Is my husband right to be embarrassed when I serve soup for lunch to guests

I'm not a fan of soup, although as a guest would be appreciative of the host's efforts and grateful.

Whenever I have mentioned to people that I don't like soup, they always tell me that theirs tastes amazing. It never is (although I would be far too polite to tell them that).

I just realised you serve reheated soup for dinner aswell, God no. How on earth can you invite people for dinner and offer them a bowl of reheated soup you made earlier in the day with a bit of bread?
Your husband need to do something about his mortification and cook something substantial instead of sitting there absolutely mortified with his spoon in hand drinking his dinner.
Pair of yis in in. Both unreasonable. Massively.

If he's so embarrassed he can get off his backside and cook

@LuckySantangelo35 because it wouldn't be a satisfying lunch for me. Soup and bread is a very light meal.

I would be so disappointed if I was invited to someone’s house for lunch and was given reheated soup and bread.
Who wants to drink their lunch. It’s a lazy, preprepared starter trying to be passed off as a main course.
Your husband however should cook himself if he wants people to have a decent lunch. It should not be always your responsibility. I can understand his embarrassment but it’s his own fault he does not take action and cook something better for the guests.

I went to a boarding school where once every term they held a (purely voluntary but everyone did it) “austerity day”, where we’d be fed nothing but bread and soup, and the money saved was donated to Shelter and/or Amnesty International, the school’s chosen charities.

So while I’m a big fan of bread and soup, it always reminds me of AUSTERITY. I might serve it to someone for a light lunch but not a main meal.

@Rainbowshit

why do you need sandwiches with the soup?? Op has said she serves it with nice bread and butter. No need for cheese and meat too.

I agree with the majority of posters - yes for lunch, no for dinner.

I used to have regular dinners with a small group of friends where we took it in turns to host. One friend went through a phase of serving chicken and veg soup that was nice but very watery and not at all filling. The rest of us would go home absolutely starving! We were very relieved when she moved on from the soup stage to something more substantial.

Fine for lunch as long as served with sandwiches or alongside some cheese and meat.

If you are serving it for dinner as the main event, then I'm with your husband that's pretty embarrassing.

I love a homemade soup, perfect for lunch but I’d expect something more substantial if I was invited for dinner.

Soup and bread light lunch only. Evening meal, only suitable as a starter.

@notacooldad

lol why?

Same. I’d be massively disappointed if I was invited to someone’s house for lunch or dinner and got served soup and bread.

He’s also from a Mediterranean culture, which could be a factor here.

All my male med. chums can cook up a storm.
Why is yours such a lazy, critical tool?

Fr lunch, with bread and butter - lovely!

I love soup.

For an evening meal it would have to be a broth, though, with dumplings.

😂

As a guest, you eat what you are given, & act grateful for it.
Even if you would have preferred something else, or would do things differently in your own house.

You are visiting somebody's HOME, not a restaurant.

Sounds fine to me! What's embarrassing about it? Is it blue soup? Are you fully dressed and sober when serving it up? He's being silly and demeaning and should darn well get in the kitchen with you if he wants to lay on a feast whenever people come round

He's not embarrassed enough to switch the oven on & host, then?

Just the exact amount of embarrassment to trigger him into criticising his wife, but not enough for him to menu plan, shop for, cook & serve the food himself?

He's using your visitors as an opportunity to undermine you.
Tell the entitled twat that the food's all up to him next time. And mean it.

When having guests over the cook tends to miss out on all the chat. So I agree a nice soup is perfect and means you can enjoy your guests company aswell.
If your dh is so worried about it and he’s from a Mediterranean culture why doesn’t he make some mezzes or something to go after, if it’s an evening meal. For lunch it’s fine on its own.

Soup for lunch is ok I suppose. But certainly not only soup for evening meal. As a firsr course fine them followed by a main course.

Im with your DH and it’s cultural. When I was first invited to a lunch in UK I was very surprised how little food was offered, it’s functional rather than festive if it made sense. By the way I’m absolutely fine with it now.

I love making soups and often serve it to guests.
I usually serve soup (plenty) with nice bread, butter, lots of cold meat and cheese for a light lunch on a ordinary day with tea/coffee and desserts after but not for Sunday lunch or any other occasion.
I wouldn’t serve soup as a starter for an occasion dinner but sometimes for an ordinary dinner.

I think the Christina Aguilera thread got pulled.

I like soup but it's the equivalent of being invited to brunch and offered cornflakes and toast

I love a good soup, if it's filled with lentils and meat it's really filling. I'd have it with crusty bread and butter if it was just for me, maybe fancy it up a bit by adding cheese toasties for dipping if it was for guests.......I'm slipping into a.food coma just thinking about it. 😋

I once went to lunch at someone's house and was served cold pureed courgette with hot sauce, - I'd have killed for a nice bowl of soup.