I love to bake for people yet I'm usually creeped out by eating stuff that other people make. Even people I know well. For example I'll eat dinner at my mother in laws house but if she sends a banana bread home for us, I don't ever eat it. And when I worked, I never ate treats that people would bring into the office. Do you eat baked goods from others?
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Depends on the person.
Random coworkers? No.
Friends that I know have a certain level of cleanliness? Yup.
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I usually do from close co-workers and DH's bff's wife and my bff. We don't receive baked goods from anywhere really? I guess I don't eat it from DH's employees.
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Yup! If it looks good, I eat it
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Yep!
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Yes!
My co-workers never eat anything. Maybe they think I'm unclean?
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yup!
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Yeah! I usually bake cookies for all of DH's coworkers and they love it.
I would be gifted baked goods from people I don't know so o have no issues with eating it.
Is your MIL a clean person? I would definitely eat stuff from family.
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I don't if it's from people I don't know well, and I don't usually eat anything co-workers bring in unless it's from my editor, who makes cake/cupcakes for every birthday.
But from family and close friends, yes, I eat them! And I'm a pretty big germaphobe, too! I mean, if I knew they'd been sick around the time they baked whatever it was, I might not eat it, otherwise, I think it's OK?
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Yup, as long as I know and trust the person!
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Yep! No germaphobes here
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Yes! Haha I'm too much of a sweets person to even think about it! Although, now that I'm back on the gluten-free train, I guess I will be avoiding most baked goodies this year...and now I've just made myself sad, womp womp
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Yep.
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@Beyond2: Just wondering... would you eat baked goods from a bakery?
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ALWAYS. You'd have to be majorly sketchy for me not to eat your food LOL
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@Dandelion: ummm... yes and no. She runs an in home daycare so during the week it's pretty icky. Maybe that's why I'll have dinner there (she usually cleans up and it's always after hours) verses baked goods which she usually makes during the day while watching kids. At those times her counters are usually disgusting, something I have a pet peeve about.
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@mrbee: Interesting questions...I actually don't (and not because I don't have a sweet tooth...I have a major one
). I also skip on wedding cake and such being served at events. One exception is the Italian bakery nearby... I will happily eat those pastries anytime -
Yes. I figure given what I eat in restaurants etc, it is all the same.
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Heck yes! I've honestly never given it a second thought haha
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Yes! It never occurred to me not to. I mean, I eat at restaurants so I'll happily eat food that is prepared by someone other than me. I don't see a difference between that food and baked goods...
In fact if you are freaked out by germs, you are probably better off eating baked goods than a salad from a restaurant... -
As long as I know them. One of my friends is a professional baker and makes the best stuff.
Although I must admit I'm not a big fan of the random assortment of goodies that people give in Tupperware - eventually everything tastes the same after being sealed in together.
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@mamimami: Same here!
I wish I had a problem eating baked goods from people I didn't know... there are a LOT of them at work during the holidays
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Oh yeah!! Had a lady bring us PB cookies with a chocolate kiss on top the other day... Holy were they good!!!
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Baked goods made by others are my favorite type of baked goods. I hate to bake!
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Hell yes!
I was never aware that people don't eat baked goods in the office. Mine always disappear super fast
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There are a few people I've worked with that I won't eat their stuff but it's bc I know they aren't clean people (if their clothes are visibly unwashed, know they don't wash hands in the bathroom, etc) but if I know/trust where they came from? Yes!!
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Always.
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Of course I do! I have never even thought to question it unless it was some random creep
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Maybe if it's from a stranger, but I eat baked goods people I know/am close to made all the time.
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I am very weird about eating baked goods from people's homes..who knows if their cat walked across the counter, if they took a break to walk their dog and didn't wash their hands, if they licked the spoon by accident.
This is why I don't gift baked goods either. So many people just deposit them right in the trash and that's a waste of time and money!
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Just a question to those of you who are uncomfortable eating baked goods made by people: are you also uncomfortable about eating a dinner someone else prepared at their house? I figure a lot of the same germ stuff applies to that too, no? If you do happily eat home cooked meals at other's homes, why avoid baked goods?
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Always!
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Heck yes! I especially love to buy what the kids have baked and made at local markets. For instance, I've had the best carrot bread baked by a kid at a local grade school and just this past weekend, I had the best fudge ever, baked by a jr. high school student. Mmmm!
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If I don't know where it came from, then rarely. If a family member (who I know has a decently clean house) sends something over then I do. I can eat my moms baked goods all day long
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Depends who it is!
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Definitely depends. But the one thing I won't eat is cake balls, just because you have to roll them out by hand and that totally creeps me out.
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Yep! I even snack on the treats people bring into the NICU as thank you gifts for taking care of their baby! We get a ton this time of year.
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Always!!! I love it when my coworkers (even ones I don't really know) bring in baked goods!
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I definitely do! One of our closest friends loves to bake--she and her husband live two doors down and come over at least twice a month to watch football and she always brings us cookies or other treats--I love it!
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Yes unless it is from a total stranger.
Question to those uncomfortable with eating other people's baked goods: would you share a sip/bite of someone else's food? I see that everywhere but that's something I wouldn't do for fear of getting sick. I figure the high heat in cooking/baking kills most germs though!
). I also skip on wedding cake and such being served at events. One exception is the Italian bakery nearby... I will happily eat those pastries anytime 
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