Takeaways

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

Well said JaxJacky

Fish n chips is a rare treat these days.

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.

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.

GransNet has become sooo judgemental

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.

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.

It's definitely a habit for my next-door neighbours - or possibly even an addiction! They had McDonalds breakfasts delivered this morning and I've just seen the Domino pizzas getting delivered now. That's a daily thing for them - on top of twice-weekly grocery deliveries from Tesco and Asda. I can't even imagine how much it must cost them.

We have a takeaway once a fortnight at our son and daughter in laws house after we have played with the grandchildren and they are in bed. It’s a chance to catch up and relax. Alternate weeks one pair cooks a simple meal. It works for us.

Rarely have a home delivery and would be a Dominoes pizza as only one that would deliver. For all other types it would be a Takeaway having to go collect as no other establishments deliver in my area.

We occasionally enjoy a Chinese takeaway (and it really is cheaper than eating out). We have the menu in a drawer, quickly choose what we want, phone the order in and have it delivered. No lingering smells, not loads of rubbish to dispose of and the dishwasher washes the plates and cutlery.
It’s an occasional treat, not something we do weekly and definitely not daily.

I have just read this long thread in total
amazement! Various things come to mind.
Live and let live.
Each to their own.
Accept the things you can’t change. (There’s plenty you can change.)
I’m fed up with older people pontificating on the habits of others. I got this in spades from my DF and MIL when I was younger. Much as I loved them I didn’t miss that aspect of their behaviour.
Last week an old friend came to see me. I was cooking and she was horrified that I was using frozen chopped onions. I’m afraid I was rather short with her!

Norah

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.

A habit - but not obligatory.

Marydoll

For some of us, Monica, it is not as simple as going to a restaurant.
Ill health means eating in a restaurant is problematic for me. A persistent cough for years means, I either feel sick when eating, am embarrassed at disturbing others with the constant hacking cough or struggle to finish my meal.
A least with takeaway, I can do all this in the comfort of my own home. There is no pleasure in eating out, much to my annoyance.

We all have a different take on this!

P.S, I know exactly what to order and and can access the menu in seconds!

Yes, but I said all that in the last para of my post.

we occasionally have an Indian takeaway, son in law treated us at the weekend. I think young couples who are working do so oftener. but I don't think I'd have a take away breakfast..

What is the tradition behind fish on a Friday? Is it a Catholic thing? I honestly don't remember it being a thing when I was growing up, but maybe it's just not something we did in our family.

Their money their choice! Maybe not particularly healthy and certainly not cost effective but their choice.

When my son pops in on a Friday afternoon, We regularly have an Indian takeaway which is delivered because it’s more convenient that fighting through the traffic. As my DH doesn’t eat Indian food it’s too much of a faff t make it for 2.

We love a takeaway ( shock horror) wether Chinese, Indian, or whatever takes our fancy at the time. No apologies here either!

Anniebach

GransNet has become sooo judgemental

It was always there but members were too afraid to voice what they really thought because of the report button.