Do you eat homemade food from neighbors?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only on an anonymous site...but I don't wear a hair net when cooking. My family occasionally finds a hair... No one has stopped eating the food.

I don’t wear a covering for day to day, but if I am hosting or taking a dish somewhere else, I absolutely cover my hair while prepping and cooking food.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Truly would depend.

Do I know you well enough that I’ve been inside of your house? Does your house stink? Do you have a pet? Are you a meticulous housekeeper? What does your house smell like? Wet dog? Mothballs? Are you a neat and tidy person?

There are very very few neighbors whose food I would eat.

I’ve tossed out meal train food, too. The entire meal. Pitched! Word to the wise: if you lovingly and kindly drop off homemade meatballs to a new mom but then by way of breezy conversation at meal drop off, tell the new mom that your DC has pinworms...yeah, your meal is going in the trash.

You sound like a perfect rhymes with witch. I feel sorry for anyone unfortunate enough to know you.

NP here and the illusory name-calling is uncalled for. As is your unwarranted judgement reviling a person's entire character based on one incident they've related.

If you have someone tell you their kid has pinworms when they bring you food, after you've just given birth to a baby, it is perfectly understandable that food would go in the trash. Mothers of infected children can often be infected, too. Mom the meatball maker can be bringing the recipient more than a meal.

Perhaps it is you who is an unfortunate mess. Go back to school and learn a thing or two.

Struck a nerve, I see.

[Anonymous]

Just chiming in to say that my family happily accepts food from others and shares food as well. Just had virtual parent/teacher conferences and a teacher mentioned that she missed the potluck meals traditionally brought to school by parents during this time. I suspect those of us who eat and enjoy food made by others far outweigh the vocal few who fear it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Generally I'm not opposed to eating it, because who's going to just randomly offer me food? So it seems okay. Colleagues offering cookies at the holidays? Maybe. Potlucks where everyone touch the utensils and then you have to eat with your hands ? Mayonnaise-coated salads that sit in the hot sun on July 4? Ugh. That's where I get weird about other people's food.

I'm pretty sure that office potlucks and cookie swaps are a thing of the past now with covid.

Healthcare worker here...hospital staff all over the US are still having potlucks in the break rooms. Yep. You heard it here. Our best frontline workers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I never eat food cooked by a neighbor. I thank them then toss it. How about you?

No way, especially now. I have a neighbor who is very proud (!!!) of her baking, and talks about how she is stringent about her "covid protocols" - this means nothing to me. She has a large dog, small kids, and as "great" I think what she is doing is, or "how great" she thinks her kitchen is, I would just throw it in the trash.

I know she is proud of what she is dong, it means a lot to her, so of course, I don't say anything to her. She is a tiny bit nicer/happier since having a hobby. Sometimes. Well....I guess that is another post......

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Only on an anonymous site...but I don't wear a hair net when cooking. My family occasionally finds a hair... No one has stopped eating the food.

I don’t wear a covering for day to day, but if I am hosting or taking a dish somewhere else, I absolutely cover my hair while prepping and cooking food.

Ew. Thank you. One more thing to think about.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I never eat food cooked by a neighbor. I thank them then toss it. How about you?

No way, especially now. I have a neighbor who is very proud (!!!) of her baking, and talks about how she is stringent about her "covid protocols" - this means nothing to me. She has a large dog, small kids, and as "great" I think what she is doing is, or "how great" she thinks her kitchen is, I would just throw it in the trash.

I know she is proud of what she is dong, it means a lot to her, so of course, I don't say anything to her. She is a tiny bit nicer/happier since having a hobby. Sometimes. Well....I guess that is another post......

Wouldn't it be totally comical if she thinks the same thing about your house/kitchen? They live in filth! They have a cat! They only have cleaning person every other week! I once saw an ant!!!

[Anonymous]

After reading the DCUM thread where someone was making stock using gnawed chicken bones I've officially become a germaphobe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:After reading the DCUM thread where someone was making stock using gnawed chicken bones I've officially become a germaphobe.

That was pretty appalling but I bet in the end after they are boiled they are cleaner than what comes out of most restaurants.

[Anonymous]

Of course. Not like we’re carrying dinners back-and-forth to each other’s house or anything but some holiday cookies or loaf of banana bread or something like that gets dropped off, absolutely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Only on an anonymous site...but I don't wear a hair net when cooking. My family occasionally finds a hair... No one has stopped eating the food.

I don’t wear a covering for day to day, but if I am hosting or taking a dish somewhere else, I absolutely cover my hair while prepping and cooking food.

I have never heard of anyone wearing a hairnet when cooking at home.

[Anonymous]

We are immigrants and 25% of people in my neighborhood are from my birth country. We are very close knit and food is exchanged all the time. ALL. THE. TIME.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Of course. Not like we’re carrying dinners back-and-forth to each other’s house or anything but some holiday cookies or loaf of banana bread or something like that gets dropped off, absolutely.

This. Love a good banana loaf!

[Anonymous]

What about all the FDA regulations about how many parts of insects and other contaminants can be in various processed food. Like roaches in chocolate? Home prepared food is the least of your worries.

[Anonymous]

Only if I am sure they don't have cats.