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.

How f*ing ungrateful can you get?!
That's a fantastic sumner dessert..... beautiful, fresh, British strawberries and cream. An absolute classic.
Goodness, if I were your friend and discovered such unpleasant views, I'd definitely not be issuing any more invitations!

Maybe you think they liked it but in reality there is a thread about you somewhere on Mumsnet? 😂

The Sahara is a low effort desert, in my experience. The Gobi is far superior and well worth a visit, particularly as it takes an hour by train to get there.

@BeachParty

i wouldn't waste custard creams on them!! I'd be pushed to make them a cup of tea after this thread. A glass of tap water would a stretch.

What kind of salad do you have with the sausages?

id like to try this as a low carb dinner but sausages with lettuce or usual salad type stuff sounds rank.

What score will you give for the tripadvisor review?

Sounds fine to me. Not everyone is good at cooking.

Everyone hating on the OP…

In reality I’m beyond jealous of the OP. Imagine having so little going on in your life that you worry about strawberries for pudding. I’d love to have so little in my brain!

Have you never been to a barbeque? Sausages and salads are pretty standard summer fare here. I wouldn't thank you for a quick pasta dish - but neither would I take to MN to complain if I was served one.

I would have been delighted with the meal served to OP - but then I'm not an entitled twit.

@lifesrichpageant

Don't feel sad. As many of us have said, we go to friends for the company, not to critique the menu!! There is absolutely nothing wrong with what the friend served anyway!

just enjoy your friends company!

if they're judgemental twats you're better off without them!!

This has got to he a wind up

@TheRakesTale you are rude & trying too hard to be something you're not

no class at all.

Pudding is the correct term in my circles. I am not being rude.
Please explain what you mean by 'trying to be someone I am not'. It's fascinating

That sounds lovely. Anyway, isn't having a meal with friends about the company rather than the food?

Yes, my iPhone is quite creative. And insistent.

Wouldn’t it be nice if there were an Edit Post option, such as on Reddit?

Some women are never happy unless another woman has spent hours shopping, cooking and cleaning. Come on op, if this had been a male host (non-chef) would you have complained or would you have thought he did really well?

I wouldn’t have fancied sausages with salad but you just have to gracefully accept the food you were given.

It’s not worth feeling disgruntled about. We’re all different and you go all out with a theee course extravaganza and your friend doesn’t, it’s fine.

I expect she’s pointing out how keen you are to make sure everyone on the thread thinks you’re posh.

FFS that is so pathetic

It's all I can do to make DP say 'dessert' instead of 'afters'. Don't think I cba to upgrade to 'pudding'.

@Geiyotue sausages & salad DO go together just fine. As a low carb vegetarian it's a regular feature for dinner here, obviously vegetarian sausages (cauldron if anyone's curious)

On season,,Strawberries ate not expensive.

Who eats sausages with salad?

Strawberries and cream seems fine, it’s strawberry season and British strawberries taste amazing. I would prefer them in a pavlova but on their own with cream is fine.

Wow this is so ungrateful!! Someone hosts you for dinner and your moaning the dessert wasn't extravagant enough! Really! Maybe your friend stupidly thought it was about spending time together? And didn't realise they were being judged!

More pathetic than your ‘actually it’s pudding’ comment when you must know desert is a perfectly common word used by millions of people and equally acceptable as pudding…?