Мышка-Машка, well, we can hit upon some ideas, like his love to stout women or their eating together, but she said nothing about it, so for me, it was not very pleasant to hear that either, 'cause I think that it's not the right position (I mean HER)... I just can't understand how she can love her food more than her husband)
But, of course, I don't know her personally, so I don't know the whole truth... but as for this concrete situation, well, it seemed to me that she had done it for the husband and not for keeping to the tradition.