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 would far rather eat something homemade. I worked in a business where there were a lot of great bakers - I lost weight once I left!!

Not a chance would I eat something homemade. You have no idea if house is clean are ingredients in date.

I would. I know some people are funny about homemade stuff but I’d expect the majority would tuck in. How nice of you- can you bring some to mine as well please? 😀

I took brownie yule log, gypsy tarts and chocolate chip shortbread into my very corporate office just this week. Everyone loves baked goods! We have a bake off each December which isn’t really a competition at all, just an excuse for lovely things!

Homemade wins over palm oil every time.

Our bake offs are a regular event! We also held a Mcmillan coffee morning recently & raised £2k ! 80% of the cakes were home made!

I love homemade baked goods that people bring in. I’m a type B who can’t bake though. I figure people aren’t being forced to eat it either so why fret?

MN is a funny place. Often tons of judgement for people eating UPFs, but then some people would genuinely prefer to eat a shop bought cake than a homemade one? 🤨 Hopefully different people. I also wasn’t sure which way I should vote to say “yes I would eat it!”, so your %s might be off.

Yes of course! Love it when people bring things in! And on the (rare!) occasion I've baked it's always got eaten

I often wonder if these people inspect the kitchens when they eat out or, even worse, the kitchens in the local take away, not just the bits we see but the store rooms, freezers etc..

I would be considerably thinner if I didn’t! 😂

How rude and wasteful, can't you not simply say No thank you? When I was teaching the wife of an Asian teacher would send in lovely looking Asian sweets but because I know from experience that they're too sweet for me I would say No thanks, and explain that I found them too sweet. Oddly enough he said he wasn't keen on them for the same reason.

I made a delicious wild mushroom risotto last week using dried mushroom sell by date 2019, I survived!

I love home made treats and assume the maker is sensible enough to wash hands and clean equipment!
Do put a list of allergens in though - very very important

My favourites are all the Indian snacks especially samosas , plus mince pies and cake if the person can bake. I always used to take in vegan sausage rolls as the pastry is divine and the herby filling has everyone raving about meat alternatives (I’m not vegan but I believe we should eat far too much meat)

I recently ate a bit of cake a lady handed to me in the street! (Her neighbours were selling old toys etc outside their house, she went out to offer them cake, and as I was standing there buying stuff with DS2 she offered me some cake as well).

Yes I would prefer it. A colleague of mine makes us all stollen every year, it’s beautiful.

I do feel weird about it but I’m aware this is definitely a me problem, I get it from my mum. I also think I’m in the minority. If it looks clean and presentable and brought in a clean container then I probably would

I know it’s unreasonable!

yes of course whyever not?
more so i would think -if only to show off skills
everyone knows home made is best

Absolutely! Much prefer something homemade. If people are funny about it then more for everyone else!

What a lovely gesture, yes home made ❤️

I would very nice gesture homemade great 👍

Home made stuff is just about always nicer than shop bought.

It didnt occur to me how many people wouldn't eat home made food until I joined MN

At my work, there was 3 or 4 people who would bring in homemade things and one would bring in the same thing over and over again as it was such a hit. Nobody bat an eyelid about it being homemade and always said it was such a nice gesture. Id say if you're happy to do it, go for it. It would be much appreciated

Im always intrigued at people who assume they are the only person alive who has ever learnt food hygeine in their own kitchen

Dog bowl in the dishwasher person here. 🙋‍♀️