TV dinners vs home cooking vs restaurants vs fast food

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What's the deal with your food situation generally?

I cook myself and enjoy it.
13
30%
We are both too busy, we have the cleanest gas cooker.
1
2%
The wife cooks mostly as she is decent at it.
8
18%
I'm a TV dinner/fast food man, then out to play.
2
5%
I like to eat out but at good restaurants.
10
23%
We always eat out as neither the Mrs/girly or I can cook.
0
No votes
I enjoy liquid lunches/dinners.
2
5%
I'm at the halfway-house, eat well but sometimes flounder.
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7%
Can't be arsed with it all, eat whatever and pop a vitamin pill.
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2%
All I need are cigarettes and alcohol, it just bloody sustenance.
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No votes
Other, please specify.
4
9%
 
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I guess the Ting Tongs keep well out of sight then, hhf?

(ps: what about those snakes?)
I have eaten snake before, but in the U.S., not here (to my knowledge :shock: ). The lizards are safe (if that's what Ting Tongs are) as I always keep some quick meals or snack food around the house. :D
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Khundon1975 wrote:TV dinner, as served in the Bangkok Hilton. :(
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Gosh! I hope you did not take that picture personally! :shock: Anyway I also think it looks like a flight meal on some of the airlines :D
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margaretcarnes wrote:
Khundon1975 wrote:TV dinner, as served in the Bangkok Hilton. :(
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WTF is that! Give me the blueberry cheesecake any day...
But you're right KD about UK (and no doubt other) restaurants cutting corners. Dumbing down as well. Our Indian restaurant meals tend to be just pre-prepared curry sauces ready to sling in whatever meat is ordered. Khorma is only mild - Vindaloo is only hot. The scary thing is how many people think it's great.

Siani - don't worry too much about the diet. A few months in LOS and a couple of litres of water a day and any excess weight should go without any effort!
The cheesecake looks awesome! Please let us have the recipie :wink:

Mags : Thanks for the weight loss support...yes drink water is good..also when I get swimming ... :) Think I better not have that cheesecake just yet though :naughty:
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I can cook fairly decently but it came to an abrupt end when I met my Thai g/f. When she first saw me reach for a saucepan, from the kitchen cupboard, she halted the movement with the sweetest smile and brow-furrowed concern, gazed lovingly into my eyes and said... "Man not do"

When I attempted to help wash up afterwards, it came again, this time with a blown kiss... "Man not do"

When I finished my food and went to pick up the plate and take it into the kitchen... she dashed over, in panic, her faint perfume making me giddy with the aroma of lilacs... "Man not do"

As the years have passed and the rosy glow faded, she says exactly the same thing now, only through gritted teeth... "Man not do!!" :shock:

This is why we now eat out.

Actually, she's great. :thumb:
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:thumb: Mr. P she's a gem
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Mrplums partner says her main complaint is her "man not do" :duck:




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hhfarang wrote:.....I put a convertible coffee table in the home theater where the top raises on steel articulating arms and glides towards you to facilitate that... :D
Where's the little sexy waitress to go with that that's on 10,00 baht a month to work in your place? :wink:
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Well I'd settle for these if I had the appetite

Germany rules ok
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Hmmm. Richard, have you ever come across Currywurst? The latest teutonic delicacy? I really find it all rather amusing when Germans quite sincerely criticise English food, while tucking into sausage from pureed mechanically recovered meat, smothered in ketchup and topped off with spoons full of raw, uncooked curry powder! Mmmmm Lecker - Not!
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Some guys can do it
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Need to set her to work around here & reduce the soi dog population a bit!
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MrPlum wrote:I can cook fairly decently but it came to an abrupt end when I met my Thai g/f. When she first saw me reach for a saucepan, from the kitchen cupboard, she halted the movement with the sweetest smile and brow-furrowed concern, gazed lovingly into my eyes and said... "Man not do"

When I attempted to help wash up afterwards, it came again, this time with a blown kiss... "Man not do"

When I finished my food and went to pick up the plate and take it into the kitchen... she dashed over, in panic, her faint perfume making me giddy with the aroma of lilacs... "Man not do"

As the years have passed and the rosy glow faded, she says exactly the same thing now, only through gritted teeth... "Man not do!!" :shock:
I thought that was the standard for all Thai wives :duck:
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Big Boy wrote:I thought that was the standard for all Thai wives :duck:
I've heard that too yet I've met a few who don't meet the standard. According to their husbands.

Perhaps a poll?
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↑ A better one would be a new thread and poll concerning, do husbands help out around the house and if so, with what? Our maid comments all the time in amazement about what I do around here that a Thai man wouldn't even attempt or comprehend! Pete :cheers:
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Where's the little sexy waitress to go with that that's on 10,00 baht a month to work in your place?
That would be the missus! :D
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