Travelled to friend's house for dinner, just strawberries for desert - AIBU to think it's low effort?

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On the weekend my partner and I travelled to a friend's house for dinner. The journey was over an hour by train.

The main course was sausages with nice sides (potato salad, tomato salad, another salad). That was nice.

But desert was just strawberries with some pouring cream.

We had a nice time, but AIBU to feel that the desert was very low effort and unexciting, and should have been more exciting than strawberries given the journey?

When my friend came to mine, I did a 3-course meal, feeling I should make a big effort because of her long journey.

I would have done a pavlova or tart with it personally, since it doesn't sound like a proper dessert.

But then I wouldn't have served sausage salad for a main either 😁

You sound ungrateful 😒

Oh my. In my friendship group, we regularly bring our own dishes to share, and some do travel quite a way.
You're being a particular kind of unreasonable, because it is to do with preference and opinion. It's not as if you haven't been fed ‐you just don't like what you've been fed.
A bit cringe.

Yes, the rules are one course for every 20 minutes travel time.

Nothing wrong with strawberries and cream. Strawberries and yoghurt is a very common dessert in our house.

Why random. Would chicken and salad be strange, or pork and salad be strange?

What about if you're on holiday and you have chorizo and salads, is that strange?

The disdain people have for food is exactly why we deserve to be unhealthy in this country.

Why the private laugh? You sound as nasty as the OP

Sausages and salad is a great meal in the summer. We have it a lot.

Im finding this a massive eye opener about how odd people are about food

All this talk about 'low effort'.

We regularly eat in good restaurants abroad and food is simply presented, hams, cheeses, olives, nothing done to them because nothing needs doing to them

Bread with some olive oil and tomato

Same with strawberries and cream

I serve strawberries marinaded in sloe gin, with black pepper and vanilla ice-cream in the summer. It's delicious. The main is a bit unusual. But you presumably enjoyed their company.

I drove for 3 hours to my friend's house and we got a takeaway, she didn't even cook. Ghosted.

I’d love to be offered strawberries and cream and would appreciate them.

Good grief, it never fails to surprise me how low level horrible folks can be. These people invited you to their home. They think you’re their friend, clearly wrongly, and instead of you thinking it was an evening of good company with your friends and food, you’re complaining the dessert wasn’t good enough??

do her a favour, instead of bad mouthing her behind her back, break contact

I was planning on going to the local pick your own for strawberries and raspberries for our guest tonight.
I am obviously lazy.

Sad and quite bizarre to lose a friendship over something so trivial.

I really hope when I’ve done a low effort meal for friends because I’ve had stuff going on and not been up to it, or more focussed on actually spending time together, they’ve not been thinking of ditching me.

The poster was clearly taking the piss.

I think for some folks like the op it’s all about the food and what they are getting. It’s not about company or friendship, it’s about what food they are getting.

This is a you problem

Honestly I think when people go to loads of trouble - 3 courses, homemade pudding - it puts pressure on people to reciprocate to that level.

I’s be happy with low level or even a takeaway. I just want to see my friends.

I tend to make an effort for the main course and do nice nibbles but I can’t bake so my desserts tend to be crap. Something like shop bought merangue with berries and a sauce. Or some chocolate or a cheese board. Nobody seems to mind (I hope).

There's more to life than performative cooking. Why would you be unimpressed with a good friend's offering? Be fucking grateful.

One of our very favourite restaurants to go to on holiday is a seafront place that serves simple fresh grilled fish, skewers of meat and spiced sausages and massive fresh salads with sides of crusty bread. It is always rammed and it is perfect food for warm summer evenings.

Fresh British in season strawberries , delicious !

Good enough for people to eat at Wimbledon Tennis at extravagant prices.

Nor good enough for dinner ?

I would think it was rather kind that my friend cooked for me I wouldn't expect a dessert.

Strawberries and cream are a nice seasonal dessert, can't see the problem. Sausages unless unusual ones seem a weird thing to serve with salad though

Why? Did you not like her? People on here are so incredibly strange about friendships. And food to be fair.

Just when I think I can't be shocked anymore at mumsnet posts, here is another one.

So ungrateful! sounds like a delicious meal and healthy tasty dessert too. An hour is not a long way and surely you're going to spend time with good friends not for the cuisine!