large booking at restaurant- how to split the bill?

missbiggles1

consultant31 wrote: »

I never put my pans in the dishwasher, they are expensive ones and the dw does them no favours. In any case, probably because they are such good pans, they are no trouble to clean and nothing sticks....even stuff like porridge

If it doesn't go in the dishwasher, I don't use it - same with clothes and the washing machine.

suki1964

consultant31 wrote: »

I never put my pans in the dishwasher, they are expensive ones and the dw does them no favours. In any case, probably because they are such good pans, they are no trouble to clean and nothing sticks....even stuff like porridge

I'm the same. My cookware gets hand washed.

I've roasting tins and cake tins that are 60+ years old still in use and still as good as new

I shall pass then down as well as they were passed down to me

Feral_Moon

consultant31 wrote: »

I never put my pans in the dishwasher, they are expensive ones and the dw does them no favours. In any case, probably because they are such good pans, they are no trouble to clean and nothing sticks....even stuff like porridge

I have Stella pans and le Creuset enamel lined casseroles, all of which go in the dish washer no problem. They're not exactly cheap!

The only things that don't go in the dishwasher are my stainless steel woks, non-stick Tefal frying pans and cast iron skillet/grill pans to protect the seasoned surfaces, plus any bakeware. None of these ever see as mush as a drop of soap, they are cleaned with hot water only.

pigpen

missbiggles1 wrote: »

Why would you hand wash a pan if you have a dish washer?

Why would you eat porridge when you can have rice krispies?

All those gross people eating out of pans claim it saved washing up.. so I would guess.. they don't have a dishwasher! I doubt they all want to bring their pans to my house to be put in the dishwasher. Not everyone has a dishwasher.. shocking I know! A lot of people dont put pans in dishwashers for some odd reason

If I didn't have a dishwasher, I wouldnt wash up either *delegate*


3 courses is nothing.. I know very few people who couldn't put that away.. My OH would eat 7 courses and everyones left overs!! It always amuses us when we go to his mothers when she thinks he eats like a mouse and he is permanently starving! I usually have smaller meals there so he can have more! I can cope with not having enough to eat, he can't!

missbiggles1

suki1964 wrote: »

Someone posted earlier on about this, it's portion sizes

The place I cooked in, I would share a meal because of the portion size. To give an example, for £12.95 you got three courses and the most popular choices were as follows

Starters, 5 battered mushroom or 3 chicken goujons

Mains a mini mix grill - large chicken fillet, pork chop, bacon, sausage, fried egg, tomato, peas, mushrooms, crispy onions and pepper sauce. Plus side of chips, champ or mash

Dessert- huge slice of chocolate fudge cake or a massive pavlova


Now if I was shown that lot lined up in front of me I'd run for the hills, but I would eat what you had for lunch quite happily

Over here, unless you are doing the fine dining, it's pile it high

I could never eat that much food in any country - no wonder so many people have said they can only eat one course if that's what they expect to be served!

I've never come across portions that big in the UK pubs I go to - is it a regional thing, do you think?

AubreyMac

I don't have the room for a dishwasher and I've never lived in a place with one.


Since it became my chore as a kid to do the washing up I have always wanted one.

pigpen

suki1964 wrote: »

Someone posted earlier on about this, it's portion sizes

The place I cooked in, I would share a meal because of the portion size. To give an example, for £12.95 you got three courses and the most popular choices were as follows

Starters, 5 battered mushroom or 3 chicken goujons

Where's the rest!!!! I'd complain.. thats starvation right there!!

Mains a mini mix grill - large chicken fillet, pork chop, bacon, sausage, fried egg, tomato, peas, mushrooms, crispy onions and pepper sauce. Plus side of chips, champ or mash

Thats fairly standard.

Dessert- huge slice of chocolate fudge cake or a massive pavlova


Hot fudge cake with ice cream please!


Now if I was shown that lot lined up in front of me I'd run for the hills, but I would eat what you had for lunch quite happily

Over here, unless you are doing the fine dining, it's pile it high

I'd put that lot away without a second thought.. OH would eat the bits I don't like .. then want dinner about 5pm!!

pigpen

AubreyMac wrote: »

I don't have the room for a dishwasher and I've never lived in a place with one.


Since it became my chore as a kid to do the washing up I have always wanted one.

first thing I bought when I moved out! .. and the first thing my mother bought when I moved out!

missbiggles1

pigpen wrote: »

Why would you eat porridge when you can have rice krispies?

Perhaps because porridge is healthy, filling, delicious and cheap whereas rice cripies are the opposite in every way?

All those gross people eating out of pans claim it saved washing up.. so I would guess.. they don't have a dishwasher! I doubt they all want to bring their pans to my house to be put in the dishwasher. Not everyone has a dishwasher.. shocking I know! A lot of people dont put pans in dishwashers for some odd reason

If I didn't have a dishwasher, I wouldnt wash up either *delegate*


3 courses is nothing.. I know very few people who couldn't put that away.. My OH would eat 7 courses and everyones left overs!! It always amuses us when we go to his mothers when she thinks he eats like a mouse and he is permanently starving! I usually have smaller meals there so he can have more! I can cope with not having enough to eat, he can't!

I do appreciate that not everybody has a dishwasher, it was the people who have one but still do some by hand who always puzzle me. When we had the kitchen redone I chose a sink with no draining board because I couldn't see the point when you have a dishwasher - 7 years later, I've never missed having one.

AubreyMac

pigpen wrote: »

first thing I bought when I moved out! .. and the first thing my mother bought when I moved out!

I could buy one, but would have nowhere to put it.


I have a tiny narrow kitchen (I think it's called a galley).


Next place I get I'm making sure to have a bigger kitchen.