Take-Away

[Joseph K]

No idea if anyone here ever gets a take-away. If you're anything like us until recently, I would have to say 'never'. Normally when we get menus pushed through the door they go straight in the recycling - until recently when a Cantonese/Pekinese one ended up on the table instead. Having browsed it for about a week or so, tonight we got some - me: tofu in Szechuan sauce and my mum: prawn curry, with a fried rice to share and some noodles. Very nice it was too. Will have to repeat the experience, we agreed, but - while this was reasonably priced - not too often since of course its relative cheapness is just one of the things home cooking has going for it, by comparison.

[french frank]

Since lockdown I've been getting a takeaway from the local caff. Good Hungarian grub with a change of specials every month as well as the regulars like gulyas which is always on. This week I had Chicken Dubarry (and a bottle of Bull's Blood). Quite expensive, except I make it do for twice as I'm not much of a meat eater. They serve it with rice and pickles, but I had my second helping with leeks and cabbage. Joseph - my adapted stuffed cabbage with a nutroast instead of minced pork might suit a vegetarian

No idea if anyone here ever gets a take-away. If you're anything like us until recently, I would have to say 'never'. Normally when we get menus pushed through the door they go straight in the recycling - until recently when a Cantonese/Pekinese one ended up on the table instead. Having browsed it for about a week or so, tonight we got some - me: tofu in Szechuan sauce and my mum: prawn curry, with a fried rice to share and some noodles. Very nice it was too. Will have to repeat the experience, we agreed, but - while this was reasonably priced - not too often since of course its relative cheapness is just one of the things home cooking has going for it, by comparison.

[Joseph K]

Since lockdown I've been getting a takeaway from the local caff. Good Hungarian grub with a change of specials every month as well as the regulars like gulyas which is always on. This week I had Chicken Dubarry (and a bottle of Bull's Blood). Quite expensive, except I make it do for twice as I'm not much of a meat eater. They serve it with rice and pickles, but I had my second helping with leeks and cabbage. Joseph - my adapted stuffed cabbage with a nutroast instead of minced pork might suit a vegetarian

Sounds nice, FF. Stuffed cabbage sounds interesting.

[Bella Kemp]

For me the best savour to enhance a takeaway is a movie or a Saturday night game or variety show: they somehow seem to demand accompanying chatter so I can't think that once could munch through them whilst listening to opera from The Met - unless, of course, one was keen to replicate the opera goers of a couple of centuries ago with their picnics and social sightseeing.

[Joseph K]

For me the best savour to enhance a takeaway is a movie or a Saturday night game or variety show: they somehow seem to demand accompanying chatter so I can't think that once could munch through them whilst listening to opera from The Met - unless, of course, one was keen to replicate the opera goers of a couple of centuries ago with their picnics and social sightseeing.

We had The Chase and then Pointless on - standard tea-time weekday fare.

[teamsaint]

Indian for us. Birthdays and the occasional pay day treat.
Standard stuff is great if done well. Veg Biriani, or similar.
I can also, once in a while be tempted by a good old fashioned Chinese meal for four.
Not all on my own of course, though I at one time knew a man who had done exactly that !!

Hungarian take aways are a bit thin on the ground in this part of the west country.
Probably more of that going on over the border in sophisticated Hampshire.

[cloughie]

Our village is blessed with two excellent take away shops - Pasty shop and the Chippy. The latter does great cod and chips and once home I add some Harry Ramsden Mushy Peas and a bottle of Ale.