I just spent some time with my daughter and grandchildren and found out, to my
surprise, that when their elementary school has a bake sale no one can bring
homemade baked items. They must all be bought at the store. She was told that
this was to prevent anyone getting sick (and presumably to prevent the school
from being sued). This seems totally absurd to me. In all the years I've been
on this planet I have never heard of anyone getting sick from something they
bought at a school bake sale. Am I off the beam here? What do you think?

Fran

Sounds like bake sales have gone the way of Halloween.

Next thing ya know, having a pot luck supper at church or other venue
will require bringing frozen entrees.

--
Wayne in Phoenix

*If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
*A mind is a terrible thing to lose.

Franfogel wrote:

I just spent some time with my daughter and grandchildren and found out, to my
surprise, that when their elementary school has a bake sale no one can bring
homemade baked items. They must all be bought at the store. She was told that
this was to prevent anyone getting sick (and presumably to prevent the school
from being sued). This seems totally absurd to me. In all the years I've been
on this planet I have never heard of anyone getting sick from something they
bought at a school bake sale. Am I off the beam here? What do you think?


If that is the way they are going to be they might as well try some sort of cookie
sale fundraiser like Girl Guide cookies. I used to bake stuff for the bake sale
at my son's school. Then I found out that the were selling the stuff for less than
it cost me to make them. Nuts to that. All I was doing was providing someone with
cheap baked goods and the school was getting the money.

Franfogel wrote:

I just spent some time with my daughter and grandchildren and found out, to my
surprise, that when their elementary school has a bake sale no one can bring
homemade baked items. They must all be bought at the store. She was told that
this was to prevent anyone getting sick (and presumably to prevent the school
from being sued). This seems totally absurd to me. In all the years I've been
on this planet I have never heard of anyone getting sick from something they
bought at a school bake sale. Am I off the beam here? What do you think?


If that is the way they are going to be they might as well try some sort of cookie
sale fundraiser like Girl Guide cookies. I used to bake stuff for the bake sale
at my son's school. Then I found out that the were selling the stuff for less than
it cost me to make them. Nuts to that. All I was doing was providing someone with
cheap baked goods and the school was getting the money.

Franfogel wrote:

I just spent some time with my daughter and grandchildren and found out, to my
surprise, that when their elementary school has a bake sale no one can bring
homemade baked items. They must all be bought at the store. She was told that
this was to prevent anyone getting sick (and presumably to prevent the school
from being sued). This seems totally absurd to me. In all the years I've been
on this planet I have never heard of anyone getting sick from something they
bought at a school bake sale. Am I off the beam here? What do you think?

Fran



That's one of the saddest things I've heard in a long time.
Most bakery stuff is so filled with preservatives and fake
ingredients compared with home-made-from-scratch.

What a weird world this is turning into.

gloria p

Franfogel wrote:

I just spent some time with my daughter and grandchildren and found out, to my
surprise, that when their elementary school has a bake sale no one can bring
homemade baked items. They must all be bought at the store. She was told that
this was to prevent anyone getting sick (and presumably to prevent the school
from being sued). This seems totally absurd to me. In all the years I've been
on this planet I have never heard of anyone getting sick from something they
bought at a school bake sale. Am I off the beam here? What do you think?

Fran



That's one of the saddest things I've heard in a long time.
Most bakery stuff is so filled with preservatives and fake
ingredients compared with home-made-from-scratch.

What a weird world this is turning into.

gloria p

Dave Smith wrote:

Franfogel wrote:

I used to bake stuff for the bake sale
at my son's school. Then I found out that the were selling the stuff for less than
it cost me to make them. Nuts to that. All I was doing was providing someone with
cheap baked goods and the school was getting the money.




I had the same experience with our high school PTO. The teachers
sponsor a huge craft sale in early Nov. with the booth rental $$$
going to a scholarship fund for kids who want to major in education
in college. The PTO has a bake sale table and donates the proceeds
to the scholarship fund. Too many times I have made or seen cakes
that cost ~$8 or more to make being sold for $2.50. I'd rather donate
the cost of the ingredients.

gloria p

Dave Smith wrote:

Franfogel wrote:

I used to bake stuff for the bake sale
at my son's school. Then I found out that the were selling the stuff for less than
it cost me to make them. Nuts to that. All I was doing was providing someone with
cheap baked goods and the school was getting the money.




I had the same experience with our high school PTO. The teachers
sponsor a huge craft sale in early Nov. with the booth rental $$$
going to a scholarship fund for kids who want to major in education
in college. The PTO has a bake sale table and donates the proceeds
to the scholarship fund. Too many times I have made or seen cakes
that cost ~$8 or more to make being sold for $2.50. I'd rather donate
the cost of the ingredients.

gloria p

I am so glad to see this topic come up in a thread, because I was just getting
ready to start it myself with a question.

Our school is having a bake sale on the 2nd (election day, we're a polling
place, extra traffic). How do you think it's best to price items? I'll be
making divinity (relatively cheap to make), individual pineapple upside down
cakes (about $5.00 total to make 8 small-pot-pie-sized cakes), and small
coconut cakes (recipe posted earlier this month during a discussion about
"poke" cakes. These are slightly more expensive to make because of the cost of
the cream of coconut, but I'm using miniature loaf pans, and can make about 10
cakes from a normal-sized cake batter).
I know my pricing scale for these things when I do small catering jobs, but I'm
not looking for a real business-level profit for these items. As consumers
(and parents) how much would you be willing to pay for, say, a bag of 4 largish
pieces of divinity? A pineapple cake? A coconut cake? A coffee-cake-strudel
muffin?

Thanks!

Alexis.

I am so glad to see this topic come up in a thread, because I was just getting
ready to start it myself with a question.

Our school is having a bake sale on the 2nd (election day, we're a polling
place, extra traffic). How do you think it's best to price items? I'll be
making divinity (relatively cheap to make), individual pineapple upside down
cakes (about $5.00 total to make 8 small-pot-pie-sized cakes), and small
coconut cakes (recipe posted earlier this month during a discussion about
"poke" cakes. These are slightly more expensive to make because of the cost of
the cream of coconut, but I'm using miniature loaf pans, and can make about 10
cakes from a normal-sized cake batter).
I know my pricing scale for these things when I do small catering jobs, but I'm
not looking for a real business-level profit for these items. As consumers
(and parents) how much would you be willing to pay for, say, a bag of 4 largish
pieces of divinity? A pineapple cake? A coconut cake? A coffee-cake-strudel
muffin?

Thanks!

Alexis.

I just spent some time with my daughter and grandchildren and found out, to
my
surprise, that when their elementary school has a bake sale no one can bring
homemade baked items. They must all be bought at the store. She was told
that
this was to prevent anyone getting sick (and presumably to prevent the school
from being sued). This seems totally absurd to me. In all the years I've
been
on this planet I have never heard of anyone getting sick from something they
bought at a school bake sale. Am I off the beam here? What do you think?

Fran

I asked the same question a year or so ago. What I want to know is what's to
stop someone from using a container from the grocery store for their own
homemade product? I'll occasionaly buy things such as cakes or cookies from
the bakery department at the grocery store and I always save the containers for
just such a use. Personally I would boycott a bake sale that required bought
items. They could always ask the person bringing the item if it contains any
nuts or other common allergic ingredients. If on the otherhand if someone who
is allergic to chocolate is stupid enough to buy and eat a pan of brownies then
they deserve to get sick. Yes, I'm bad but I tell it like it is.

I just spent some time with my daughter and grandchildren and found out, to
my
surprise, that when their elementary school has a bake sale no one can bring
homemade baked items. They must all be bought at the store. She was told
that
this was to prevent anyone getting sick (and presumably to prevent the school
from being sued). This seems totally absurd to me. In all the years I've
been
on this planet I have never heard of anyone getting sick from something they
bought at a school bake sale. Am I off the beam here? What do you think?

Fran

I asked the same question a year or so ago. What I want to know is what's to
stop someone from using a container from the grocery store for their own
homemade product? I'll occasionaly buy things such as cakes or cookies from
the bakery department at the grocery store and I always save the containers for
just such a use. Personally I would boycott a bake sale that required bought
items. They could always ask the person bringing the item if it contains any
nuts or other common allergic ingredients. If on the otherhand if someone who
is allergic to chocolate is stupid enough to buy and eat a pan of brownies then
they deserve to get sick. Yes, I'm bad but I tell it like it is.

In article , Dave Smith
wrote:
All I was doing was providing someone with cheap baked goods and the
school was getting the money.

That's the whole idea, Dave.
--
-Barb, www.jamlady.eboard.com Updated 10-22-04; Popovers!.
"Peace will come when the power of love overcomes the love of power."
-Jimi Hendrix, and Lt. Joe Corcoran, Retired; St. Paul PD, Homicide Divn.

In article ,
(Franfogel) wrote:

I just spent some time with my daughter and grandchildren and found
out, to my surprise, that when their elementary school has a bake
sale no one can bring homemade baked items. They must all be bought
at the store. She was told that this was to prevent anyone getting
sick (and presumably to prevent the school from being sued). This
seems totally absurd to me. In all the years I've been on this
planet I have never heard of anyone getting sick from something they
bought at a school bake sale. Am I off the beam here? What do you
think?
Fran

Been that way around here (MN) for probably 25 years. Thank our
litigious society. OTOH, the big draw at the annual local Srs. Ctr.
fund-raiser is the homemade stuff. Must be something about consenting
adults.
--
-Barb, www.jamlady.eboard.com Updated 10-22-04; Popovers!.
"Peace will come when the power of love overcomes the love of power."
-Jimi Hendrix, and Lt. Joe Corcoran, Retired; St. Paul PD, Homicide Divn.

In article ,
wrote:

Dave Smith wrote:

Franfogel wrote:
I used to bake stuff for the bake sale
at my son's school. Then I found out that the were selling the
stuff for less than it cost me to make them. Nuts to that. All I
was doing was providing someone with cheap baked goods and the
school was getting the money.

I had the same experience with our high school PTO. The teachers
sponsor a huge craft sale in early Nov. with the booth rental $$$
going to a scholarship fund for kids who want to major in education
in college. The PTO has a bake sale table and donates the proceeds
to the scholarship fund. Too many times I have made or seen cakes
that cost ~$8 or more to make being sold for $2.50. I'd rather donate
the cost of the ingredients.

gloria p

Ugh. I like the fundraiser I participate in. A consignment-type thing
- they get 25%. I've sold a pint of B&B pickles for $6 -- and the least
expensive jar of jam or jelly I sell is $3.25 for a half-pint jar. I
like pricing it myself -- if it doesn't sell, I don't mind, but I can't
afford to give it away. This year's sale is about 3 weeks away and I
have fewer than 40 jars left for that sale. (Yeay!!) I'll be glad to
get it out of the house! I have no trouble selling a loaf (1-1/4
pounds) of homemade white bread for $5. Cheap ingredients but some
time involved.
--
-Barb, www.jamlady.eboard.com Updated 10-22-04; Popovers!.
"Peace will come when the power of love overcomes the love of power."
-Jimi Hendrix, and Lt. Joe Corcoran, Retired; St. Paul PD, Homicide Divn.