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Eating food from a stranger.

A few times a year i order myself some homemade goodies (usually cookies) offered by ebay sellers.  Some of my friends and family think it's gross and they will not eat any.  I get the usual responses:

 

1) What if they try to poison you?

I'm not that important of a person to poison.

 

2) What if they spit in it?

What if the girl at my local bakery spits in it?

 

3) How do you know how clean they are?

How do i know how clean my local bakery is?

 

Any thoughts on this matter?

 

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Have you read The Jungle by Sinclair? the FDA exists for a reason

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We have bake sales here for a variety of charities and I'm still alive (at this post). We have found out that people take the opportunity to show off their skills. So, I guess you know where I stand on home cooking. You should see, I mean taste, the goodies at our church pot luck. Andrew

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were they packaged nicely,do they look and smell good and taste good?
I applaud you for helping the community,not sure I want to eat their cooking though
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Death by homemade chocolate chip cookies.  At least i'll die happy!  😃

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Every time you go into a restaurant or order at McDonalds your food is being handled by strangers.

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I've narrowed it down to 3.

 

SIMPLY ALMOND HOMEMADE SUGAR COOKIES (CHOICE OF QUANTITY & SANDING SUGAR COLORS)

 

4 Dozen Homemade Lemon Shortbread Cookies w/Lemon Glaze

 

HOMEMADE CHOCK FULL OF GHIRARDELLI CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES (CHOICE OF QUANTITY)

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1) What if they try to poison you? I'm not that important of a person to poison.

The person who poisoned people with tainted Tylenol in the 1980s had no idea who would end up being poisoned. 

 

3) How do you know how clean they are? How do i know how clean my local bakery is?

You don't. But unlike eBay sellers, your local bakery is subject to random health inspections so it has an incentive to maintain standards. Your local bakery also likely has a lot more invested in its business and thus has a lot more at stake. 

 

 

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I don't even buy packaged food on eBay. Too scared of getting sick. There are a lot of crazy people in this world.

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@luckythewinner wrote:


1) What if they try to poison you? I'm not that important of a person to poison.

The person who poisoned people with tainted Tylenol in the 1980s had no idea who would end up being poisoned. 

 

3) How do you know how clean they are? How do i know how clean my local bakery is?

You don't. But unlike eBay sellers, your local bakery is subject to random health inspections so it has an incentive to maintain standards. Your local bakery also likely has a lot more invested in its business and thus has a lot more at stake. 

 

 


Having worked at several restaurants and bakeries I can tell you inspections don't always mean much.  1.   They always are at the same time of year for renewing sure you don't know the exact day but you know to be extra prepared at the time of year. 2.  Some places I worked should never have passed how they did I don't know.   

My dad has repaired a few appliances at businesses and has told me other food places I should never eat again these are places that pass with flying colors but are apparently filthy.  I'm betting some of these homemade goods might be even cooked in cleaner environments 

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I thought eBAy policy stopped home  baked food sales at least ten years ago?

 

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Lynn


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@inhawaii wrote:

A few times a year i order myself some homemade goodies (usually cookies) offered by ebay sellers.  Some of my friends and family think it's gross and they will not eat any.  I get the usual responses:

 

1) What if they try to poison you?

I'm not that important of a person to poison.

 

2) What if they spit in it?

What if the girl at my local bakery spits in it?

 

3) How do you know how clean they are?

How do i know how clean my local bakery is?

 

Any thoughts on this matter?

 


My thoughts are if I want to eat it, I cook it myself. I have dietary issues and need to be careful where I eat from the beginning, so generally I adapt recipes to make what I like to eat. I have chemical allergies, so I don't buy very much that comes in a box, can or jar.

 

C.

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I thought it used to directly state no home cooked?  Just commercial, sealed food?

Now it just implies it?

 

 

"All food and related products should be packaged or sealed to make sure that the buyer can tell if they have been tampered with"

 


https://www.ebay.com/help/policies/prohibited-restricted-items/food-policy?id=4295

 

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Lynn

 


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Having worked at several restaurants and bakeries I can tell you inspections don't always mean much.  

But IMHO they mean more than no inspections at all. 

 

They always are at the same time of year for renewing sure you don't know the exact day but you know to be extra prepared at the time of year.

So at least you know the equipment has been maintained and cleaned at least once a year. 

 

I'm betting some of these homemade goods might be even cooked in cleaner environments 

Or not. 

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I've been ordering home-baked goodies from ebay for at least 10 years.

 

Honestly, i have no idea what the official policy is?

 

 

 

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