How many takeaways?!

[Southtrainer]

I'm wondering if my husband and I are over indulging and it would be good to know if we are normal or not

How many takeaways do you and your DP (not DC) have per week / month? 🤫

@larkstar

I've ordered in "one" - when we moved in to the house we live in now - that was Sept 2001 - we didn't have enough in the house food wise and were knackered from shifting boxes all day. I cook all my own food - it's not hard or time consuming to make a curry or a pizza from scratch including making the dough for the base.

I cook most from scratch but disagree that it isn’t time consuming to do a curry or pizza bases from scratch.

When I’ve picked the baby up from nursery at 5.45, home at 6, sorted his tea, bath and bedtime for 7-7.30, I don’t want to be waiting 1-2 hrs for dough to prove, before cooking it and eating for 9.30, when Dominos delivers in 30 minutes.

Even a decent curry takes a couple of hours once you’ve marinaded the meat & left the sauce to thicken.

I cook most from scratch but disagree that it isn’t time consuming to do a curry or pizza bases from scratch

Same. We all get in from work/nursery/after school clubs at 6-6.30ish. We usually use the slow cooker etc, but on a Friday evening we sometimes have a take away. And ordering an Indian/pizza/Chinese is far quicker than cooking it from scratch. And also saves anyone cooking at all, which is one of the major benefits of a takeaway.

@OohRahhMaki

Oh god, confession time - maybe 7 a week. Usually one of either breakfast, lunch or dinner

Takeaway breakfast??

@OohRahhMaki when I worked in London I often got takeaway breakfast… just stopped at Pret or somewhere on the way into the office and picked something up.

I always like the idea of a takeaway but then after eating it I feel deflated by it and the money it has cost. I only ever have a curry takeaway and it's always a much better experience having it in the restaurant. I don't care for pizza or fish and chips and I find Chinese bland and unexciting.

I work in London too, I bring breakfast with me to eat on the train or when I get to the office. (Not hungry at 6.25 when I leave the house!)

Takeaway places aren't abundant where we live, so it is less than once a month.

Takeaway breakfast??

You'll have heard of McDonalds I assume? Plus Subway, Greggs, Pret, coffee shops and all manner of independent 'bacon butty' type places?

I'm a good cook but not really a fan of it. So DD 17 and I usually have one most weekends. As well as sixth form she has a part time job in retail in the next city both weekends days so she really likes coming home on Saturday tea time to a Chinese which round us are pretty nice.
If she goes out in a Saturday (increasingly more often!) I get starters from a really nice Indian restaurant, have half on the night and the rest for lunch the next day.

Probably every other month? Not often and we have to be really careful because it spirals. The more takeaway we have the less we want to cook.

@SpaghettiArmsMurderer

Yes, guilty.

I work from home so I really enjoy something freshly baked delivered to eat at my desk. It is usually from a local cafe or bakery - french toast and fruit, a freshly baked cinnamon roll, occasionally a Danish or pastry.

I very rarely have takeaway food The times that I do tend to stick in my mind, as they're usually associated with a journey.
I had three takeaways last year: a kebab on 16th December, a chicken burger meal at McDonald's on 4th October and fish n chips on 16th July.
In 2020 I only had one takeaway, at McDonald's on 15th February.

So I'm currently averaging 2 per year! I'm thinking that's likely to go up this year now that covid restrictions are easing. But generally speaking we only have takeaway when we are on a journey, otherwise we just eat what we have at home.

Used to be once a week. It's probably 2 a month now.

Maybe 4 times a year and we never really enjoy them as much as we enjoy the thought of them .

Maybe one a month.

Very rarely... probably less than once a month. I think they're a colossal waste of money.

I have a friend who get about five a week...all from very nice local restaurants. She spends a fortune. Then she says she doesn't make enough money to live on ..I bite my tongue!

I think we got one about 4-5 months ago.

I blame this thread for the fact that we're getting chippy for tea tonight, haha.

Once a month, more or less

Once a month or so.
Too expensive to have a lot!

Now about once or twice a month.

During the lockdowns a takeaway was a weekly treat.

Average 1 a week at absolute most. We have gone 4/5 months without takeaways and then might do 2 in one week. It’s usually reserved as a treat for birthdays / last day of holidays/ Mother’s Day etc.

Assuming you mean takeaway evening meals then probably once or twice a month. Got more into it during lockdown to support local independent restaurants but trying to cut back now (my waistline would definitely thank me!).

I'd normally get lunch and a snack from Pret on the days I'm in the office so 1/2 times a week. Offset by not buying takeaway coffees now as I bring a travel mug.

Every Saturday . Amazing Italian takeaway in the village .
We are on first name bases with the drivers who all know not to ring the doorbell due to sleeping DC . 😶

About once a fortnight.