Would you eat something homemade in the office?

[Noschky]

husband has a small business. During the festive period I tend to drop off sweet treats as a way of showing appreciation. I have always bought these treats in the past from bakeries/ supermarkets etc. This year I’m on maternity leave and thought it might be name to bake something myself. I’m a decent baker.

im just concerned that some people can be a bit funny about homemade goods due to hygiene concerns. I am a type A clean freak.

but should I just not bother or will something homemade be seen as a nice gesture?

I never eat homemade stuff. I thank people and ask questions/praise them but I never actually eat any.

Colleagues seem to love home made stuff though

I would. Especially if I knew it was made by a hygiene freak.

Absolutely...would love it. I would not be put off in any way

I do this every night. And the cats bowls too.
We are really grim

What a very strange comment.

we are talking about a very hygienic OP, not the whole of mumsnet. And you wouldn't be eating it anyway!

Yes, my colleagues are all capable adults, I happily eat their baked goods.

Ive never discovered what the "correct" way to wash pet bowls is, for those squeamish about everyone elses hygeine. Ive seen complaints about doing in the sink and also in the dishwasher....so where is the ideal place? Maybe the bath??🤣 (obvs joking!) I guess just having pets at all is a step too far for some....

Fill your boots! 🥾 😁

Not a strange comment at all. A sensible comment I’d say. Every person has differing levels of personal hygiene.
Some people can be clean in themselves, capable, kind, intelligent yada yada but their level of hygiene when it comes to food prep/ cooking in their own homes and kitchens is utterly lacking.

Where I used to work (I am retired now), we would do sales of homemade cakes two or three times a year for charity and they were a sellout every single time. If people were funny about homemade cakes, they just didn't take part.

If the people you work with have such questionable hygiene standards I’d be much more worried about day to day exposure from door handles and work surfaces etc than cake.

No thanks, I don't know if the baker has washed their hands properly or what the state of the home is like. If pets sit on the kitchen prep areas etc. I've seen too many disgusting homes on the district to trust anyone.

The "you can't eat at everybody's house" meme is only posted by people that don't really understand the cleansing power of 180C heat lol. I would eat home made stuff

I’m so jealous you have time to bake on mat leave! 😭

I’m in the newborn trenches. Can I ask how old your baby is?

My director’s wife often sends in cakes she’s baked. She made us a lovely Christmas cake this week 😂
I think in an office where you all know eachother, you know who’s cooking is safe to eat and who’s you’re best off giving a miss 😂

I'd scoff the lot. But I'm a regular church goer and we're forever having bring'n'share lunches / cake at tea & coffee time / charity coffee mornings. I've literally never met anyone who was odd about this kind of stuff outside Mumsnet.

Followed by grubby hands putting the goods into containers and licking their fingers. No thanks.

Definitely!! I used to have terrible OCD and would avoid anything homemade in the office. But I missed out.
you could always do both. A homemade treat plus a store bought, or the option of either.
you could make the store bought option gf and or vegan so everyone is covered !

I work for a large international bank, homemade always wins on our floor (approx 100 people), we have so many staff members from different countries that we often have people bring stuff made by thier parents/families then flown across the world and on our desks in less than 24hours.. never thought about it but we actually never have anything shop bought... homemade for the win!

I’m happy to eat at friends or families houses but at work it would depend on who made it tbh and I’m sorry to say I’d never buy any cake sold at the school fair or whatever as I’d have no idea who’d made it. I’m funny like that 😅

At a former job, a colleague made some cakes and they smelt musty. No idea how they got that smell.

She gave me a curry to take home and chicken had bits of pink plus had some hairs in it. I love curries but I could tell that I should not eat it. Colleague is Hindu and her DD doesn’t eat spicy food.

Placed curry in a public bin.

'One' being a straight into the bin post on a home-made food thread, it's a MN tradition. Obviously you'll have an opinion, otherwise don't post on AIBU where it's literally the question asked. And perhaps don't take comments on an anonymous forum so seriously, the emoji gives the lighthearted clue 🙄

I think you're being hard on yourself. In all my jobs people have brought in home-made food to share and it is always appreciated. In my opinion, just go for it and well done for the thought 😉

Depends who made it! Sometimes for hygiene reasons, sometimes because not everybody’s assessment of their own baking skill is accurate! I’m always intrigued by those who insist homemade is ‘always’ better….:…nope.

Anyone who has actually worked in a factory is really not going to believe that industrially produced food is cleaner than homemade.