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ospam (DJS0302) wrote:

> For give me if this appears twice. I had to correct an error.
>
> Do schools still have homemade bake sales anymore? When I was in
> grade school a bake sale meant that each student brought in something
> homemade to sell. The subject came up in a conversation recently and
> today it seems a lot of schools only allow store bought products at
> bake sales. What's up with that?

Fear of food poisoning and contamination.

>Are people getting so paranoid that they're afraid someone is going to
>bring in tainted Rice Krispie squares?

Yes. My youngest hasn't been in elementary school for nearly 20 years
and homemade treats were banned even then. Our school didn't do bake
sales, though; just birthday treats.
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