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

[Carefreebie]

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.

Me too! What's up with some people?

Haha no it was sarcasm!! I'm always so happy to see my friends I don't care what we ate 🤣

Ah. Sorry. It's difficult to know on here sometimes!

Do you ever just think most people are sane, reasonable people and then you see a thread like this where multiple people rage because a friend dared to serve them strawberries as a dessert and you just think what the fuck is wrong with the world?

Op and others on thus thread turning their nose up at this menu.... have you never watched a posh cooking show?! Simple ingredients, seasonal, prepared well are the holy grail of posh dinner parties. I cannot believe there are complaints about a simple, beautiful, seasonal dessert.

The strawberries sound fine, but who eats sausages and salad!!

Just strawberries- bit basic

strawberries and cream - yum!

YABU. First because in-season strawberries and cream is one of the most delicious creations ever placed upon this earth, and just because something isn’t complicated to make doesn’t mean it isn’t thoughtful and appropriate.

And secondly because you’re a moaning ingrate for having been given a lovely meal and good company with friends and to find something so dull and silly to complain about. Hard to imagine a person could have a home cooked meal with friends and instead of feeling filled up with joy and camaraderie feel sulky that there wasn’t a cooked pudding, but it clearly takes all sorts.

So, rather than being a friend problem, it’s a you problem?

Honestly, that sounds perfect. I hope you had a white magnum though cause they’re the best!

That’s not a long journey and that is an acceptable dessert. You are a miserable guest.

Whilst I’m being so helpful, the usual expression is ‘strawberries and cream’, no need to add pouring.

I think it's a generation thing there's an huge sense of entitlement for absolutely everything, it's quite sad really.

Not much of a friend are you?

Wait, isn’t it supposed to be Millennials and Gen Z who are lazy, rude and entitled? Somehow I don’t think they go around moaning about their friend serving a ‘low effort boring’ dessert.

If I had a friend like you, you wouldn't be my friend anymore.
I don't go to people's houses to be fed a nice meal 🙄 I go to see them and enjoy their company. Any effort they go to to cook for me, I appreciate it.

Were they homegrown fruit?

Just for the record, if anyone wants to serve me a meal I haven't had to plan, shop, pack, prep, cook, clean up, serve and clear away, I would consider it a banquet and be thrilled, thankful and appreciative.

Did you take flowers or wine?

Words like entitled and snob are whirling through my mind. I bet cold hard cash the next dinner guests @Carefreebie has will be told this story, "...you won't imagine what she served<holds breath><pearl clutch> strawberries and cream!"

There could be a whole host of reasons she did a (yes) simple but nice dessert - didn't have time to prepare something more complex, isn't a confident dessert cook, thought you were a good friend who wouldn't judge....Give her some slack

Holy F - if I knew my friend was judging me like this…..I wouldn’t want to know them much longer. Gratitude in life is everything and there is an old saying…. we loose what we are not grateful for, like good friends and company (oh and nourishing food). Maybe focus on that OP.

You sound horrific. Surprised you were invited in the first place

Blimey, I have often done a simple fruit salad for a dinner in the summer. Strawberries and kiwis for example. Would be really hurt to be slagged off on Mumsnet about this.

That's a bit crap imo...I'd be quite disappointed. You can buy such good quality desserts nowadays in the supermarkets. Lovely lemon tarts, cheesecakes, tiramisu....she didn't have to actually make anything necessarily

Have you ever seen the episode of Friday night dinner when the mum serves up fruit salad instead of their usual crumble 😂

Well to start with it’s a dessert not a desert! Make the effort to get the spelling right :)

Were they British strawberries, and had your friend taken the trouble to hull them and then squish them? Squishing is the only way to eat strawberries.

I'd much rather have real food like strawberries than a shop bought desert full of crap thank you