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Post by gmcwife1 on Sept 22, 2017 22:41:37 GMT
I'm sorry and I get it. Of course the same thing has happened to me! But the person that found it still eats my food
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Post by missbennet on Sept 23, 2017 0:59:01 GMT
The house fly salad dressing story is my favorite in this thread. Mercy, that is hilarious! So Yvonne, I'm fairly jumpy about food things, sort of I guess, and unless you the baker already grossed me out for some reason, that wouldn't even blip my radar. Hair just isn't gross the way other things are. My opinion. Embarrassing confession: I have picked hair that wasn't mine out of all kinds of things over the years, and then ate them anyway. My husband and I bonded early in our relationship over this incredible, delicious cookie we bought at a farmer's market that half way through, was held together by a baked in hair. I pulled it out, looked him in the eye and ate my piece. He did the same and we knew we were gross enough to be together forever. At some point, that cookie was at least 350 degrees and nothing worrisome is going to survive that. As long as it isn't a short and curly, whatevs. I get that you're mortified though, but it might be funny later? I hope.
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Post by Nanner on Sept 23, 2017 1:02:11 GMT
Oh, no!!! I would be mortified as well.
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Post by jayfab on Sept 23, 2017 1:03:00 GMT
Ugh, I can understand your mortification. I'd go with one of he humor ideas, bake something else and add one of he clever notes.
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Post by anxiousmom on Sept 23, 2017 2:20:37 GMT
I live with a long hair cat, a short but wiry haired black cat and have long hair myself. It is a rare day that something doesn't have hair in it...some times I think I need to hermetically seal my kitchen while I bake.
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Post by mom26 on Sept 23, 2017 2:29:16 GMT
Hey, it could be worse! I once made a scalloped potato dish for a Thanksgiving potluck at work. Had it in my prettiest floral enameled pot, right front and center of the buffet table. I was so proud. First person took off the lid to dish some onto her plate and what did everyone see? A big ol' SPIDER prancing around on the melted cheese topping. She screamed, threw the lid and and my made-from-scratch potatoes were immediately dispatched to the outside dumpster. We never had any more potlucks after that.
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Post by Woobster on Sept 23, 2017 2:43:01 GMT
Just pull it out and I bet you the cake will be finished. It's not going to kill anyone. This! Seriously... It's a hair. As long as it's not a little short curly one, there's really no reason for people to lose their minds over it.
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Post by papersilly on Sept 23, 2017 3:56:38 GMT
Oh no! I can only imagine how you feel. Don't worry, I'm sure your co workers have had this happen with their own cooking so they probably won't hold it against you.
On a personal level, that's my worst baking nightmare. I'm a germaphobe as it is. I wash my hands a lot and keep my work space clean but you never know if that will happen. I guess if you can live through it, so will I. Keep on baking!
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Post by elaine on Sept 23, 2017 5:57:10 GMT
Yeah, I would have pulled the hair out and finished my slice. I also believe in the 5 second rule and would have eaten sidewalk cupcakes. Bake something else with a funny note and all will be fine!
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Post by miominmio on Sept 23, 2017 8:59:51 GMT
Yeah, I would have pulled the hair out and finished my slice. I also believe in the 5 second rule and would have eaten sidewalk cupcakes. Bake something else with a funny note and all will be fine! A hair wouldn't even register on my radar. Unless you have a robot doing the work, this is somethingthat occasionally happens.
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Post by QueenoftheSloths on Sept 23, 2017 12:09:46 GMT
Between me, DH and the 5 cats, it seems like every single thing I cook has a hair of some sort in it. It does make me VERY hesitant to bring something in to work. That being said, I have brought treats in many times, and no one has ever said anything about finding hair. Maybe they are just not saying anything?
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Post by maryannscraps on Sept 23, 2017 12:13:31 GMT
Hey, it could be worse! I once made a scalloped potato dish for a Thanksgiving potluck at work. Had it in my prettiest floral enameled pot, right front and center of the buffet table. I was so proud. First person took off the lid to dish some onto her plate and what did everyone see? A big ol' SPIDER prancing around on the melted cheese topping. She screamed, threw the lid and and my made-from-scratch potatoes were immediately dispatched to the outside dumpster. We never had any more potlucks after that. LOL! A hair wouldn't be on my radar. But a spider!!!! EEEEEEK burn down the office.
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Post by chendra on Sept 23, 2017 16:36:32 GMT
Ohhh, I'm sorry. I would feel the same!
I once made a kitty litter cake for a coworker's birthday. I served it up in a (brand new, never used) litter box, with a (brand new, never used) scoop and displayed it on a few sheets of newspaper. Another coworker heated and molded Tootsie rolls into appropriate shapes and buried them within the crumbled cake and we scattered cookie crumbs over the top. It was a realistic work of art. Somehow, a hair (not mine) got into it, but it seemed apropos at the time, since we had an office cat.
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Post by PrettyInPeank on Sept 23, 2017 17:52:14 GMT
You're underestimating people's love of sweet baked goods. There is zero percent chance anyone will care the next time one of your delicious baked treats is sitting there lovingly baked from your kitchen. Hunger and cravings will win every time. Your food has a track record of being great, so who cares one thing happened one time?
Here's what I'd do: stop worrying. It happens to everyone. Then I'd go to Michaels and buy really fancy cupcake papers. The kind that almost look like flowers. Give it about a week. (How often do you usually bring treats?) It'll give the illusion that it is bakery-make or somewhat store-bought, and people will be even more drawn to it. I would not make another quick bread for awhile though. Give that image time to get erased, then the hair will be a distant memory.
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Post by PrettyInPeank on Sept 23, 2017 18:04:11 GMT
Oh, and I absolutely wouldn't mention the hair. Like at all. Odds are only one person, msybe two, saw and didn't give a rat's behind.
Writing a "hair free" note would only draw attention to the fact there could be hair in the food. People unaware would now ask others to find out what happened??
And I would automatically visualize hair in the food if there was a note. Kind of like, why would someone need to write that?
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Post by compwalla on Sept 23, 2017 18:05:05 GMT
I used to work with a lady named Deneen who kept a list of people whose food she would not eat. There was a potluck the first week I started working there and she pulled me aside and gave me the lowdown on what not to eat. There were many reasons she'd add someone to the list: 1) If you didn't wash hands after using the restroom. She checked their shoes; she told me 2) If you mentioned having pets. She thought pets were gross 3) If you were guilty of being a man. Can't check the stall for non-handwashers if you don't use the mens room. 4) If she ever saw you not cover a sneeze or cough At first I thought she just kept the list in her head but no, it was a real list on a piece of faded steno paper. She'd worked there a long time. I had cats and after the first week I was careful never to mention that because then I'd get on the list. Potlucks are my Olympics so it seemed terribly important at the time not to get on her list of permabans and I felt secretly devious that she was willingly eating food that came from a house with pets. I think that a hair in the pumpkin bread would get you on the list and you'd stay on it for life no matter what. But for every Deneen, there are people who would understand and not give a hoot. Embarrassing yes, but there are worse things.
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Post by leftturnonly on Sept 23, 2017 18:13:25 GMT
Your coworkers will think that you lose hair just like everybody else. Eh. If that's the worst thing they can think, I say let them have it. I just find it curious that O decided to mark your OP by liking it. Seriously? A hair is something worth bringing up again and again or getting friends to come and read? That's one of the most petty things I've seen yet on this board, and that's saying something!
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Post by PrettyInPeank on Sept 23, 2017 18:51:23 GMT
Your coworkers will think that you lose hair just like everybody else. Eh. If that's the worst thing they can think, I say let them have it. I just find it curious that O decided to mark your OP by liking it. Seriously? A hair is something worth bringing up again and again or getting friends to come and read? That's one of the most petty things I've seen yet on this board, and that's saying something! I am starting to think she has an atomatic google search set up for this board and the word black.
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Post by oh yvonne on Sept 25, 2017 16:38:30 GMT
You guys are THE BEST <dabs tear in corner of my eye> Man, so much love for you all right now. I decided not to mention anything about it, because I agree, it would have just drawn more attention from everyone. LOL at all the hilarious stories, Virginia, that woman you work with is insane, and you are right there is ALWAYS one of those in every office, omg lol. I was just too upset on Friday and I kept a low profile the rest of the afternoon. When I was slinking out of the office at the end of the day my boss told me (most sincerely) that he LOVES my pumpkin bread and said thank you thank you! That made me feel better and I shook it off. I came in the office this morning and I'm feeling better after reading your comments. I'll let things lie for a while before I have the courage to bring anything in again. These people love to eat, so yeah, you are right, the majority probably won't know or care in the future. I'm totally buying a hair net thingie though for the future. I just can't deal with that sort of humiliation and shame ever again.
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Post by oh yvonne on Sept 25, 2017 16:41:13 GMT
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Post by elaine on Sept 25, 2017 16:43:03 GMT
This is the only Pumpkin Bread recipe that I use because it is seriously so good there is no need to try anything else. Your co-workers are lucky!
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Post by oh yvonne on Sept 25, 2017 16:52:20 GMT
elaine right? It's one of All Recipe's top rated hall of famers right there.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2017 16:57:02 GMT
Look at it this way: the heat of the oven sterilized the hair so you're all good!
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Post by burningfeather on Sept 25, 2017 17:14:01 GMT
An Autumnal Haiku
Hair in pumpkin bread So you say you don't like it Bake your own damn bread
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Post by oh yvonne on Sept 25, 2017 17:16:25 GMT
An Autumnal Haiku Hair in pumpkin bread So you say you don't like it Bake your own damn bread FTW! Right there! Yes!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2017 17:21:20 GMT
oh yvonne, you need to bring another pumpkin bread in and decorate it with googly eyes and a wig. Then pretend that's what you intended the last time, but forgot to bring the wig.
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