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Homemade tomato soup and homemade bread - “shit Sunday meal”?

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Moud · 01/11/2026 13:23

Had planned to make gammon and cauliflower and cheese but we have quite a lot of tomatoes and veg that could do with using up. I thought homemade tomato soup with a nice loaf of cheese and garlic bread would be nice. But dh has said it’s a bit shit for a Sunday. We enjoy a “nicer” home cooked meal on Sundays. Take it in turns. We have things for a roast but it can be done later in the week.

I think dh was rude. Tbf he typically makes more of an effort ie we had homemade ravioli last week. Thats on him though as he’s more of a foodie. I’m genuinely not trying to get out of work just wanting to avoid waste!

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EvieBB · Today 17:28

Chickpeacurrywithrice · Today 15:34

LOL of course you don’t, otherwise you would’ve read it and comprehend it correctly! Instead of just talking nonsense! LOL!

Hope you get eternal gratitude for any food you cook, you deserve it and any man who should tho k himself lucky you do it!

Why would you want to start an argument with someone about bloody soup? Seriously get a life you nasty piece and never darken my door again
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EvieBB · Today 17:21

Chickpeacurrywithrice · Today 15:34

LOL of course you don’t, otherwise you would’ve read it and comprehend it correctly! Instead of just talking nonsense! LOL!

Hope you get eternal gratitude for any food you cook, you deserve it and any man who should tho k himself lucky you do it!

Oh do shut up

I don't have to read every post if I don't want to....or the rest of your abusive post to me which I haven't so go away, cretin.

SwingTheMonkey · Today 16:50

Soup and bread is a quick ‘late home from after school commitments’ kind of dinner. Or a lunch. Definitely not a filling Sunday dinner.
I really can’t understand why you couldn’t have made the soup to eat the next day, if the tomatoes were going to be completely unusable within the next 24 hours, and made the gammon and cauliflower cheese as planned.

Chickpeacurrywithrice · Today 15:34

EvieBB · Today 10:06

I don't really care enough about this thread to get that deep lol so won't continue replying...
Have a nice day and enjoy whatever you have this Sunday :) x

LOL of course you don’t, otherwise you would’ve read it and comprehend it correctly! Instead of just talking nonsense! LOL!

Hope you get eternal gratitude for any food you cook, you deserve it and any man who should tho k himself lucky you do it!

brunettemic · Today 11:45

Can’t really say he’s wrong in fairness.

Madamefroufrou · Today 11:41

Madamefroufrou · 01/11/2026 17:57

“beautiful soup so rich and green
waiting in a hot tureen
Soup of the evening, beautiful soup,
beautiful beautiful sooooop”

as sung by the Mock Turtle of course and all acknowledgements
to
Lewis Carroll

EvieBB · Today 10:06

Chickpeacurrywithrice · Today 09:23

I think it’s stated more than once that it’s “we”

We enjoy a “nicer” home cooked meal on Sundays. Take it in turns.

So they also take it in turns, so why should the DP be grateful OP cooks at all?

I don't really care enough about this thread to get that deep lol so won't continue replying...
Have a nice day and enjoy whatever you have this Sunday :) x

WhiteJasmin · Today 09:49

Scarcityvarcity · Today 09:34

Why is bread or soup nicer because it's home made? Bread in particular is often nicer fron a decent bakery.

Edited

I think OP wants to argue it's effort because it's home made but just in a prior post she said the recipe is very easy and idiot proof recipe. So the whole meal including the tomato soup is low effort.

Scarcityvarcity · Today 09:34

Why is bread or soup nicer because it's home made? Bread in particular is often nicer fron a decent bakery.

Chickpeacurrywithrice · Today 09:23

EvieBB · Yesterday 23:44

I think it's OPs partner that's wanting the nicer meal. Obviously yes it's nice but as a one off he'll have to manage and just be grateful she's cooking at all

I think it’s stated more than once that it’s “we”

We enjoy a “nicer” home cooked meal on Sundays. Take it in turns.

So they also take it in turns, so why should the DP be grateful OP cooks at all?

EvieBB · Yesterday 23:45

Moud · Yesterday 19:38

Homemade using the bbc good food classic loaf recipe. Very easy. Idiot proof. I add cheese and garlic to the dough plus the butter is crammed with garlic and herbs.

Thanks, sounds lovely:)

EvieBB · Yesterday 23:44

RikthePoet · Yesterday 17:22

But the OP enjoys a “nicer” home cooked meal on Sundays and takes it in turns to do something more ambitious than tomato soup.

I think it's OPs partner that's wanting the nicer meal. Obviously yes it's nice but as a one off he'll have to manage and just be grateful she's cooking at all

latetothefisting · Yesterday 22:46

Soup is a perfectly nice meal, but I don't think anyone would say it's a special or particularly exciting one, so if your tradition is to make a bit more effort than normal and have a nicer treat meal on Sunday, and DH sticks to that when it's his 'turn' then yeah I can see why he might be disappointed. He could probably have explained it without referring to it as a bit shit though!

It's not like soup is hard to make, you could still have stuck everything in a saucepan while cooking something else, and had it as a starter/for lunch tomorrow.

Moud · Yesterday 19:38

EvieBB · 08/11/2026 21:50

Really? OP please clear this up for us 😅

Homemade using the bbc good food classic loaf recipe. Very easy. Idiot proof. I add cheese and garlic to the dough plus the butter is crammed with garlic and herbs.

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RikthePoet · Yesterday 17:22

EvieBB · Yesterday 17:09

Yep....I rarely get cooked for 😕

But the OP enjoys a “nicer” home cooked meal on Sundays and takes it in turns to do something more ambitious than tomato soup.

EvieBB · Yesterday 17:09

RikthePoet · Yesterday 17:08

Ecstatic!

Yep....I rarely get cooked for 😕

RikthePoet · Yesterday 17:08

EvieBB · 08/11/2026 09:31

Your homemade soup sounds lovely! I'd be ecstatic if someone was making me that plus homemade bread:)....but I also like a bit of protein with my meal...how about asking him to add to the meal if he's not happy and make a protein side dish?

Ecstatic!

RikthePoet · Yesterday 17:07

Drew79 · 08/11/2026 13:06

How privileged are we in the UK, 'homemade soup and bread isn't a main meal' ' it's a starter, it's not Sunday dinner' etc etc

Ffs, so much food poverty around the world, where they are not snobbish about food or have stupid rules about what you can eat when.

Fattening wasteful snobby Brits (I'm a Brit)

It's not a rule or snobbery or fattening to want to eat enough that you are not hungry.

Bread and tomato soup, homemade or otherwise, is not enough as the main meal of the day to mean I am not hungry.

NotMeNorI · Yesterday 15:39

It sounds delicious - it's one of my family's favourite dishes! Your DH is being a knob, and pedantic.

EvieBB · 08/11/2026 21:50

Scarcityvarcity · 08/11/2026 21:41

I think that is because she put cheese and garlic on it 😂

Really? OP please clear this up for us 😅

likelysuspect · 08/11/2026 21:47

Ive just realised I technically had soup and bread for Sunday lunch today

In a restaurant. It was home made as well!!!

It was fab.

Tea is hot cross buns and cheese.

Scarcityvarcity · 08/11/2026 21:41

EvieBB · 08/11/2026 21:35

See the title: "homemade bread"

I think that is because she put cheese and garlic on it 😂

EvieBB · 08/11/2026 21:35

Scarcityvarcity · 08/11/2026 11:57

Are people even calling the bread "homemade" now😂

See the title: "homemade bread"

Drew79 · 08/11/2026 13:06

How privileged are we in the UK, 'homemade soup and bread isn't a main meal' ' it's a starter, it's not Sunday dinner' etc etc

Ffs, so much food poverty around the world, where they are not snobbish about food or have stupid rules about what you can eat when.

Fattening wasteful snobby Brits (I'm a Brit)

Scarcityvarcity · 08/11/2026 11:57

Are people even calling the bread "homemade" now😂

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