large booking at restaurant- how to split the bill?

SingleSue

suki1964 wrote: »

The best chippy around here which just one best in Britain I think, also does real sausages but we only do the 30 mile round trip for the fish. Straight off their own boat to the chippy

And once again the portion is so huge we share

Portions are huge at mine too, I can't manage a haddock portion on my own and share it with one of the boys and the cat and they do even bigger ones too. No idea how people manage to eat one of their large ones, they really are massive.

Not suitable for vegetarians though, all cooked in beef dripping.

Re dishwasher - don't have one, have never had one and wouldn't have a clue what to do with one if I was presented with one and invited to use it.

Pollycat

fierystormcloud wrote: »

Did I say it was wrong?

No.

Don't put words in my mouth.

I just find it unfathomable and bizarre that anyone would not use an item at all, because they can't wash it in a machine!

I am quite entitled to think this you know.

I wasn't putting words into your mouth at all.

You are indeed entitled to think whatever you like.
As I am entitled to comment on what you post.

seven-day-weekend

I don't buy clothes that won't go in the washing machine

AubreyMac

fierystormcloud wrote: »

You may as well throw these items away.

Why even keep them, cluttering up the house, when you never use them.

Don't we all keep things we never use?


Clothes that once fit when I was a size 10, the expensive killer heel shoes that I'm waiting for the right occasion to wear, the handbag or hat in the box, the present/gadget that is just gathering dust, the exercise DVD etc and get round to chucking it when I have a ruthless de-cluttering session which is not often.


Or is it just me?

missbiggles1

Georgiegirl256 wrote: »

Wow, how lazy is that?! It's really not hard to hand wash something be that crockery or clothing.

Re sorbet, I'd class that as a palette cleanser more than a dessert. A lot of the desserts that I've seen served (even in fine dining) have been heavier and too sickly sweet for me.

Well, perhaps it is lazy but I can't see why you'd do either by hand when you have a machine that does it for you. Is there some kind of virtue involved in doing housework unnecessarily?

ETA
Having read a couple of later posts, perhaps I should've made it clear that I just don't buy any clothes that aren't machine washable, it isn't that I have a wardrobe full of stuff that I don't wear - now that would be daft! The only exception would be something bought cheaply second hand that I'd risk putting on the silk/wool programme.

SingleSue

AubreyMac wrote: »

Don't we all keep things we never use?


Clothes that once fit when I was a size 10, the expensive killer heel shoes that I'm waiting for the right occasion to wear, the handbag or hat in the box, the present/gadget that is just gathering dust, the exercise DVD etc and get round to chucking it when I have a ruthless de-cluttering session which is not often.


Or is it just me?

I've still got my wedding dress in the cupboard...I've been divorced almost 10 years!

missbiggles1

onlyroz wrote: »

I only use the dishwasher for the dishes from the main evening meal. I don't see the point in putting it on for a few breakfast bowls or dirty mugs. And if I'm doing a lot of cooking (e.g. at the weekend in preparation for that week's meals) I'll usually wash up by hand as I go along.

Perhaps it depends how many of you there are. I empty the dishwasher in the morning, put the breakfast things in, then the lunch stuff and then the evening things and I run it overnight. I don't see the point in washing breakfast things by hand when they can come clean out of the dishwasher just when you need them.

missbiggles1

SingleSue wrote: »

Portions are huge at mine too, I can't manage a haddock portion on my own and share it with one of the boys and the cat and they do even bigger ones too. No idea how people manage to eat one of their large ones, they really are massive.

Not suitable for vegetarians though, all cooked in beef dripping.

Re dishwasher - don't have one, have never had one and wouldn't have a clue what to do with one if I was presented with one and invited to use it.

Also not suitable for vegetarians because, let's face it, it's fish!:rotfl:

mumps

.Last time my youngest was home we went for a pub lunch in a nearby resort, quite an upmarket place which is full of yuppies and 2nd home owners, quite expensive so we don't go that often. I had cod and my son had haddock, you could have a standard, large or extra large portion. I had a standard and son had a large, I asked him if he wanted extra large and he did think about it but decided to stick with the large. Well it was huge, I can't imagine how big the extra large would be and they must have had special plates for it

Feral_Moon

onlyroz wrote: »

I only use the dishwasher for the dishes from the main evening meal. I don't see the point in putting it on for a few breakfast bowls or dirty mugs. And if I'm doing a lot of cooking (e.g. at the weekend in preparation for that week's meals) I'll usually wash up by hand as I go along.

I think the point of a dishwasher is not to use it after every meal, unless you have an extremely large family of course, but to continue filling it as the day(s) progress and switch on once full. Unless you use the half fill option.

I live mostly alone so my machine goes on every 2-3 days unless I've been doing a lot of batch cooking then it might go on twice that day, and I'll put almost anything in it apart from items I mentioned previously as they've built up a protective seasoned layer over time so only ever get washed in hot water. I've even washed lead crystal glassware in it previously with no ill effect.

I don't see the point in having a dog and barking yourself

PS I don't buy crockery/cookware that can't go in a dishwasher nor clothes that need to be dry cleaned.