Would this upset you or am I being silly?

I'm sorry dear but this is mumsnet. the way to open an oxo cube is to create your own 24hour bone broth using the bones of the chicken you fed your family from for the preceding 5 days.
alternative vegan options are also available and involve saved vegetable offcuts/peels etc.
also @nervousweddingguest don't let any of the admin catch you advising other mumsnetters to use oxo cubes, they will come for you. if I were you I would make a massive mumsnet salad right away as repentance.

PS your husband is a bit of a twat.

Well I didn’t know that and I cook a fair bit, so thank you, OP.

honestly if you live life not being able to take a joke, it would be a very boring life

He was being mean, the fact that you went red, surely he would have noticed that xx

It was unkind.

He would hate it if you did this to him. It probably would not be as funny.

Hallelujah to that. The fact that he does not see what he's done wrong - if anything - is how men operate. We don't write a subscript.

I have a tip.

don't get riled up about inane shite and post it on mumsnet

I think his comment was unkind and unnecessary and you were right to pull him up on it.

As an aside, brush the flat breads with garlic butter whilst warm and before serving 😋. They also make great pizza bases if you are in a hurry.

Sorry but some of these responses are far more over the top and disproportionate than yours or his was! We all grow up in different families/ways of being/in-jokes and this probably has relevance to why you and DH view this differently. Definitely still important to discuss to avoid one of you being upset in future, which your DH should also care about. I wouldn’t make this a huge thing though as it’s sounds pretty isolated. I live overseas and it’s been eye opening what is normal to others etc. and learning where to adapt myself as well as being clear with what is not acceptable for me has been key.

Well, don’t know how big a deal it is really, but I don’t think what he said, butting in with an incredibly ancient cliche, is very funny. I think it’s odd he feels so pleased with himself. Does he do this sort of thing when he feels left out. Maybe they laughed to indulge him.

I would have been upset

i think his comment was patronising and belittling

I did know it, but only because I saw Jamie Oliver do it on one of his programmes a year or so back. Before then I had never heard of it.

I add black mustard seeds too btw.

I didn't know this about flatbreads, and going by the thread , many of us don't , so presumably only your DH and aunt and uncle think they do😅. Don't worry about it any more .

Its a weird remark as that's not something everyone knows. Perhaps he was referencing you telling older people something? Whether I was upset or not would depend on whether he had form for trying to put me down. If not I'd just put it down to a one off weird comment.

I understand why it stung a little. If you felt upset/hurt/humiliated that's all that matters - no one else's opinion is important here. Simply, ask/tell him not to repeat these sniping comments in front of people. If he respects you he won't do it again.

Tell me you have underlying issues with men without telling me., 🙄

The irony of this post.

He sounds like he was trying to be clever OP, methinks he misjudged. I only learnt how to make bagels a few months ago (similar to flatbread) and i have told anyone interested in cooking since!
People often laugh when someone says something nobbish so it doesn't make things awkward so I wouldn't worry about that. You've told him you didn't find it funny so move on. On the off chance he was being mean then don't give him the pleasure of staying upset.

I didn't know that, though I enjoy cooking. Mind you, I never make flatbreads, even though I'm married to a Greek, and when I googled flatbread recipes, the first few didn't mention yoghurt, so I've no idea why it's so funny to your DH and uncle and aunt? I think they were all quite rude, you were only trying to be helpful!

I wouldn’t have even registered this, let alone be upset by it. But then we are a sarcastic/piss-takey family.

I'm Greek and I didn't know about adding yoghurt to flatbreads. Thanks for the tip.

It wasn't kind, or clever or funny.

Ick.

In some ways I can't think that what he said even makes sense-unless using GY in flatbread is along the lines of using eggs for an omelette!

I didn't know that either, what quantities etc do you use?

I can see why you're upset, it's a bit dickish of him. If he's that clever maybe he can do the cooking from now on?

FWIW, I'm 50, and I've been cooking since I was eight... I only found this out about 5 years ago, so I don't think 'everyone knows' ...
I'd be hurt, too - I'd not pursue it if he doesn't see he was wrong, but I'd definitely remember it if he said something similar again! Also, my uncle would probably have laughed at DH's joke, but wouldn't have the faintest idea how to make a flatbread OR suck an egg!