Shipping food

Hi,

My sister wants me to mail/ship to her a homemade pumpkin pie. A reasonable request if made 10 days ago, when my Mom visited her BUT one made just today!

I understandstand how to send/ship cookies, but I am somewhat flummoxed how to send a custard-based pie. I think pecan would be much easier. Freeze it and send it with dry ice? Or pack carefully and spend extra money on postage?

Frankly, I told her to find a good bakery and I'd send a check.

Any ideas?

i had a restaurant in palm beach with hungry friends in phoenix. they were always crying about wanting this and that, so i sent them the entire menu worth of food: apps, entrees and desserts.

i've had good luck w/the following procedure. i've done it a few times and gotten it down to a science.

styrofoam cooler or fish box lined with plastic, filled w/scant dry ice with frozen gel packs over the ice. everything wrapped well in plastic and tightly packed. then wrapped again in plastic on the outside and finally wrapped in paper. overnite it via fedex or ups. i've literally sent pkgs the size of a small casket. all arrived pristine. the key is to find out when it gets picked up and pack it and deliver it as late as possible.

when it arrived, they called me and put me on speaker phone while they were eating it so it would be like i was @ the table w/them.

A friend in Texas wants to start exchanging our experiments; I'm all for it, but I've never mailed dessert before. I would think cookies would be easiest, but even then, how do I pack them? How would I send something more fragile, like a cake? I am excited but at a loss.

Suzy Creamcheese wrote:A friend in Texas wants to start exchanging our experiments; I'm all for it, but I've never mailed dessert before. I would think cookies would be easiest, but even then, how do I pack them? How would I send something more fragile, like a cake? I am excited but at a loss.

Bubble wrap. I send food stuff to my sister in NY all the time. In addition, I use FedEx Ground for all of my shipping.

A friend in Texas wants to start exchanging our experiments; I'm all for it, but I've never mailed dessert before. I would think cookies would be easiest, but even then, how do I pack them? How would I send something more fragile, like a cake? I am excited but at a loss.

I usually pack cookies tighly in a plastic container and then use some combination of bubble wrap and air pillows to cushion the container in a larger box. I've used USPS and it's worked out OK. Keep in mind that some types and shapes of cookies are more prone to breaking than others.

Nover shipped a cake, but I would think that loaf/bundt cake types would be pretty easy.

I've ordered cakes online before and they invariably ship frozen. Here's a good example with pictures:

http://www.worldsbestcarrotcake.com/shipping.html

Thread bump. It's that time. Yes I could use your insights on shipping cookies, cakes, pies, and breads.

Cheers,