apologies for the crude food
Humble set phrase said by the host or cook after a meal, downplaying the quality of the food they provided. Often used humorously or as a polite formula even when the meal was good.
See also: お粗末
"Thank you for the meal." "Not at all — apologies for the humble fare."
After serving her home cooking, my mother laughed and said, "Sorry it was nothing special."
Said by the person who ate the meal to thank the host; お粗末さまでした is the host's self-deprecating reply.
Standard kanji spelling for this set phrase.
Variant spelling using 様 instead of さま; slightly more formal in appearance.
From お粗末 (osomatsu, 'crude, poor') + 様 (sama, honorific) + でした (deshita, past polite copula). Literally 'it was a humble thing', used as a set phrase to modestly downplay one's own cooking.