Would this upset you or am I being silly?

He was just acting like he thought he was funny and probably just came out of his mouth but you should have said well I will shove an egg up your ass if you make any more silly comments.

I wouldn't have taken offence at this, I would probably have laughed and whacked him with a tea towel or wooden spoon for being cheeky 😂 it sounds like fairly normal taking the piss out of each other that couples do? I think you're maybe being a bit oversensitive 🤷‍♀️

Same here.

I have on a couple of accessions apologised for something I've said and admitted "That sounded different in my head. I really didn't mean it the way it came out."

This is exactly what I was thinking. I've laughed at someone's poor attempt at a joke before, just to be polite.

OP I've also found myself blushing very occasionally, when I had absolutely no reason to feel embarrassed. Very perplexing, I'm normally fairly confident! But when I feel that hot red flush happening it makes me feel so weird that it gets worse!

It’s a little demeaning but an attempt at a joke. Not my humour but I doubt malice was meant!

Sometimes people think up a little joke in their head and when it comes out their mouth, it’s much harsher and mean. I’ve done this and so has my husband. I bet he realised it sounded cruel …as you have said, it’s out of character. I would be honest and say, I found it humiliating. He needs to hear that you were upset.

My husband said there's nothing wrong work what he said.

I had a situation with dh recently. I made what I thought was a throwaway factual comment. For some reason dh really took offence to it and I could see that he was put out. I didn’t mean to upset him but it clearly did so I bloody well apologised for being a twat and told him that I’d think before I spoke in the future. Technically there was nothing wrong with what I said, but it bothered my dh so that’s enough for me to know that I shouldn’t have said it. Don’t ignore your feelings here. If something doesn’t feel right about this then it likely isn’t.

Same here.

Unless the auntie was Greek of course . . . .

Keep it sealed and crush it in the packet then open once crushed? 😉

I really enjoy cooking and have never heard of this tip. It doesn't sound like an obvious tip to me, but he probably didn't mean any harm by his joke either.

Its pretty obviously a hostile comment dressed up as a joke. Its only “banter” if everyone is doing it. It inserted itself in a perfectly normal social interaction and transformed it into a rebuke of the OP for being a stupid show off teaching her betters something they already know. In an instant a perfectly friendly bit of chatter was made out to be a stupid brag. But it wasn’t—so the “joke” was simply mean.

Maybe they all burst out laughing because of their embarrassment at seeing this shitty, hostile, treatment? I think that would have been my reaction.

I wouldn't think it was to do with that specific tip but more that I assume your aunt is older than you. The full saying is "teaching your granny to suck eggs" so it refers to the age difference not if the tip is any good so it wouldn't upset me but I'm more at the granny end of things!

Well, I think it was him being mean and wanting to knock your confidence. I don't see the need to do that to anybody when they were happy and chatting about something they know useful tips; it would be like DP taking the piss out of me for mentioning Shift-Windows Key-S to take a screenshot or Alt-Tab to switch quickly between programs in the context of using a computer - obvious for some, but certainly not to everybody.

Oh god you wouldn't last 2 minutes in my family we forever taking the piss out of each other 🤣

Yes you are definitely being OTT sorry 😬

My Dad once made me cry with a similar remark when i was telling my Mum a method of cooking fish I had discovered. I was excited about it and Mum was listening (maybe smiling and nodding politely, but still...) and he interrupted me with something like "fancy telling your Mum how to cook a piece of fish!" and the sudden interruption and tone embarrassed me and made me cry.

He did have the good grace to apologise later though.

exactly right

Well I didn’t know that either OP. Thanks for that tip.

your DH was a twit at that precise moment. I had one exactly the same but he did it constantly belittling me, he’s now exDP. If it was a one off try forget it.

If I had said something and someone told me it upset them, I wouldn't then say 'well I still find it funny and would say it again"

Yeah he's a twat, why do so many men find it impossible to ever be even slightly even in the wrong, and what the fuck was the point of his non-apology?

we see some nonsense on here, but this one has me floored.

I can’t believe this very clear joke is even thread worthy, let alone some of the bat shit replies.

If it was accompanied with a knowing eye roll, a nudge of the elbow and a follow up comment of ‘my god she’s thick sometimes’ then yeah, have words, but if its as described, it’s the biggest none event ever.

It sounds like a joke to me. Me and DH banter like this all the time.

There are babies dying of incurable illness, war everywhere you look, poverty left right and centre.. respectfully, it was a joke.

What!?! That went from 0-60 in record time.

This wouldn't have really bothered me. My response to DH if he said anything like that would be somewhere along the lines of "bugger off arsehole!!" Said as banter, in jest.

Agree
Maybe your dh was feeling inferior to your superior knowledge ( I’m going to look up this flat bread recipe now btw thanks OP)
So he diverted attention to himself at your expense!
This would annoy me, it’s belittling and I’d be telling him not to ever do it again.

@therealcookiemonster - and that salad would naturally be made from the left-overs of the small chicken you had roasted the night before, for 6 people?