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To make covid fudge

234 replies

Decorbreadthegingerate · 19/12/2021 12:21

DD, 6, halfway through covid isolation and climbing the walls with boredom. We thought about making fudge today to gift to family members when isolation ends on Xmas eve. Would you eat the covid fudge?

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Crinkle77 · 19/12/2021 13:54

We have takeaway food but we decant it and blast it in the microwave to get rid of any germs.

Seriously? That is just bonkers and that's coming from someone who is a bit of a germphobe.

AD80 · 19/12/2021 13:56

It's said to not be spread by food as it's not food-borne like other viruses such as norovirus which spreads like wild fire through food.

I'm a bit iffy with homemade food, not just because of covid.

Most people would think nothing of eating a take away made by a stranger though!

I'd probably just make it and eat it myself 😅

Katyppp · 19/12/2021 13:57

Is this one of those "only on Mumsnet" things? I wouldn't, and don't know anyone who would throw away home made things just because they're home made!

I think it is as I can't say I've ever come across it in real life either.
I think it's a pretty disgusting attitude, to be honest. Wasteful, arrogant and precious.
Not eating things made by children I can just about understand (although in my experience, it's usually fairly obvious how clean the hands have been 😳) but unilaterally throwing all homemade items in the bin is just awful behavior.

herecomesthsun · 19/12/2021 14:01

I made covid Italian lemon & yoghurt cake with my 9 year old last week.

However, the cake was cooked for about an hour in a hot oven, which would kill any germs; the covidy 9 year old did not do anything further to the cake after it came out of the oven, apart from eat some; and it has been consumed entirely within her household.

I also wore a mask while cooking as I am CEV (she was really bored and looking for an activity).

ArabellaScott · 19/12/2021 14:04

I'd eat it!

NeverDropYourMooncup · 19/12/2021 14:04

@U8976532

How arrogantly wasteful to declare you throw away home made goods, what is so freaking precious about your digestive system that you would throw away food like that. This site never ceases to amaze me, what a twatty country we are.
You wouldn't want to eat anything made by my mother if you saw the state of her kitchen, the way she cooks or the condition of the ingredients, either. Nobody wants to eat food with added cat hair, prepared on a surface that said cat has traipsed across whilst she cooks probably had a taste as well and the spoon might have been swished in a bowl of cold washing up water she's soaking cat food bowls in for ten days - if when she dropped in into the open litter tray beside the fridge door, it actually touched a wet turd so there was a mark on it.

She's not the only person who appears outwardly clean but lives in an utter shithole with no respect for basic food hygiene procedures - I've been in a lot of other places where I like the person, but having seen their kitchen, I'd never eat a thing they've made at home.

I'm lucky in that celiac means I can refuse things without causing too much offence most of the time. But the most insistent people, I say thank you and then chuck it afterwards. And it also means that eating out is a less frequent occurrence.

PoshPyjamas · 19/12/2021 14:06

No

DotBall · 19/12/2021 14:07

No.

I made covid jam back in October and labelled it as such so I remember not to give any friends those jars!

speakout · 19/12/2021 14:07

No.
How long would covid last in fudge- do we even know that?

I was at a craft fare a few years ago at the baking stall and heard the two women who were serving talking about the baking.
One said to the other " OOOH I love making scones because making the dough always leaves my finger nails nice and clean, baking is a great thing to to after you have been gardening"

I haven't bought any home made baking or confectionary at these sales since I heard that comment,

HesterShaw1 · 19/12/2021 14:10

Ehm. People think you could get Covid from fudge?

Confused
speakout · 19/12/2021 14:10

*You wouldn't want to eat anything made by my mother if you saw the state of her kitchen, the way she cooks or the condition of the ingredients, either. Nobody wants to eat food with added cat hair, prepared on a surface that said cat has traipsed across whilst she cooks probably had a taste as well and the spoon might have been swished in a bowl of cold washing up water she's soaking cat food bowls in for ten days - if when she dropped in into the open litter tray beside the fridge door, it actually touched a wet turd so there was a mark on it.

She's not the only person who appears outwardly clean but lives in an utter shithole with no respect for basic food hygiene procedures - I've been in a lot of other places where I like the person, but having seen their kitchen, I'd never eat a thing they've made at home.*

My mother is like this, she will scrape cat faeces out of a litter tray and go on to make a sandwich without washing her hands. I wouldn't eat anything she makes.

Snugglepumpkin · 19/12/2021 14:11

I wouldn't because I wouldn't trust any food made by someone elses child out of my sight.

Nothing to do with Covid.

I don't eat in restaurants or from takeaways either.

My local foodbank won't accept home made food either.

Riverlee · 19/12/2021 14:12

Yes, I would

christmascovid7356 · 19/12/2021 14:12

Can you just make covid fudge for you guys to eat & buy the ones for family?

Nobody has to eat covid fudge, but DD gets to make & eat fudge and so do you. Everyone wins & everyone gets fudge.

icedcoffees · 19/12/2021 14:13

@Katyppp

Is this one of those "only on Mumsnet" things? I wouldn't, and don't know anyone who would throw away home made things just because they're home made!

I think it is as I can't say I've ever come across it in real life either.
I think it's a pretty disgusting attitude, to be honest. Wasteful, arrogant and precious.
Not eating things made by children I can just about understand (although in my experience, it's usually fairly obvious how clean the hands have been 😳) but unilaterally throwing all homemade items in the bin is just awful behavior.

If you don't want your homemade food to be wasted, just make it for your own family instead of foisting it on other people, lol.

It's not arrogant for people to decide that they don't want to eat certain foods, lol, nor is it awful behaviour to throw it away - what else do you propose they do with it if they won't eat it? Hand it back and cause huge offence to the giver? Leave it in the cupboard to go off?

And no, you can't give it to food banks as they won't take anything that's home or handmade like that either - for exactly the same hygiene and allergen reasons.

Personally, I think it's a bit weird to assume people actually want your handmade jams and cakes for a present to start with, lol, but I suspect I'll get shot down in flames for saying so.

icedcoffees · 19/12/2021 14:14

@HesterShaw1

Ehm. People think you could get Covid from fudge?

Confused

No, people just don't want to eat food made by someone with a contagious illness.
Covidclaire · 19/12/2021 14:15

All these people that don’t eat homemade food gifts, do you also never eat meals at other peoples houses?

Goldi321 · 19/12/2021 14:15

No, I'm sorry but I wouldn't and I'm not usually too fussy around homemade food.

GTAlogic · 19/12/2021 14:15

Yes I'd eat it. I eat most things that have been homemade. They're probably no worse than anything made to be sold in a shop, at a market stall or in a cafe.

icedcoffees · 19/12/2021 14:17

@Covidclaire

All these people that don’t eat homemade food gifts, do you also never eat meals at other peoples houses?
I don't tend to socialise in that way, so, no. I don't remember the last time I ate anything at anyone else's house, actually. I was probably in my teens, to be quite honest with you.

We tend to go out for meals or if we do meet up at home, we'll get a takeaway instead and split the cost rather than expect one person to do all the cooking.

DeepaBeesKit · 19/12/2021 14:17

Sounds delicious.

We are not weird about handmade food gifts in our house. Possibly because my relatives bake things which are far better quality than you might buy from a shop.

BellsaRinging · 19/12/2021 14:18

I'd eat it. When I grew up it was totally normal to exchange home made food as Christmas presents, and we still do. I find it bizarre that people would turn food down tbh, but each to their own.
So...I'd eat the Covid fudge. It'll be made at temperature and that will kill it. Yes, you could get it from the packaging, but then you could get I from the packaging at the supermarket.

Covidclaire · 19/12/2021 14:20

How long would covid last in fudge- do we even know that?

You think covid can survive the 115c cooking temperature of fudge?

FluffyBooBoo · 19/12/2021 14:21

I wouldn't.

It's not about the cooking process, it's about the handling of it after its cooked. It might be irrational of me, but it's just how I feel.

Normally I have no issue eating things made by children, but I wouldn't want to eat something made by someone that has an infectious illness, regardless of age.

Chely · 19/12/2021 14:23

I would