Neutered Gingerbread

[AkaiKitsune]

I can't stop laughing at the gingerbread display because I'm immature with a twisted sense of humour. We got them from the warehouse this way.

[Kazim]

No NUTS!

[Mental_Mouse]

Now I'm imagining them with chocolate "censor boxes".

[csquared]

And the position of the label just makes it better.

[Kittish]

So.. they're all gingerbread ladies?

[AkaiKitsune]

So.. they're all gingerbread ladies?

But if they were all gingerbread ladies then why bother to specify that there are no nuts... Seeing as ladies don't have that particular dangly bit.

Also, the ENTIRE display is like that. And since our no but stickers are applied via machine.... It's apparently not just some bored worker with a sense of humour.

[Kittish]

But if they were all gingerbread ladies then why bother to specify that there are no nuts... Seeing as ladies don't have that particular dangly bit.

Also, the ENTIRE display is like that. And since our no but stickers are applied via machine.... It's apparently not just some bored worker with a sense of humour.

Well, gingerbread shapes are kind of androgynous, so maybe someone felt a need to specify that these weren't gingerbread MEN? I know, I know, I'm really reaching there.

And it may well be some bored worker with a sense of humour. After all, someone had to program the machine...

[Kit-Ginevra]

I know, I know, I'm really reaching there.
...

I know...I can see that-and I'm wondering where it's going...

[Racket_Man]

Wow they did not use a blue dot

I understand that some countries allow for porn but cover up stuff anyway with blue dots

[Food Lady]

On a serious note, since when is gingerbread made with nuts? It's flour, molasses, sugar, eggs, butter, and spices. I wonder why they felt the need to label it that way?

ETA: And now I want gingerbread but it's too late to dig out the car and go to the store or bake cookies.

[RealUnimportant]

On a serious note, since when is gingerbread made with nuts? It's flour, molasses, sugar, eggs, butter, and spices. I wonder why they felt the need to label it that way?

A lot of bakeries, hell a lot of food businesses in general, will put warnings on because of other product that uses the same packaging lines or what have you. Even though edible oils aren't necessarily part of the recipe, they can still be used to lubricate the machinery, and it's surprising just how small an amount of contamination can trigger a reaction in severe allergy sufferers.

[notalwaysright]

Yeah, if the facility also uses nuts in something else they make, it's so so hard to be 100% sure that everything is totally free of any trace of nuts. I had no concept of this until working where I do now, I just thought if a place cleaned enough... But wow, they clean for hours each day and still there might be particles in the air. Anyhow, the place that makes the gender neutral gingerbread people must not use nuts in anything they make.

[LadyofArc]

While the "there's a chance that the gingerbread is made on the same machines as stuff with nuts in it," line is the most likely, the other thing I can think of is that since "<thing>-free" food seems to be a trend at the moment, they could be cashing on that.

For example, "Gluten-free ham," when ham has no gluten in it anyway. Or gluten-free shampoo.

[Food Lady]

For example, "Gluten-free ham," when ham has no gluten in it anyway. Or gluten-free shampoo.

What's funny about that is that I've found gluten-ful ham. It was vegan ham roast I found on some website. They'd ship it frozen.

[RealUnimportant]

Gluten-free meat is often marked as such because of the potential for sauces, cures, dressings etc. to contain potential contaminant. It may seem unnecessary, but sadly it is.