Takeaways

My local Indian delivers but sadly UberEats etc hasn’t hit rural Cumbria yet so I make the most of it when I’m down south. Tho I do remember being a little surprised when I was with my Emirates friend and she just ordered one piece of cheesecake to be delivered.

Jaxjacky

Claremont

Well of course, nothing wrong with an occasional take-away. Wonderful.

But there are two worrying issues if this becomes the norm, or a very regular occurrence, for anyone, and families too.

a) the health aspect. Most take aways are either full of fat, or sugar, and often both. So occasionally, as a treat, no worries- Regularly it is a disaster, for growing children even more so.

and b) the cost. Occasionally, no worries. But again, for struggling families who get 'addicted' to take aways, a massive budget, if on regular basis.

This is not 'clutching pearls' at all- but a real concern.

For the price of on take-away for 4, I can cook for the same family for 1 week andprobably quite a bit more, and healty food too.

Claremont a trip to the fish and chip shop for us and two grandchildren costs about £26, I defy anyone to cook meals for 7 days, four people, for the same amount

I agree.

GransNet has become sooo judgemental

Iam64

I’m not Catholic, trad CofE upbringing. We always had fish on Friday. On Good Friday, we’d wa;l up a local big hill, where there’d be a service complete with cross. We’d call at the outdoor market where there’d be a fish stall would be doing great business. Home for fish m chips made by mum

Same here, minus the hill. And in those days only the baker’s and fishmonger’s shops were open, just for the morning.

What's baffling is that anyone feels they can pass judgement on us when most of us are women, most of us will have cooked most meals for our families for, possibly, the last 50 years and we fancy a night off.

Well said JaxJacky

Fish n chips is a rare treat these days.

Claremont

Well of course, nothing wrong with an occasional take-away. Wonderful.

But there are two worrying issues if this becomes the norm, or a very regular occurrence, for anyone, and families too.

a) the health aspect. Most take aways are either full of fat, or sugar, and often both. So occasionally, as a treat, no worries- Regularly it is a disaster, for growing children even more so.

and b) the cost. Occasionally, no worries. But again, for struggling families who get 'addicted' to take aways, a massive budget, if on regular basis.

This is not 'clutching pearls' at all- but a real concern.

For the price of on take-away for 4, I can cook for the same family for 1 week andprobably quite a bit more, and healty food too.

Claremont a trip to the fish and chip shop for us and two grandchildren costs about £26, I defy anyone to cook meals for 7 days, four people, for the same amount

I’m not Catholic, trad CofE upbringing. We always had fish on Friday. On Good Friday, we’d wa;l up a local big hill, where there’d be a service complete with cross. We’d call at the outdoor market where there’d be a fish stall would be doing great business. Home for fish m chips made by mum

RosieandherMaw

Claremont

Who is dictating? No-one. And yes, fatty and sugary food is addictive, very.

That wasn't what you said or at least it was predicated on your sweeping generalisation that all takeaway meals are high in fat, sugar or both.
It ain't necessarily so.
Plus high fat and sugar content can feature just as easily in food prepared at home

Agreed.

One can cook and prepare healthy food at home, or cook rubbish food at home - it really is a choice.

Barleyfields

Fish on Friday (usually home cooked) is definitely a habit - my husband is Catholic.

Fish Fridays are a must in our Catholic home.

Perhaps it is a habit now.

Fish on Friday (usually home cooked) is definitely a habit - my husband is Catholic.

If Friday night is Fish and Chips, is that habit forming? An addiction?
A Chinese or Indian every couple of weeks?
Or Sunday lunch in a pub once a month.
Habit forming or a treat?
There are some very judgemental comments on this thread about the culinary preferences of others- I fear Deliveroo might have trouble catching up with some high horses.

Claremont

And should have used 'habit forming' about regular take-aways several times a week, or more.

They are only habit forming to the extent you mention because people are too lazy to cook.

Claremont

Who is dictating? No-one. And yes, fatty and sugary food is addictive, very.

That wasn't what you said or at least it was predicated on your sweeping generalisation that all takeaway meals are high in fat, sugar or both.
It ain't necessarily so.
Plus high fat and sugar content can feature just as easily in food prepared at home

Grannynannywanny

My son lives 150 miles away and occasionally he’ll send a morning text from work saying don’t cook tonight as he’s ordered me a delivery meal. I look forward to it all day. He orders my favourite Indian meal from my local takeaway ( not from his local 150 miles away, just in case there’s any doubt 😆)

It’s a lovely treat 😋

That’s so nice. What a thoughtful son.
🌺❤️

And should have used 'habit forming' about regular take-aways several times a week, or more.

I would add another worrying issue to Claremont's list which concerns me. Recent research suggests that the packaging used in takeaways has tiny plastic particles which can make their way into the food we eat, causing health problems. It's predominately those squeaky polystyrene boxes.

Mollygo

Doodledog

I can't believe that people can't believe that others do things differently from them .

Great comment.
Strange isn’t it!

I've wondered if some people merely want an echo chamber?

We're constrained by long distance, generally we cook and eat at home. We do have a favourite pub 30 miles away and a few restaurants in London we favour. I'm somewhat frugal. No takeaways.

Each to their own.

Who is dictating? No-one. And yes, fatty and sugary food is addictive, very.

kittylester

I take issue with your comment 'most takeaways are full of fat etc'

The takeaways we eat are exactly the same food as if we went out for the food - perfectly healthy on a night out but not to eat at home?

No, the same of course. It seems that some people and families have take-aways on a very regular and frequent basis - whereas they would not go to a restaurant with the same frequency.

M0nica

Ppersonally, by the time, you have gone online to find the menu, made the decision, made the phone call, waited for the delivery, dealt with the washing up, cleared the wrappings and got rid of the smell that pervades the house, you might as well drive to the restaurant and eat at a nicely laid table and an attentive waiter, choose your meal. chat over a glass of wine until someone brings it to your table, who then clears the table and you relax over a coffee and drive/walk home to a fresh smelling house, no wrappings and no washing up, why on earth order a takeaway?

(Yes, there are times, of distress, emergency, ill health etc when they are the solution, but how often do those occur, may be 6 times in the last 10 or 20 years.)

Decision made immediately, I know what we’ll have, phone call takes a couple of minutes, two plates to go in the dishwasher and packaging wrapped into the black bin. It’s cheaper than eating out too.

Most take aways are either full of fat, or sugar, and often both. So occasionally, as a treat, no worries- Regularly it is a disaster, for growing children even more so
You're clearly encountering a bad limited range of take away Food!

and b) the cost. Occasionally, no worries. But again, for struggling families who get 'addicted' to take aways, a massive budget, if on regular basis
How patronising!
No more risk of "addiction" than any other type of treat and who is to say how these might fit into the family budget.
There are some wonderful ethnic cuisines available, particularly but not exclusively in our towns and cities in addition to the traditional fish and chips or pizza - who's to dictate what others should or shouldn't do?
As for that addiction suggestion - laughable. You might as well demonise the ice cream van.

We have chinese takeaway delivered approx twice a month- sometimes just for the 2 of us but most often when family come to visit as a treat- the grandchildren really enjoy it.
Costs £1.50 for delivery. Once eaten wrappers and containers go back into the delivery bag and straight into the outside bin, 5 plates to wash up plus cutlery- job done!

Before Covid the Chinese we use didn't deliver, so we would go to our favourite pub, order from there stating time for collection, pick order up and return home.

Sadly the pub didnt really recover after Covid, and has closed, the takeaway on the other hand is very busy indeed 7 nights a week!

I dont think we're in the minority either judging from this thread.
Not sure if the OP was querying the fact of delivery, or that people had takeaways?
We live about 3 miles away from town- hence the delivery- if we lived closer- we'd still phone the order through but pick it up ourselves. A nice treat whichever way.

I take issue with your comment 'most takeaways are full of fat etc'

The takeaways we eat are exactly the same food as if we went out for the food - perfectly healthy on a night out but not to eat at home?

Grannynannywanny

My son lives 150 miles away and occasionally he’ll send a morning text from work saying don’t cook tonight as he’s ordered me a delivery meal. I look forward to it all day. He orders my favourite Indian meal from my local takeaway ( not from his local 150 miles away, just in case there’s any doubt 😆)

It’s a lovely treat 😋

That's so nice of him, what a lovely treat!