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How many take aways is too many?

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BlueSilverCats · 29/11/2024 18:03

I think we definitely slipped into too many after tonight.

The delivery driver asked me if I'm ok/if everything is ok , because he hasn't seen me in a long time.

Ooops. Grin

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Papyrophile · 29/11/2024 20:36

We don't have local delivery so have to fetch any takeaways. Given most taste like shite, takeaway is a very rare event in our house.

holdmecloseyoungtonydanza · 29/11/2024 20:34

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What a bizarre assumption.

Merrymess · 29/11/2024 20:34

PrincessofWells · 29/11/2024 20:30

But what about all that sugar and salt and trans fats and its all ultra processed stuff 🤢

They are the best bits.

PrincessofWells · 29/11/2024 20:30

But what about all that sugar and salt and trans fats and its all ultra processed stuff 🤢

spanieleyes22 · 29/11/2024 20:24

I haven't had a takeaway for about 20
Years! It never crosses my mind maybe I'm missing out!

Talkabtit101 · 29/11/2024 20:16

2-3 x a week. Usually weekends as it's finally time after long week of juggling work and cooking. Fri-Sat-sun.

Mid 20's, financially can afford it, don't splurge on anything else and have no vices. But we love food.

Eono · 29/11/2024 20:15

We used to have 3 or 4 a week and now have just one a week. Although the sad thing is it would be cheaper to order a takeaway dinner every night than it is to but the ingredients for dinners from the supermarket!

Comedycook · 29/11/2024 20:14

Any more than one a fortnight would be a lot imo.

fruitbrewhaha · 29/11/2024 20:14

It’s expensive where I am. Paid £66 for 3 curries, 2 nan, 2 rice, 2 onion, and potato and spinach sides.

Plus I make nicer pizza myself and I’d be unhealthy eating takeaway more than once in a blue moon. I look after my waistline.

yukikata · 29/11/2024 20:13

For me, any more than about once a fortnight is a lot.

It's very arbitrary though. Everyone's different.

Toooldtopretend · 29/11/2024 20:13

Misfitkickedoutonthestreet · 29/11/2024 18:33

Wow those of you who order them regularly, do you not mind spending that much money on food that's usually kind of average? I have ordered a curry tonight for 3 of us and it was £54 - I certainly can't afford to do that more than once every few months.
Also they give me heartburn and I always feel grim the next day. I'm only doing it as dc loves it!

We have about three a year. Never worth it as I can’t sleep after - always have a mouth like a desert all night because of all the salt. I really can’t understand people eating them weekly or more.

Sleepysleepycoffeecoffee · 29/11/2024 20:12

I could go for months without any takeaway then might have 4 or 5 in the space of 2 weeks. I rarely enjoy them afterwards tho, always make me feel crap

FelixtheAardvark · 29/11/2024 20:11

We get one every 6 months or so. It's a treat when none of us feel up to cooking.

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BlueSilverCats · 29/11/2024 20:10

@Another2Cats maybe I have low standards.Grin

Not in any of those places, quite a small town really, on the periphery of a bigger one.

We do get the overground , so links to London, but no red buses. Sorry trying to be vague. I can PM with a more specific location if you really want to know.

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Waffle19 · 29/11/2024 20:10

I’d say we get on average two a month, recently we got two in a week for DP’s birthday and it felt very excessive. We have freezer tapas on Friday too, can’t find the other PP who said that!

R053 · 29/11/2024 20:07

I probably only get takeaway a few times a year usually around Xmas, Easter or some other time when the kids go to the ex but when I do, it’s Thai every time. I always order creamy satay chicken with coconut rice. It’s a real treat as I am usually on a low cholesterol diet and I love the veggies in it too.

fedup33 · 29/11/2024 20:06

coffeesaveslives · 29/11/2024 19:54

I'm not the poster you're replying to but it's fairly similar here (Cumbria).

It's about £6.80 for a main dish, plus £2 for rice/noodles. A bit more if you want a "special" main or rice, but even then it's only about £10-12 per person and the portions are absolutely massive.

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If it's Brampton, you're lucky. Good TA.

LostTheMarble · 29/11/2024 20:05

I have a takeaway once a week when the kids are with their dad. I have the extras for lunch the next day and that way I can make them something quick for dinner before bath/bed//starting the week again. Bloody looking forward to a hot curry tomorrow, have a stinking cold and will be just the thing to sweat it out. Going out to the local curry house is much cheaper than delivery and fresher, so when have a friend available to do so much prefer that. It doesn’t impact my finances, I don’t eat badly during the week so it’s not an issue as far as I’m concerned.

CharlotteRumpling · 29/11/2024 20:02

coffeesaveslives · 29/11/2024 19:56

That's insane! Where are you? That's triple what we pay Blush

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London Zone 3. Actually I overstated maybe £14 to 15 for a main. It really adds up for 3 adults.
We all cook though so its not all on me.

Careergoals · 29/11/2024 20:00

Years ago BT had a scheme called ‘friends and family’ where you’d get a discount on numbers you made the most calls to.

I had a call from BT asking if we’d like to join the scheme. I said yes, nothing to lose. The lady reeled off the most called numbers and I was utterly confused as the number we called most wasn’t my mum or mum in law or any family.

It took a minute for the penny to drop that the number called the most was of of our local Chinese takeaway 🙈

No wonder I’d gained a stone after moving in with DH 😂

ChristmasIsNearlyHereYay · 29/11/2024 19:59

We used to order takeaway from the Chinese on the sane random weekday every week always the same dishes. They rang me at Christmas to collect our free order! Now thats good customer service! It did make me question if we were eating too many....

TheBoots · 29/11/2024 19:58

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Don't be a knob

coffeesaveslives · 29/11/2024 19:56

CharlotteRumpling · 29/11/2024 19:55

£16 to 18 for a main dish where I am, and portions getting smaller and smaller.

That's insane! Where are you? That's triple what we pay Blush

LittleRedRidingHoody · 29/11/2024 19:55

justasking111 · 29/11/2024 19:45

Our local Chinese around £8 per meal and it's too much to eat. We're in Wales.

My god I miss Wales prices.

CharlotteRumpling · 29/11/2024 19:55

£16 to 18 for a main dish where I am, and portions getting smaller and smaller.

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