasure from crafting or cooking or stuffing alcohol with all manner of unnecessary things, than the recipient.

I loved the mittens in the earlier post and would wear them. Know lots of people who wear mittens and love fair isle type patterns and thought of them when I saw the photo

I had no idea what kimchi is as I don't eat foreign cuisine.

Wow - I'm nearly 50 and I don't think I've ever known anyone who wouldn't eat any foreign cuisine!

Let me ask those of you so keen on home crafted items, as an adult, would you wear the mittens photographed in an earlier post? I'm betting no-one over the age of 10 would wear them.

I'd definitely wear them! I love hand-knitted stuff, especially Fairisle things. But then I am a knitter! I only knit things for peopIe I know well, who I know will want them.

@outofthemoon

I made the mittens!

I made them for a friend who is very into 50s vintage things- they are knitted from a 1950s pattern. She is actually the only person I know who would wear them, I admit.

I've just looked through 28 pages to find those mittens, expecting some monstrosity. I was very disappointed to find out that they're gorgeous and very wearable. Love them!

I had no idea what kimchi is as I don't eat foreign cuisine.

Seriously?

The second bit I mean. You’d be forgiven for not knowing what kimchi is.

If you compare the ingredients list for home-made chutney and jams with commercial equivalents you'll normally find far fewer ingredients in the home-made version and all of it recognisable as normal food ingredients. And home made jam doesn't need to be kept in the fridge once it's open.

I've just looked through 28 pages to find those mittens, expecting some monstrosity. I was very disappointed to find out that they're gorgeous and very wearable. Love them!
Exactly. Someone has thought about who they are giving a gift to and made something for that person.

Meanwhile on here people would sooner turn their nose up because it's handmade and mock it because it's not something they personally would want.

The mittens are gorgeous.

@lazylinguist

I had no idea what kimchi is as I don't eat foreign cuisine.

Wow - I'm nearly 50 and I don't think I've ever known anyone who wouldn't eat any foreign cuisine!

Let me ask those of you so keen on home crafted items, as an adult, would you wear the mittens photographed in an earlier post? I'm betting no-one over the age of 10 would wear them.

I'd definitely wear them! I love hand-knitted stuff, especially Fairisle things. But then I am a knitter! I only knit things for peopIe I know well, who I know will want them.

Yeah the mittens are gorgeous aren't they? I'm a knitter too and wouldn't knit a gift unless I knew it would be well received.

I also make paper flowers - again I wouldn't spend the time making them unless I was sure they would be well received. They are too much work just to give them to someone on the off chance they would like them

I don't eat forrin cuisine. That really takes the (MN) biscuit.

Kimchi is bloody fantastic as I discovered this year thanks to the lockdown and a Korean lady making and selling delicious Korean food (in a very British northern town)! Every year I make home made truffles for Christmas for teachers and friends as I think they're nice and I don't want to waste money buying stuff people won't like / adding to our consumerist society. I go on the premise that most people like chocolate and a bit of booze. So far it's been always v well received.. Some people here are pretty sad but glad it's not the majority :)

And anyone - the posters not 'trusting' homemade food should really never eat out. I'd trust my friend a lot more than a lot of 'average' restaurants in all honesty and it's frightening that some people seem to think the hygiene rating is actually that useful/meaningful (bar the very poor ratings of course). But I'm fine with all of it anyway, as long as it's yummy food! If it has some germs, all the better, boosts my immunity lol

My teacher friend says they have always binned all the homemade edible stuff.