How often do you get a takeaway?

lcstress2012

Be it dominos, Chinese, chipper etc. and what do you get?

my go to is dominos! Pizza with chicken and bacon, chicken strippers, garlic pizza bread and a large bbq dip for crusts! 😬

Lewis_Benson

Too often.

Local Roma chipper, fish, chips and curry sauce

They do fantastic pizzas too.

Gusser09

I know of who eat take aways 7 or 8 times a week. Be it chinese, McDonalds, subway etc. Mad stuff.

About once every two weeks for me.

CPTM

We're about 4 times a month. I'm awkwardly putting it that way because sometimes it could be 4 times in a week and then not at all for another 3 or 4 weeks.

AyeGer

Every Sunday evening and maybe 2 Fridays a month. So about 6 times a month. Then id probably be in the deli once or twice a week for lunch.

Probably not great as i type it out. I might cut down... might 😜

sporina

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8 times per week? so like, 2 in a day? ekk...

we get 1 on a fri eve - and its actually quite nutritious - from a Palestinian cafe in town.. i'd get Thai if we had a decent one nearby..

Count Dracula

If I am hungry and I cannot be arsed cooking and I have a craving for something.

But rarely over the summer for some reason.

I have not had a take away in months. A cold Saturday night in winter could have me reaching for the telephone, I usually get a fairly nasty vege curry with too many chicken balls and boiled rice and whatever the rest of the vamps are having. I get prawn crackers and use them as my utensils, I stuff them with the curry add rice and nosh on the chicken balls simultaneously. I eat it all that night... all of it.

I like to eat so much of it that I haven't even the energy after to phuck the rubbish in the bin. I prefer to wake up on Sunday morning and smell the remnants of the meal as I make my way down the stairs and then delight in seeing bits of dripped dry brownish yellow curry all over the kitchen table, floor and smeary bits on the side of my couch whoch I woke up from hours earlier to the sound of some patronising english dickhead expleting long phone numbers and calling out roulette numbers.

I then quite enjoy a strong coffee and a cigarette whilst parpping load aggressive farts out my hole until the bomb trap signals it is time to drop a heavy one.

Strumms

Once a week, Friday or Saturday night depending…

chipper or Asian, pizza only occasionally.. tried a new chipper recently, it’s fantastic. Asia place in incredible though.

Redhenrun

Good question!

Takeaways are so busy at weekends but lots of people frequent them earlier in the week too and while I’d never consider a takeaway on a Mon or Tuesday evening I see that I’m pretty much out of step with a lot of folk.

In answer to the OPs question I have a takeaway maybe once or twice a month. It’s right for us.

Looks like there’s been a big increase in takeaway dining in the last couple of years and also- possibly - with a consequent affect on obesity rates.

AllForIt

Basically never.

The only time I ever get a takeaway would be either a simple bag of chips with salt and vinegar, or curry chips. Hardly twice a year.

The older I get the more intolerant I am to 'junk food'. Junk food I would define in the context of 'takeaways' as generally starchy carb heavy with lots of unhealthy fat (as opposed to healthy fat).

mojesius

Maybe once a month. Moved to the sticks so the choice isn't great. When I lived in Dublin, probably twice a week. My waistline is happier but I miss a decent Thai curry

lucalux

Never!

I would have gotten the odd one years ago but moved to the countryside where getting a delivery wasn't an option, and I wouldn't have seen any sense in going in to pick it up to drive home 35mins.

Now living 5mins from the closest chipper/town and can't justify the price compared to what I can make myself

sporina

on this subject, I can never understand why people get pizza delivered - or to take away... IMO, pizza must be eaten within mins of leaving the oven.. and does not reheat well

Gregor Samsa

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Reheated pizza in an air fryer works really well.

I get a takeaway (usually something Asian or non-pizza Italian) about once every 2 weeks, but I only eat half of it there and then, and then keep the other half for lunch the next day.

Graces7

Not available where I live. I buy the next best thing.. ready meals to heat in the microwave. Lovely to have all the work done occasionally..

Rarely - mostly because the food is over priced muck where I live. If I lived in a place that had decent takeaways and a variety of ethnic offerings I’d probably go once a month as a treat. I’d never order something like a dominos pizza or similar muck like that though

Mister Vain

Maybe 3 or 4 times a year. I'm out in the sticks so there aren't many options for a decent takeaway. When I lived in Maynooth I used to get one a week.

Once sometimes twice a year we get the urge to go carnal and messy on a bucket of fast food chicken. Not because it is actually good - it rarely is - but there is something about it all the same.

Otherwise I cook religiously so rarely feel the urge to eat out in fast food or restaurants. Usually eating out is because someone we know who owns a restaurant has invited us.

El_Duderino 09

About once in 4 or 6 weeks. There's a Lebanese place we like. Grilled meats, aubergine dishes, humous, salads and the breads. Delish.

There's a chippie near us which does really good fish and chips. Batter is always crispy. Never soggy.

Sgt Hartman

Usually once a week, on a Thursday or Friday evening. We normally go for chicken shawarma kebab or something from the local Macari's chipper. There's a really good Japanese place nearby also, and there's a Greek takeaway opening soon that I'm looking forward to trying out. The Chinese takeaways in my area are awful though. Mr Wu used to be good but the last time I got a chicken curry there it was complete muck.

FortuneChip

Used to be weekly on Friday, then became every other month as I just got into better habits over the last few years and even then it was usually something "healthy" from Thai takeaways.

Last two months haven't been great though, probably averaging one a week again. But usually a chipper, or dare I say a spice bag. Figure if you're gonna eat unhealthy, eat unhealthy!

Gusser09

Making your own southern fried chicken is so simple amd really nice actually.

Yeh id label all of the below as takeways

Subway

Chicken fillet rolls

Obriens

El Gato De Negocios

Probably averages out about once every 6 or 7 weeks and usually correlates with a hangover. Meals of choice would either be spicy wings and a pad thai from a local Asian restaurant or a smoked cod and chips. If Im really hungover it would propably be something really greasy and salty like a batter sausage, portion of onion rings and a taco chip.

Feisar

Rarely, there isn't a decent one in the town. Might get the odd bag of proper chips to go along with a homemade burger.

Ray Palmer

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Very strange comment. I still be burn my mouth on pizza delivered and cold pizza is nice. When eating pizza in the USA it is often reheated slices they sell.

Trigger Happy

1-2 times a week for us. Am on a mini-health binge at the moment so trying to avoid but you know...friday night curry delivery is hard to resist.

mohawk

Takeaways are rare in this house. I can’t handle greasy foods like chipper food, domino’s etc so there is no point it’s just not worth it. My son tells me my curry is nice and he is brutally honest about my cooking so we don’t live a completely deprived life.

Larbre34

Twice a week or so, one at the weekend and at least one other weeknight when we're all working late.

Usually Thai or Italian restaurant takeout.

I love Pizza but I restrict myself to eating it fresh in good Italians.

Gusser09

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Im gone like that too. I find the msg and spices from a chinese make my stomach do cart wheels the next day. Its like **** through the eye of a needle too.

BobDole22

Once a week either chipper chinese or Indian.

Ray Palmer

It depends on how lazy I am that week. Can be anything up to 5 days a week but it isn't all high fat stuff and get salads and sushi often. Could save a fortune by cooking more often.