No more take aways (ever)

[barryp1]

Originally Posted by olgaandcoda

I think the general rule for me is a four hour slot between eating and being ill.
I make a lovely curry most Thursday's for my youngest son to visit. He gives me marks out of ten! Cheeky sod! And eats anything he finds in my cupboards!
I also like a takeaway on a Saturday night, if we are staying in. Chinese or Indian, both from decent local restaurants. I think I deserve a day off from cooking.

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On the contrary 4 hours is normally too short an incubation period for the bacteria. It's more likely to be at least 12 hours and can be several days.

[munmun]

Originally Posted by djewkes

I’ve been on SW all week and I’m blaming this thread on me nipping out to the very good local chippy for a fish and chip lunch...

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Dont do it! Dont eat the batter, you will regret it!

[mickey house]

From the NHS website re food poisoning (surprised me it can take as long as a few weeks):

The symptoms usually start within a few days of eating the food that caused the infection.

Sometimes they start after a few hours or not for a few weeks.

[olgaandcoda]

Originally Posted by barryp1

On the contrary 4 hours is normally too short an incubation period for the bacteria. It's more likely to be at least 12 hours and can be several days.

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That's a revelation to me, although I can't remember any time having a dodgy takeaway! Thankfully!

A woman died a few years ago from dodgy turkey at a pub Christmas meal, a few others were taken ill, but survived! Tragic to actually die of a meal! The pub was fined I think! (Hornchurch, Essex)

PS, I cook everything really well, the smoke alarm test! Not much can survive my cooking methods! I never do rare meat! Mainly because we don't like it. any fresh food is checked over to make sure it still is fresh. I am severely allergic to penicillin and bread and cheese are checked thoroughly by my husband before I eat them. It doesn't always show up, so we don't risk it.

[djewkes]

Originally Posted by munmun

Dont do it! Dont eat the batter, you will regret it!

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Too late and the batter is the best bit...

[munmun]

Originally Posted by djewkes

Too late and the batter is the best bit...

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[Nimbus]

Originally Posted by mickey house

In all honesty I don't think many take away meals are fresher than what I buy from the chiiled cabinet. In my area (Hillingdon), the hygiene ratings for many Indian take aways and restaurants are dire and I wouldn't eat food from them for free.

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Then I refer my learned gentleman to my previous statement regarding the quality of takeaway restaurants in his area.

Seriously, if the takeaways in your area are cooking the meals 4 or 5 days beforehand and then simply nuking them on the day then no wonder you've decided to give them up. I would too. I use takeaways where they cook the food there and then. Most are sit-down restaurants (well, except for the chippy I use) that will also deliver the food to you.

[mickey house]

Originally Posted by Nimbus

Then I refer my learned gentleman to my previous statement regarding the quality of takeaway restaurants in his area.

Seriously, if the takeaways in your area are cooking the meals 4 or 5 days beforehand and then simply nuking them on the day then no wonder you've decided to give them up. I would too. I use takeaways where they cook the food there and then. Most are sit-down restaurants (well, except for the chippy I use) that will also deliver the food to you.

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How many restaurants or take aways would you actually know are cooking the food fresh to order. Perhaps some of the better quality ones maybe, but I would be surprised if many curry restaurants and take aways only cooked food fresh to order.

I would suggest my learned friend is deluded if he believes the food he is served is cooked there and then, perhaps he is confusing the word 'cooked' with 'reheated.'

[munmun]

Originally Posted by mickey house

How many restaurants or take aways would you actually know are cooking the food fresh to order. Perhaps some of the better quality ones maybe, but I would be surprised if many curry restaurants and take aways only cooked food fresh to order.

I would suggest my learned friend is deluded if he believes the food he is served is cooked there and then, perhaps he is confusing the word 'cooked' with 'reheated.'

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A la ping rather than la carte ?

[Nimbus]

Originally Posted by mickey house

How many restaurants or take aways would you actually know are cooking the food fresh to order. Perhaps some of the better quality ones maybe, but I would be surprised if many curry restaurants and take aways only cooked food fresh to order.

I would suggest my learned friend is deluded if he believes the food he is served is cooked there and then, perhaps he is confusing the word 'cooked' with 'reheated.'

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I know most of the takeaways around where I live cook the food to order. Some of them have open kitchens where you can see the food being cooked there and then. I mean, I can see the fish and chips being put into the fryer and cooked. I can see the pizzas being rolled out and the toppings added before being put into the oven. I can see my local chinese stir frying the meat and vegetables and boiling the rice.

As I mentioned earlier, I suspect they prepare things like the sauces beforehand (probably days beforehand). And I'd expect them to prepare the ingredients beforehand - chop vegetables and meat, etc. But they certainly cook the meal there and then.

Again, to repeat what I already said, if I thought all the takeaway restaurants around me were simply reheating meals they had cooked up to a week beforehand then I'd give up takeaway meals too. In my experience, most don't reheat previously cooked meals.