Take Away curries, why do we never learn?

[thenewoc]

not sure what the aversion to halal meat is, posts back - I thought most(all ?) of it was now stunned


clever corruption of the ops name,

we don't know how much his curry cost , was he robbed ... but £8 for a kebab , plus delivery, what kind of gastronomique experience would it be anyway -
govt needs to improve those cooking and nutrition classes in primary school.

I'm sure part of the problem is deliveries. People relying on Uber etc and ordering based on locality for cheaper delivery charges rather than on places where trust has been established over time and where people have actually been to in person. You order based on distance you run the risk of ordering from some dark kitchen.

The curriculum is probably lacking in many areas since practical skills seem to lag behind some odd ball choices such as ancient history etc which no one will ever need to know.

 

[Johno please?]

not sure what the aversion to halal meat is, posts back - I thought most(all ?) of it was now stunned


clever corruption of the ops name,

we don't know how much his curry cost , was he robbed ... but £8 for a kebab , plus delivery, what kind of gastronomique experience would it be anyway -
govt needs to improve those cooking and nutrition classes in primary school.

A quick google says only 58% are, but its ok as muslims like to say "you put your hands over the animals eyes and it feels no pain"

But Halal or not, youre still funding the torture and demise of animals.

I only found out recently that pigs in the UK are gassed before being slaughtered so they thrash around because obviously they dont want to suffocate, this is "stunning" apparently and "humane".

 

[Scam]

That he doesn't like foreign food?

Yeah.. exactly. Which I'm sure is not the case and he is quite happy eating the odd American burger or BBQ, or french style steak and chips, or god forbid an Irish style beef stew. I didn't realise we'd gone back to the seventies where people go around complaining about "foreigners" lol... It just sounds ridiculous.

 

[Raikiri]

I bet these takeaway places are making a lot of money though. I have a friend whos family owns a chain of takeaways and when we used to eat kebabs in the mid 1990's they were £1. These days I think they are being sold for £3+, and thats in the north of England. Might be more expensive down south.

Hardly, margins are low for most restaurants, take away or not.

At £3 a pop I'd be worried about the quality, storage, staffing etc. They are going to be on such tight margins they won't be able to afford any wastage.

It's £6.20 at my local for a small chicken shish and I'd call that cheap, knowing how things work and the associated costs.

 

[robfosters]

Yeah.. exactly. Which I'm sure is not the case and he is quite happy eating the odd American burger or BBQ, or french style steak and chips, or god forbid an Irish style beef stew. I didn't realise we'd gone back to the seventies where people go around complaining about "foreigners" lol... It just sounds ridiculous.

My Nan used to say that. I think people just use it as a catch all term for food from places that are vastly different in cuisine to us. Let’s be honest, burgers, steak and stew hardly use alien ingredients to us. But how many British dishes use Tamarind, Garam masala or lemongrass?
Plus, a lot of these other countries have a history of food hygiene issues. I’m pretty sure spices were first used to disguise the taste of rotten meat.

 

[Scam]

@robfosters I get that, but to my mind it sounds pretty much the same as others going round saying "all black people are criminals" or something. Cringe...

 

[Zenduri]

govt needs to improve those cooking and nutrition classes in primary school.

Wait.... what? They actually have cooking classes in schools now? Or is this still rarity?

 

[Malevolence]

Wait.... what? They actually have cooking classes in schools now? Or is this still rarity?

What? They've been a thing forever. My Mother had them in the 50s and we had them back in the 80s. Used to be a right pain trying to cycle back home whilst carrying whatever it is you made in said class.

 

[Curlyriff]

What? They've been a thing forever. My Mother had them in the 50s and we had them back in the 80s. Used to be a right pain trying to cycle back home whilst carrying whatever it is you made in said class.

Never had cooking classes in Primary around here and still don't for them. Secondary yes but most primary schools don't even have a suitable kitchen area for students.

 

[Malevolence]

Never had cooking classes in Primary around here and still don't for them. Secondary yes but most primary schools don't even have a suitable kitchen area for students.

In junior school it was mostly bread making, baking cakes and the like. When we got to high school it got more interesting with pies and puddings etc.

 

[Curlyriff]

In junior school it was mostly bread making, baking cakes and the like. When we got to high school it got more interesting with pies and puddings etc.

Yeah didn't have any of that in most primary schools around this area. In fact it took 3 villages of school children to make up enough to go and have swimming classes for a few years. Of the 9 primary schools in the local area, 1 has a kitchen usable by students for things such as baking. I have never been offered bread making or similar, even at secondary school and foot technology for year 7-9 when I was there was things like cakes and puddings, anything that takes less than an hour to prep and bake/cook basically. One of the worst taught classes I have ever attended and completely put me off bothering to cook tbh.

Wasn't till I had others to cook for at home that I had an interest back almost a decade later and made effort to try and cook things.

Edit: It states now that practical cookery lessons in Primary school became compulsory from September 2014. And that is the first time it has ever been such which probably why haven't seen much and depends where you are.

However I am not sure how compulsory they really are as it also states in the UK only 25% of primary schools even have such facilities to provide said lessons. And then just goes on to suggest learning things like peeling, chopping and mashing and possibly use of electric hotplates and prep food at school to cook at home such as bread dough. So yeah I would say you was in the minority of proper cooking lessons at school.

 

[robj20]

@robfosters I get that, but to my mind it sounds pretty much the same as others going round saying "all black people are criminals" or something. Cringe...

That says more about you than anything if you ask me, that your mind instantly jumps to that rather than alternatives, even asking for clarification.

 

[robfosters]

I used to do home economics at school. That was cooking and stuff.

Anyway, for me, that side of life falls more to the parents than the schools. Good parenting is very important in nutrition.

 

[GGizmo]

I'm sure if we turned up in Italy with British made meat pies that would be called foreign food to them.

Nothing wrong with something being foreign. I used to have food made by my Bangladeshi friends mum who always give us food before we went to college. It was foreign to me. But tasty! First time I'd had Onion Bhaji's and Samosa's. I recommend.

 

[robfosters]

I'm sure if we turned up in Italy with British made meat pies that would be called foreign food to them.

Nothing wrong with something being foreign. I used to have food made by my Bangladeshi friends mum who always give us food before we went to college. It was foreign to me. But tasty! First time I'd had Onion Bhaji's and Samosa's. I recommend.

I had it from a very young age as my dad was a big fan of Asian food. Always had a curry on the go and loved shish kebab.

 

[fredwi]

Love an Indian can’t eat a whole one though

an vindaloo made me ill once but it was just too hot for me

 

[Zenduri]

What? They've been a thing forever. My Mother had them in the 50s and we had them back in the 80s. Used to be a right pain trying to cycle back home whilst carrying whatever it is you made in said class.

Hmm never had anything like this when i was at Primary or Grammar School (1990 to 2003), admittedly the later was an all boys school so not too surprised that we didn't have Home Economics but the all girls high school a few miles down the road did.

I had never had a takeaway other than fish and chips until i left home at 18 and my cooking was limited to the stereotypical boring meat and 2 veg. It's only since i left home i started expanding my cooking and i've really been more dedicated to it the last 2-3 years expecially the last 12 months.

I would have loved to have had a cooking class when in school. I love cooking now and i think maybe if i had the push when i was younger i would probably be doing something different now job wise.

 

[VincentHanna]

Love an Indian can’t eat a whole one though

Start with the legs and don't eat the bones.

 

[V F]

In junior school it was mostly bread making, baking cakes and the like. When we got to high school it got more interesting with pies and puddings etc.

Lucky you. Our teachers it was beans or spaghetti on toast in Secondary School. With some teaching us to make coconut trifles? Their cooking skills seemed very limited back in 1992 - 95.

 

[Mobius 1]

Love a good curry - but yes, mixing copious amount of alcohol with said meal, doesn’t usually end well. Especially if it’s spicy.

I had a chicken tikka vindaloo once at the end of a night out - seriously regretted it the next day.