I hate salmon its like orange Phlegm.The fish fingers
Maybe some salmon or tuna or pollack instead
Your Evening Meal
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when i was younger i used to cook all the time, now its either mums for a nice home cooked meal, the missus enters the kitchen of i pay the man at the door for foods.
usually the missus cooks us a nice bit of something, she likes to cook and is fair good at it, so i cant really complain here at the Mast3r's Quarters.
usually the missus cooks us a nice bit of something, she likes to cook and is fair good at it, so i cant really complain here at the Mast3r's Quarters.
I quite enjoy cooking (which is good, I guess... given I'm working as a chef at the moment!).
Even then I'll sometimes get takeaway, it's rare though; maybe once every 2 months.
Actually I just made this for dinner as I won't get a chance to eat tonight:
It's a sort of Tuna nicoise but I've made a soy, honey, white wine vinegar and lime dressing and fried the little potatoe cubes to add a bit of texture.
Even then I'll sometimes get takeaway, it's rare though; maybe once every 2 months.
Actually I just made this for dinner as I won't get a chance to eat tonight:
It's a sort of Tuna nicoise but I've made a soy, honey, white wine vinegar and lime dressing and fried the little potatoe cubes to add a bit of texture.
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I'll usually cook something simple most nights - stir fry, vegetable stew + boiled new potatoes, curry, fajitas etc. Occasionally if I'm in a rush or can't be bothered then I'll use a fresh pot of soup, pasta + sauce or similar but generally it doesn't take that much longer and tastes better than most ready-meals plus you've got the satisfaction of knowing you've prepared it yourself.
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Wow, surprising amount of you chaps seem to be very versed in the kitchen. Need to step up my game.
What occasions would you just not bother. If you were rushing some where or going out or something, that's what usually happens to me. Seems i'm just an absolutely lazy sod
What occasions would you just not bother. If you were rushing some where or going out or something, that's what usually happens to me. Seems i'm just an absolutely lazy sod
People saying home cooked food is cheaper only seem to be counting the cost of the ingredients... I'd imagine if you factor in the electric/gas costs for some home meals that it ain't much cheaper. Take sunday roasts for example.... all the effort and hours of oven use.... sometimes it's a lot easier to just pick up one of those pre-cooked chickens from tesco or asda or wherever.
Personally I'm more than happy to pay a few pence extra for someone else to do all the hard work.
Personally I'm more than happy to pay a few pence extra for someone else to do all the hard work.
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OR better yet for me, I can just gather the eggs from my chickens in the garden and frow in some rice. - worked it out each egg costs about 4p to produce and these are large eggs. (thats everything from chicken food to medicine + upkeep).. cheap or what :O!
It does not!
It's cheaper and healthier to buy and cook your own food, but it's nice to have a takeaway every now and again... no washing up, or leg work required
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People saying home cooked food is cheaper only seem to be counting the cost of the ingredients... I'd imagine if you factor in the electric/gas costs for some home meals that it ain't much cheaper. Take sunday roasts for example.... all the effort and hours of oven use.... sometimes it's a lot easier to just pick up one of those pre-cooked chickens from tesco or asda or wherever.
Personally I'm more than happy to pay a few pence extra for someone else to do all the hard work.
It may or may not be cheaper but it's not particularly difficult to do most of the time and it means you have a slightly better idea about what is going into your food. If you're using ready meals instead of cooking for yourself the argument about costs of fuel to cook with are somewhat negated as it takes say 10 minutes to cook rather than 15 minutes so you're still using your cooking appliance for that period - if you're counting takeaways then some dishes (particularly the sundries) are so expensive for what you get that there's not a chance you'll be paying just a few pence extra e.g. rice/chips etc tend to be £1.50+ when to cook it yourself will be a negligible cost.
I understand there are occasions when it isn't much cheaper if at all and sometimes the convenience is worth the extra expense but that's not often a reason I'd go for it.
I'd say one of the main factors in whether it equates to being cheaper to cook yourself is based first on building up stock of non-perishable ingredients.
As an example, I used to buy a jar of curry paste a week to make something like Sharwoods for a quick curry. I learned how much easier and better it was to make a curry using the proper ingredients. To buy all the spices and such, it works out much more expensive than buying one jar of sauce, but they will last ages and I can make a curry from scratch quite easily now without having to spend money on a jar of sauce.
As an example, I used to buy a jar of curry paste a week to make something like Sharwoods for a quick curry. I learned how much easier and better it was to make a curry using the proper ingredients. To buy all the spices and such, it works out much more expensive than buying one jar of sauce, but they will last ages and I can make a curry from scratch quite easily now without having to spend money on a jar of sauce.
I think it's going to get a bit silly if electricity/gas prices are brought into this. If you drove to the supermarket to pick up said, pre-cooked chicken, you've probably already spent way more in petrol, sames goes for public transport, anything other than walking and cycling.
I cook maybe 6 nights a week. Something like chicken with rice/pasta/potato and some sauce and spices. Chicken breasts with Nandos XXhot sauce in the oven is sooooo tasty with some rice and brocolli. Its also takes no time at all and is very healthy
I much prefer to cook my own meals, I find I'm disappointed when my takeaway turns up. I do find cooking a great way to unwind as well. But last night was the exception, had been travelling for 18 hours and just couldn't be bothered to cook, so Indian takeaway it was!
When I'm at uni I think i'm on takeaways from 4/5 times a week, like £3 a meal and I can't cook for **** anyway.
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It's really expensive to cook your own meals every night.
I 99% always cook my own stuff 100% of the time.
I rarely get takeaway. It's been hard being a student/part time worker to afford fresh stuff because it doesn't last. There is making your own stuff which is cheap and nasty and probably worse than a takeaway and then there is I can afford it so my homecooking is nice and healthy.
Then there is not all takeaways are grease fests.
I 99% always cook my own stuff 100% of the time.
I rarely get takeaway. It's been hard being a student/part time worker to afford fresh stuff because it doesn't last. There is making your own stuff which is cheap and nasty and probably worse than a takeaway and then there is I can afford it so my homecooking is nice and healthy.
Then there is not all takeaways are grease fests.