To wonder if people actually can eat a full takeaway?

[Inthenick]

I just got a Chinese takeaway for myself as its been a long week and DH is out for dinner tonight and I'm stuffed. There's two thirds of the rice left and half the pork dish. It's an obscene amount of food for one person. Does anyone ever actually manage the full portion sent and if not, why don't they just send a real sized portion or at least indicate how many portions are in each tub. I feel designated at how much I've had to throw in the bin. I wish I liked it the next day but never can face eating it in the cold light of day.

Oh so if I tip half onto my plate, put it straight in fridge before it cools down ? Then nuke next day ? Eyes opened ! Must have a cast iron stomach

I don't understand this rice food poisoning thing. I don't always put things in the fridge, I'm not particularly thorough with reheating, I've done it at least weekly for decades and this mythical food poisoning, which people seem to claim is guaranteed to happen, never has .

Why would you throw the rest away?! We order a takeaway (curry or chinese) knowing full well it'll be dinner or tea the day after.

I honestly wonder how my local chinese takeaway makes any money, the amount of food they send out.

We only have Dominoes on a Tuesday as a treat because it's two for one. A large pizza does me dinner on the Tuesday, and lunches on the Wed and Thurs! It microwaves really well, DS can wolf down a large stuffed crust and it doesn't touch the sides.

I love Chinese but always wake up really thirsty in the middle of the night after it, Indian is my fave, King Prawn Vindaloo, Mushroom rice and kulcha naan everytime, and Sag Aloo if really hungry.

"A takeaway isn't a set amount of food "

Yes it is Eolian. They have standard portion sizes in most Chinese and Indian takeaways. It isn't like going into a canteen and asking them to hold back on the rice. Do you never eat takeaways? Pizzas are different because they come in different sizes.

"Surely you order roughly the right amount for your appetite?"

Not usually. You can't order in different portion sizes from the Chinese. Our local Indian will do half portions though.

"Is this some kind of tiny appetite stealth boast thread or do you all live somewhere with portions twice the size they are round my way?"

IcedVanillaLatte Nope. The portions are Barnsley sized

OH and I will share a large Dominos BTW.

DH and I normally share the set menu for 1 person and have leftovers.

Yep, on my fourth this week. Prepping my winter bod

i do it in two sittings which people find gross as its cold by then

You only have to look at the variety of takeaway containers available for wholesalers to buy to realise that there will be lots of different portion sizes.

Where we used to live, Chinese food came in small, flatter plastic pots. Now they come in somewhat deeper, small foil pots. The Indian food comes in larger, longer foil pots. All different dimensions. Its one of the things which make choosing a new take away a risky decision.

Its hard to use dominos voucher codes tbh,
They're not valid on some sides, some drinks, some desserts etc. I'd rather pay full price and have what I like for the sake of a fiver off.
That being said since having my PFB 2wks ago I have spent over 350 quid on dominos, probably should be using vouchers

I used to not worry too much about the rice thing
UNTIL
I was sick as a dog for 2 days after snacking on left over curry rice

I try to order the right amount but if there is too much then the rice is the one thing I never keep

but it does not go in the bin - EVER - as I have a hot composter that takes every last bit of food waste. It then goes onto the veg garden the next year

ohtoblazes how old are your children? I can't imagine splitting one portion of fish and chips between 4. I know what you mean about there always being a lot of chips but one fish between 4 would mean very little fish each surely?

I can. But I love Chinese food, plus am greedy.

I can usually eat a full portion of chips and gravy from the chippie When we order a Chinese though I can usually only manage half or maybe three-quarters of it, but my DP will unfailingly eat all our leftovers the next day anyway!

I only ever go for a dominos now, costs me 28-32 quid for a large pizza, drink, ice cream and a side

Wtf???? You can get a yummy pizza from Tesco for £4. I cannot understand why anyone would pay so much for a pizza!

Say whatever else you like about me, but I'm not a quitter where food is concerned.

Ah. Barnsley. That explains it

(I grew up ten miles away from Barnsley…)

Thank you soooo much op! You reminded me I had half of last night's curry in the fridge- fab supper. X

No way. Me and dh get one rice and one meal (chicken in oyster sauce ) and go half's. No crackers or starters etc and w never finish our half portion. It's a massive amount and iv no node how people eat a full one plus sides and starters etc.

It depends on the take away

Fish and chips, I can eat medium fish, small chips and mushy peas

Indian meal, a curry dish, 1/2 a rice with DH and 1/2 a cheese bread. There is never any Indian left

Chinese 1/2 a veg chow mein with DH, 5 sweet and four chicken balls and 1/2 a chicken with cashews. The Chinese here delivers massive portions so we freeze what is left

Thai I would have a curry dish, 1/2 a rice with DH and some dumplings. Again we freeze any left over Thai

Pizza, the only delivery here for pizza is from the Italian restaurant and I can eat a whole medium thin crust one with salad

CocktailQueen Not really a treat If I've got to go to the nearest town to get the pizza, is it??
ATM though I have a 2wk old DD, No family or friends for over 30 miles none of which drive, No partner and my husband is an ex/soon to be, so I'm living on dominos until I can manage to safely cook a nutritious meal

Cocklodger, do you have a Cook shop near you? Could you send a friend

I'll eat half my curry, a quarter of a pilau rice, quarter of a naan, bit of daal and some poppadom, with one of the little mint yoghurt tubs. Then I'll have exactly the same for breakfast the next morning! DH will have a curry to himself, half a rice and naan and poppadom. He regularly forgets about the daal
Sadly this thread, like all mumsnet threads that mention food will become a 'I have 8 grains of rice and half a sliver of chicken and I'm stuffed' competition.

Oh god j hate this phone.

Send a friend on a mercy dash to fill your freezer up with Cook ready meals? You'd save yourself a fortune and they're much better for you. I imagine dominos gets a bit soul destroying after a while.

I can manage a whole fish supper, but I usually regret it after. Other stuff we share a portion - DH and I shared starter, main and chapati last night from local curry house