large booking at restaurant- how to split the bill?

Izadora

Georgiegirl256 wrote: »

So you'd never have gravy on your roast potatoes?

Not a chance. One of my favourite things in the world is the crispy shell of a roastie, there's no way I'm ruining that by making it soggy with gravy!!

Georgiegirl256

Izadora wrote: »

Not a chance. One of my favourite things in the world is the crispy shell of a roastie, there's no way I'm ruining that by making it soggy with gravy!!

I'm like Jagraf and like how it turns something crisp into something soggier! Some things just shouldn't be soggy I agree (can't think what right now!) but when I have a roast dinner, I virtually drown it in gravy!

My Mam is the total opposite and pours the tiniest dribble of gravy on, and also borks at the idea of chips and gravy!

missbiggles1

BarryBlue wrote: »

Why gravy on chips? I think it depends what the chips are served with. Chippies where I grew up used to serve pork & chips, the pork being braised in rich, dark gravy. Sublime, especially with the optional stuffing.

Fish and chips, on the other hand is just wrong with gravy. The proper accompaniment is mushy peas, and not the tinned variety but proper ones soaked overnight and stewed for hours.

The ultimate chippy supper, especially after a night out, has always been faggots, chips and peas for me though. Here you get the double bonus of gravy and mushy peas. Bliss!:)

I used to be very partial to saveloys - haven't had one for years.

Ames

Jagraf wrote: »

The taste of something crisp turning into something soggy is lovely lol.

I think it depends on what they are. A biscuit turning soggy with tea is fine. I agree with Izadora about roast potatoes and gravy though, the two should never meet. That's what mashed potato is for, to build a barrier between them.

Georgiegirl256

Ames wrote: »

I think it depends on what they are. A biscuit turning soggy with tea is fine.

Oh no no no no no! :eek: Dunking biscuits is a big no for me!

I agree with Izadora about roast potatoes and gravy though, the two should never meet. That's what mashed potato is for, to build a barrier between them.

Not a big mash fan either, but I'll never look at it the same way again! Who'd have thought it, mash, the saviour of the dinner plate for those against soggy roasties!

fierystormcloud

I am not fond of gravy poured over chips, but my OH loves it. I suppose it's not really any different to having it over roast potatoes though, as Georgie said.

Me and my OH have a lunchbox from the chip shop about once every 6 weeks. He has mini fish, chips, and curry sauce, and I have mini fish, chips, and mushy peas. (As someone said earlier, I feel mushy peas go better with fish, than curry sauce or beans.)

I never have vinegar on my chips - or salt for that matter. My OH likes salt but can take or leave the vinegar. So when we get something from the chip shop, we have no salt and vinegar on it, and my OH puts salt on at home. I rarely have salt on anything really.

I don't 'get' vinegar on fish though. :eek:

Re the original debate, I would only want to pay for what I had, and like quite a few people on here, I don't eat a lot, and will often have half of what others have. I can honestly say, hand on heart, that I have never had anyone taking umbrage with me not having 3 courses. I never do. It's too much food in one go! I don't know how people do it.

When we went to Europe recently though, (Austria,) we had full board, and the dinner in the evening was quite moderate and not huge. We had a very small starter (light and small, like 4 garlic mushrooms with a dip, or 3 slices of garlic bread,) the main was half the size of what we have here (eg; just a piece of salmon, 3 small boiled potatoes, and a small helping of veg,) and the dessert was either a little chocolate pudding that was in a dish about 3 times the size of an eggcup, or a little bowl of fruit, or a small piece of apple crumble with custard that was 4 mouthfuls, and less than half of what we get here.

Plenty for me, although some people whinged it was not enough, and went to the takeaway down the street afterwards for chips! This is why so many British are obese, and most Europeans are slim and fit!

And I would never ever let anyone eat off my fork; nor would I eat off theirs. And sharing food at the table (in a restaurant, and with friends/colleagues,) does seems pretty gross.

Not so bad to share food, if it's just you and your partner and/or kids in Maccies I guess. Love a maccies now and again. Maybe 5 or 6 times a year I have one. Although, as a few people have mentioned, I will pop in for a coffee when I am out alone sometimes. Hate KFC, not a BK fan, and pizza hut is a bit expensive for what it is. You can get the equivalent pizza they charge £14 for, for £1.50-£3.00 in the supermarkets. I do like a Domino's delivered occasionally though - 3 or 4 times a year. And a Chinese or Indian takeaway roughly every 2 months.

Miss Biggles, I haven't had a saveloy for many years either. I used to have them a couple of times a month! And also, I LOVE mash! Especially cheese and onion mash! YUM! :j

jackieblack

missbiggles1 wrote: »

I never see the point of adding something wet to something crisp, it seems to defeat the object. (I also wouldn't eat gravy with fish.)

I agree
Don't like chips with baked beans, for example, as the sauce runs on the plate and makes the chips soggy

Pollycat

Jagraf wrote: »

Chip and gravy sandwich 😜

ooooh! Not had that for ages.

Georgiegirl256 wrote: »

Now you're talking!

Also love a fish finger sandwich too!

Me too. One of my favourite lunches (and I have vinegar on the fish fingers. But it has to be good quality cod or haddock - none of this 30 for a £1 rubbish.

missbiggles1 wrote: »

I'm sure we used to have a throwing up smiley!

Here you go:

Pollycat

BarryBlue wrote: »

Why gravy on chips? I think it depends what the chips are served with. Chippies where I grew up used to serve pork & chips, the pork being braised in rich, dark gravy. Sublime, especially with the optional stuffing.

Fish and chips, on the other hand is just wrong with gravy. The proper accompaniment is mushy peas, and not the tinned variety but proper ones soaked overnight and stewed for hours.

The ultimate chippy supper, especially after a night out, has always been faggots, chips and peas for me though. Here you get the double bonus of gravy and mushy peas. Bliss!:)

Do you still get the tablet to add to the dried peas?

My OH who moved here from the South had never seen mushy peas.
Or black pudding.
Or tomato sausage.

Georgiegirl256

jackieblack wrote: »

I agree
Don't like chips with baked beans, for example, as the sauce runs on the plate and makes the chips soggy

I used to have that every single day at senior school! :rotfl: