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Need Advice or SupportManners Advice: Sharing a frozen meal
This entire pregnancy, and a few months before, I've gotten into the habit of bulk cooking something once a week. So, like, every Monday I'll make double whatever dinner is that night and freeze it. It goes in a deep freeze.
I've labeled and dated it all and simultaneously been eating the bulk for dinner (for example, the pre-conception cooked meals were mostly eaten in 1st trimester, etc).
The last month I've done this more like 2-3 times a week since baby is coming soon.
I keep seeing opportunities that would be appropriate for me to share a casserole with a family. New neighbors, neighbor suddenly has a lot of "disaster mitigation" vans working on their house, hurricane evacs etc
I do not have the energy to make an unexpected trip to the grocery store and make something additional. I'm stretching myself to bulk cook as it is.
I do have the energy and resources (freezer is like 80 percent full at this point) to share something I previously made.
Is this tacky? It would be obvious that it wasn't made to be a gift -- it's got recipe name and date from, say, two weeks ago. But also, it's food still being given.
I have basically frozen (get it?) with indecision and ended up not helping them with anything. I'm just too pregnant to do anything extra.
Is it rude to almost "regift" a meal that was originally for post partum to a family that's having a hard time?