Fresh, Ready Meal, or Takeaway?

[Misawa]

A few years ago I worked for Tesco and it was alarming how many people purchased ready meals. It's the height of laziness. I was brought up on fresh food every single day and even when I moved out I cooked and still cook fresh for my friends and I. So what do your parents/you do? Do you mainly eat fresh homemade meals, ready meals, or takeaways?

Vote in the poll and respond here please.

[Meanies]

Bit of everything tbh, mostly homemade and hardly ever ready meals tho :)

[FlyingJesus]

Parents cook a lot of fresh things but I have evening work so don't eat with them, generally have ready meals but if I can be bothered I'll cook something proper

[Caution]

mostly homemade, sometimes ready meal though.

[Feep]

Takeaway probably once a month

[Wayne]

Fresh/home made quite a lot.

[Skajo]

I eat a load of readymeals because I work evenings. It's convenient, not lazy.

Misawa, what do you class as a fresh meal?

[Samantha.]

Fresh/homemade :D

[Kardan]

Fresh mostly, although if its late I'd rustle up some amazing beans on toast, not sure what you'd class that as really :P Haven't had a takeaway for ages :(

[Misawa]

I eat a load of readymeals because I work evenings. It's convenient, not lazy.

Misawa, what do you class as a fresh meal?

Something made from scratch. Not necessarily completely fresh, but not packaged.

"Convenience" is abused. People no longer bother to learn how to cook.

[Wahey]

Takeaway and Ready Meals, my mum is crap cook

[Middlesbrough]

Home made, every friday a takeaway and rarely any ready meals unless i'm drunk.

[e5]

takeeeeeeeeeeeaways (L)

[ecstasy]

Homemade throughout the week, normally a takeaway on a friday or saturday.

[FlyingJesus]

Something made from scratch. Not necessarily completely fresh, but not packaged.

"Convenience" is abused. People no longer bother to learn how to cook.

I can cook (and yes, I agree that "cooking" is not just opening up a pizza box and putting it in the oven) but I don't tend to due to basic laziness when I have no need to

[Skajo]

Something made from scratch. Not necessarily completely fresh, but not packaged.

"Convenience" is abused. People no longer bother to learn how to cook.
I am perfectly capable of cooking a meal from scratch, I just choose not to for efficiency and convenience.

[Misawa]

I am perfectly capable of cooking a meal from scratch, I just choose not to for efficiency and convenience.

You trade convenience for your own health? :S

[Skajo]

You trade convenience for your own health? :S
Oh it's all drivvle. My health is fine and it will continue to be. You're blowing everything out of proportion like all the nutrient-huggers do.

It's convenient, efficient and cheaper. Some people cannot afford to cook fresh for every meal.

[Misawa]

Oh it's all drivvle. My health is fine and it will continue to be. You're blowing everything out of proportion like all the nutrient-huggers do.

It's convenient, efficient and cheaper. Some people cannot afford to cook fresh for every meal.

Actually, cooking fresh is cheaper than buying ready meals for the average-sized family. And no, I'm not blowing anything out of proportion, it's actually factual that you're unhealthier than someone who doesn't eat junk every day.

[Sammeth.]

My parents always cook me prepared meals. On the odd occasion we'll have a takeaway, usually when its been a very long day and we've been doing a lot and my parents literally are too tired to cook. Also I had a few ready meals when my parents ditched me last year to go round the caribbean n ting, however I cooked for myself usually.

[Skajo]

Actually, cooking fresh is cheaper than buying ready meals for the average-sized family. And no, I'm not blowing anything out of proportion, it's actually factual that you're unhealthier than someone who doesn't eat junk every day.
This thread is about me though, not my family. So you expect me to cook a fresh meal at 11pm every day? No thanks. My health is fine. I'm not dying - I'm fine.

[Melsia]

Fresh/Homemade, I got put off readymeals when i found a peice of wood in one from Tescos, don't get takeaways much because it gets expensive

[Mint]

Takeaway on Saturday, and like 60% ready meal 40% homemade food. throughout the week.

[Absently]

I like Fresh/Homemade meals the most. But if I'm staying on my own I'll usually buy ready made, and I can't cook to save my life [:

[vicious]

fresh, no doubt about it.
nothing else for me. others are loaded with crap, usually

[Nicola]

I tend to eat more ready meals but recently i've been going for fresh/homemade.
We hardly ever get takeaways.

[Slowpoke]

My work tends to mean I get in about 9.00pm so I don't really want to piss about cooking at that time I'll usually order a Chinese or pop in a ready meal (and that's about three days a week). Otherwise, it's fresh/homemade.

[Amberr]

mostly homemade :D xx

[Nxrissa]

my mum enjoys cooking so mainly home made

[CJW93]

Takeaway is the most amazing food you can get

[Skajo]

This thread is about me though, not my family. So you expect me to cook a fresh meal at 11pm every day? No thanks. My health is fine. I'm not dying - I'm fine.
Still waiting for a reply from Misawa.

Do you cook homemade meals at 11pm? Re-heated homemade meals mostly taste awful so I don't have them.

[Bun]

ready meals mostly.

[Misawa]

Still waiting for a reply from Misawa.

Do you cook homemade meals at 11pm? Re-heated homemade meals mostly taste awful so I don't have them.

Yes, I would, but I work mostly from my apartment.

[Blinger1]

For lunch i eat what i bake at work, so i guess that is 'ready'.. but for dinner someone cooks homemade stuff

[le harry]

Home-made generally. Now that I have my license I'm relying on takeaway a bit more simply because I have the choice lol.

[Immenseman]

fresh meals every day apart from when they go away which is quite often they just leave ready meals or like pizzas. when they're in they'll cook.

[colourpot]

Homemade dinners most days. Unless im out with friends then its takeaways :P

[Alkaz]

I do the cooking in my house and when I/we go shopping I normally buy fresh but seeing as their is normally 7 of us I have to cook for its normally like half freshly made and half frozen. Like we might have fish and chips, ill make the fish, etc etc.

Rarely have takeaway, like I said, 7 of us so take away is too expensive so we might get pizza or something but ye :D mostly homemade.

[Jordy]

Nearly always home-made but considering that I have some sort of eating disorder I only really eat four or five different foods, none of which require much work. Chips, quorn, pizza, pasta and jacket potatoes don't really require any effort at all.

[Pixet]

Fresh/Homemade tbh.

I'd rather have that than the greasy fatty ready meals & take-aways anyday. All the rubbish you're putting in you, no thanks.

[Skajo]

Nearly always home-made but considering that I have some sort of eating disorder I only really eat four or five different foods, none of which require much work. Chips, quorn, pizza, pasta and jacket potatoes don't really require any effort at all.
They're not homemade...

[Fehm]

We always have fresh food, home cooked but sometimes on a saturday night we'll have a take away to save the bother if we've all had a tiring day :p

[camera]

over here, people hardly cook coz theyre all always so busy. so yeah, we're always eating out or we'll just get takeouts