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Why do russian parents insist on being treated to home cooked meals?

I have been thinking on how to celebrate my birthday, I thought of inviting my parents to my favorite restaurant. When I brought it up, they were all upset "why don't you invite us to your home? Why don't you cook for us? Restaurant is all reheated food, home cooked fresh food is much better" etc. ...

ieatmeat OP ,

I get the sense that it's very common or at least used to be common in Soviet Union to always invite your friends to your home and treat them to home made meals when there was something to celebrate. It seems that going out to restaurants used to be not an option for whatever reason, but I can only guess.

ieatmeat OP ,

They usually cook when I come over, I guess now they expect me to return the favor

ieatmeat OP ,

Yep that pretty much hits home.

Were Soviet era restaurants so bad that they all prefer home cooked? Or were they unaffordable for the average citizen back then? Or was it just a social norm to cook food for your guests?

ieatmeat OP ,

Well said, jerkface

ieatmeat ,

Don't talk to me or my son ever again

ieatmeat ,

German here, usually fluent enough to understand movies and tv shows unless the characters have poor pronunciation or a heavy accent. Also old english Shakespearean fancy words sometimes give me trouble. I consume most media (YouTube, games, etc) in English.

ieatmeat ,

The only correct answer

ieatmeat ,

Indeed I am very grateful for not having to do physical labor, especially during childhood

ieatmeat ,

MC chicken nuggius

ieatmeat ,

Please Tag it as NSFW holy shit that's disgusting