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Reply 1
Anything you can buy from a takeaway you can make yourself.
You're effectively paying for someone to cook for you.

Learn to cook better or pony up the dough.
Original post by JC.
Anything you can buy from a takeaway you can make yourself.
You're effectively paying for someone to cook for you.

Learn to cook better or pony up the dough.


Ain' nobody got time fo dat.
Reply 3
Original post by JC.
Anything you can buy from a takeaway you can make yourself.
You're effectively paying for someone to cook for you.

Learn to cook better or pony up the dough.


yeah i know
actually i quite liek the food i cok but i all too foten find myself in a situation with not much in the cupboards..

plus a good chinese tastes sooo good omg, i couldnt replicate that
pro: you dont have to cook it

con: money is gone
It's (sometimes) expensive and usually unhealthy. You don't necessarily know what ingredients they've put in.

On the other hand they're convenient and often tasty but this is usually because they add lots of salt and oil/fat when cooking.
pros:

1.

quick,

2.

ready made,

3.

often tasty.


cons:

1.

unhealthy,

2.

you don't know how many additives are in it,

3.

can taste disgusting,

4.

often gives people stomach ache,

5.

waste of money,

6.

often not fresh ingredients,

7.

can't control ingredients used,

8.

often food cooked in rancid oils.

Reply 7
Main pro for me is that there is no washing up.

Main con is the cost and also the fact that you can't really get a normal plain cooked meal like chops with mash and gravy. Chinese/Curry is alright once in a while but I mostly prefer plainer food.
Pros: Think in the moment and get a god damn takeaway.

Cons: Refer to Pros.
Reply 9
Original post by parrot16
pros:

1.

quick,

2.

ready made,

3.

often tasty.


cons:

1.

unhealthy,

2.

you don't know how many additives are in it,

3.

can taste disgusting,

4.

often gives people stomach ache,

5.

waste of money,

6.

often not fresh ingredients,

7.

can't control ingredients used,

8.

often food cooked in rancid oils.



All of this plus:

** You don't know what conditions the food was made in (rat infested kitchen?)
** By the time you wait for your takeaway to come you could have made a nutritious dinner
** You can actually save your cash making your own food (I buy my veg and meat from my local market and it's pretty cheap)


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- NO washing up,
- saves time


- it's only for a night, damn
Pros: Tasty

Cons: Basically paying to get fat
Last time I got a takeaway I got horrific food poisoning...still not back to eating normally. :frown:
Reply 13
Original post by Stefano93
Ain' nobody got time fo dat.


I do...
Reply 14
Original post by number23
yeah i know
actually i quite liek the food i cok but i all too foten find myself in a situation with not much in the cupboards..

plus a good chinese tastes sooo good omg, i couldnt replicate that


You need to look at what you have in the cupboards and think of meals you can make with it. Then go to the supermarket and complete the list of ingredients.
Reply 15
Has no pros. It's a waste of money.

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I ate nothing all day and just polished off a spectacular curry. I am so full and so satisfied.
Original post by SophieSmall
Last time I got a takeaway I got horrific food poisoning...still not back to eating normally. :frown:


Original post by datpiff
All of this plus:

** You don't know what conditions the food was made in (rat infested kitchen?)


You can't fully protect yourself against this but you can check out the FSA ratings of your local takeaways online and only order from establishments with a 4 or 5 food hygiene rating. Of course things can always go downhill between inspections but most the time if they're handling/storing food correctly and following proper kitchen management procedures and the building conditions are fine, they'll remain that way. :smile:
You can't often make it yourself the main point is the food is the kind you can't like indian chinese and good pizza