What’s the worst food someone ever gave you when you visited?

[LadyCampanulaTottington]

This week I was invited to friends house. She’s just moved in and wanted me to see the place. She said she would provide lunch and not to bring anything.

So I rock up hungry as it’s already 1:30. We start with a couple of pieces of baguette with some sliced salame and prosciutto, liver pate and some cheese. There is also a small bowl of salad leaves.

I take a small portion of each thing except the pate and my friend has some too. After a while it becomes apparent that this was not the starter but the entire meal. I was debating taking more when my friend started to clean up. I was still hungry!!

So I had to sit there with my stomach rumbling for another half an hour before I could leave and go get something to eat!

I’ve had meals in her house before but this is the first time she’s served such a small meal, she’s usually generous with portions. Does she think I’m fat and is trying to help? 😂

Money was tight when I was on mat leave, I had splurged on some fresh crusty roll and a couple of slices of meat from the deli counter as a treat. MIL popped over at 9am, said I looked tired and suggested I go back to bed for an hour. When I got up just after ten she told me she felt peckish so had eaten my lunch. Then asks me what I'm having for lunch. I ended up with the leftover crust of bread from the back of the freezer and some jam as it was the day before payday and I had spent the last of my money on my lunch that she ate!

On the subject of not so nice food, I was once served cream of chicken soup mixed with cream of tomato soup.

Sounds like a normal lunch to me OP

I think it was silly of you to expect more as it sounds like there was plenty of baguettes & meats on the table to fill up on 😂

I would be more thank happy with that

As a child, aged 10, my friends mum served me a burger that was still frozen in the middle. There was no way I could say anything, I was very shy. I put it in a napkin, put it in my pocket and flushed it down the toilet.

DH’s late gran made us a drink one time, offered orange juice, we said yes please. Well we got a glass of what DH discovered was neat cordial. Old neat cordial that had separated and gone all funny.

Next time we saw her was New Year’s Eve afternoon and she got me pissed on lambrini which I hate (too sweet for me) but was being polite and she kept topping me up!

I miss her, she was a legend (despite the poisoning).

Oh god that's rank! Tastebuds! 😫

Fondly remembering my lovely housemate who greeted my hangover one day with a bowl of porridge: oats poured into a bowl to the top, splash of boiling water poured on top to moisten. She also used to make green salad dressed in nothing but vegetable oil then liberally tossed in so much salt the lettuce glistened like McDonald’s French fries.

I'm guilty of producing the "terrible lunch" but I can explain... A friend and I normally go for a run together and hang out on Thursday mornings. On one occasion we both had a lot on, so the agreement was she would come to mine in the morning, we'd hang out, then we both needed to be at separate appointments at 13.00.

I produced hot and cold drinks, biscuits etc but at 12.00 (we needed to leave the house by 12.30!) she said she was expecting lunch. It was never discussed, never occurred to me, and I was totally unprepared and out of food. All I could produce was some toast. Embarrassing 😳

Worst meal was at a posh wedding venue, i had the vegan risotto only it was so salty I think they must of put a whole bottle of salt in by accident as it was not edible. The dessert was profiteroles but the cream inside had turned to warm milk, my husband gagged and many others were gagging. It wasn’t a cheap wedding venue either.

watery shitty roast which had been left to go cold in one of those ‘heated’ hostess trolley things 🤢

DS girlfriend made gnocchi from scratch. It looked like lambs testicles , the feeling of it in my mouth texture wise made me heave. I had to leave the table and dispose of it

The only meal that MIL ever cooked for me - boiled tongue. Like eating a bath sponge

Then there was the time DM bought meatballs in Sainsbury's in the 1970s - the pack said "serve with a tomato sauce" so DM smothered the meatballs in her own concoction of white sauce with a tin of tomato puree chucked in

Not my worst meal but a friends, she’s hosting a lovely Ukrainian family at the moment as a thank you the Ukrainian lady offered to cook a Ukrainian meal for the British family to try, my friend was very excited to try the food and the Ukrainian family disliked most things my friend cooked so she presumed the Ukrainian guest was a good cook, she boiled pasta, added half a bag of sugar and raw eggs she’s mixed it all up and that was the dinner. My friend said it was awful and her kids forced it down but she couldn’t even pretend to eat it, it was that, vile sugary eggy pasta.

You can't have assumed the baguette was a starter . For lunch? The mind boggles at what you thought might be coming next!

Sounds like a good lunch to me!
I had braised kidneys in cognac once. I thought they were mushrooms so gave myself a few then couldn't be rude and leave it. It made me so Ill!

A full English Breakfast for dinner.

What's wrong with that? All day breakfasts are very common.

Roast tongue 🤢

Dmil offered up plain fried mince and packet mashed potato, no seasoning nothing just this plate of grey mush. And invited her friends round too. Gross !

Friend once was very excited that we were having venison then chocolate fondue which he had cooked.

Overcooked dry venison burgers on slightly stale rolls and a lettuce leaf. No sides.

Chocolate fondue served with only (again) slightly stale fruitcake which crumbled when it hit the chocolate. No strawberries or bananas or marshmallows!

Biggest slice of disappointment I've ever been served!

Your Mum should have intervened, not let you constantly eat a bowl of peas for dinner.

@Impatientwino , aw, that made me feel quite sorry for you. Hopefully you’ve had quite a few nice jackets since then.

Bless her heart 😂

Beef stew... waiting for us at a friend's after a night in the pub.. sounds nice? Was grey rubbery with hard gristle pieces, choked it down.. Next day we were told our weekend with them was over.. they have visited us but we have never been back there!

Nothing there explains why you thought she wouldn't want lunch before a one o'clock appointment.

The imagery of your “teeny” lunch changed quickly. How did you “take a small portion” of each thing if there was only 2 slices of each meat? And only 2 bits of bread but they were to share? There wouldn’t have been anything left to clear up surely? Unless you took half a slice of baguette, one slice of salami and one slice of ham, but no one is that ridiculous. I think you’re telling porkies op, or you’re a porker.