Would you be grossed out by homemade baked good in care package?

[BusyTraybake]

I am helping my sister put together care packages for her wedding. She is paying for the wedding party to stay in a posh hotel for a few nights. We are going to leave little care packages on the bed. I have an exceptional brownie recipe and was going to leave a trio of favours in the box. But sister’s SIL says she would never eat a homemade treat due to hygiene reasons.

obviously I will be clinically clean and wil even wear a hair net as I couldn’t think of anything worse than someone finding a hair.

Who is being weird?

Well, I would be delighted to get them and start chomping on one immediately. Much nicer than anything bought.

Well it's obviously not really a thing given how much places like garden centres, farm shops and even market stalls make a big deal of cakes being home made. In our family everyone bakes and the children proudly join in with brownies, blondies, Krispy cakes and truffles.

But when garden centres etc. say that, they just mean "made on the premises" rather than brought in. It's not the same as Sally baking in her home kitchen.

I'm not someone overly bothered by hygiene, but they are two different things.

Sometimes the thought of something being dirty overpowers any logic.

This sounds absolutely amazing. I would love it.

My twenties are well in the past but when it came to celebrations the hen party that was the absolute best of the best had a smaller group, everybody brought a dish for the first night feast and we all had matching PJs. We didn't all know each other at the beginning but still keep in touch to this day.

Quite a few places like garden centres, cafes might have local people who bake the cakes rather than made on the premises

When does it become okay to eat ‘home made’ for those who wouldn’t eat these brownies?

I’d be delighted,

They will, but they'll still be made by someone with food hygiene certificates and who's licensed by the council. It's a bit different than some random making them at home.

I have no issue with homemade food for hygiene reasons btw, but I do think it's a bit disingenuous to suggest Sally baking in her home kitchen is the same as a professional doing it.

Exactly! They’ve got a good hygiene certificate for all this additives, don’t you know.

Oh yes, having a food hygiene certificate makes all the difference! 🙄

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3wp46l3gv4o.amp

I'm not saying it does (logically speaking) but lots of people are reassured by things like that.

Well @OneEdgyScroller I think that explains why obesity is the number one problem in America today.

*Joking. Also American, not obese and would totally eat the brownies without thinking twice 😅

But they really shouldn’t be! It just makes me laugh 😆! How silly can someone be that I will chuck out Sally’s cake, but the one in the local cafe I’ll eat because it may have a hygiene certificate, even if it’s from a filthy kitchen.

I have actual diagnosed OCD and I'd probably still eat them 😂

Yeah, I don't disagree lol. I can see the logic but when you think about it, it really makes no sense.

Exactly! I used to make cakes from home for local cafes and I was pretty surprised at what was involved hygiene wise. I had to do a short course then a multiple choice test. They seemed more emphatic that I must have two sinks in my kitchen than the fact that I had a dog! Which I did keep out of the kitchen obviously. This was some years ago now, but I was allowed to operate for quite some time before I had to start recording temperatures and listing ingredients. I didn’t last very long to be honest as the amount of work for very little return wasn’t worth it.
Anyway, I’ll eat home made cake from pretty much anywhere! One of life’s pleasures.

My eldest daughter used to lick our chickens. Yes, live, outdoor hens, scratching around in the garden. In fact 'XXXXX, STOP LICKING THAT HEN!' was a cry oft heard in our neighbourhood.

She's still with us, in her thirties and contemplating getting hens of her own. Because home laid eggs make the BEST cakes.*

*It is not obligatory to lick the chickens before using the eggs.

I also want to echo the pp about putting a label telling people they include hazelnuts - I know someone who is very allergic to them, to the point they wouldn't want to be in the same room with someone eating them.

I would eat it! I love folks homemade things!

What’s the chances @Savemefromwetdog and her SIL don’t get on?! High!

That’s really sad isn’t it . Accreditation to make a birthday cake . I have 3 children and must have made 100’s of birthday cakes over the years . In my experience they get wolfed down in minutes. In fact my kids used to bin the shop bought cakes from their party bags ! Fortunately in real life I have never met one person who won’t eat home made cake. I used to make one of my kids primary teachers an individual Christmas pudding every year, she said she loved it because she was the only one who liked it so she wouldn’t get any otherwise. Or maybe she was being very polite!

I’d eat home baked goods but only if I knew who made them. Then I’d judge on how clean they seemed. Sounds awful but if I know they’ve got pets or are smokers it would likely put me off.

My friend allows her cats to sleep on the kitchen surfaces and isn’t much of a cleaner, and one year my brother in law made a Christmas trifle and it had so much dog hair in it, it put me off for life 🤢

The most disappointing cake at a party (imo) is one of those big Costco sponges with white plastic icing. A home made birthday cake is usually 100× nicer!

For those who don't eat home made, what happens if your DC are invited to a party either at someone's home or in a village hall type place, do you tell them they must not eat the food unless they have professional caterers in? Do you never let them go on play dates just in case the other parent feeds them?

Most the parties we go to now involve everyone bringing a plate, rather than the host doing all the cooking, how do people cope with that? Do you never go anywhere, or just refuse to eat, or bring your own food which you don't share?

“Accreditation” 😆😆😆