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*Bob*

*Bob*

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Louisa Wrote:

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> *Bob* come over mine and I'll knock you up

> scrambled eggs on toast and I won't charge ?7, in

> fact I won't charge a penny! Because three free

> range eggs mixed with butter/milk and served on

> two slices of fancy toasted bread (even the

> poshest bread in the world) doesn't take seven

> smackers out of my bank account to make! Quite

> simple.


Any idea how much those ?12 curries cost to make, Louisa?

Louisa

Louisa

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*Bob* Wrote:

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> Louisa Wrote:

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> > *Bob* come over mine and I'll knock you up

> > scrambled eggs on toast and I won't charge ?7,

> in

> > fact I won't charge a penny! Because three free

> > range eggs mixed with butter/milk and served on

> > two slices of fancy toasted bread (even the

> > poshest bread in the world) doesn't take seven

> > smackers out of my bank account to make! Quite

> > simple.

>

> Any idea how much those ?12 curries cost to make,

> Louisa?


Those curries are entirely different. For a start they are evening meals served in a restaurant environment. This includes high quality table service. The number of ingredients and variation of base meat/fish within each batch are quite costly. Eggs on toast in an informal breakfast/lunch cafe cannot possibly be comparable. End of discussion.


Louisa.

Louisa

Louisa

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> Louisa... I think we've already established that

> cooking is cheaper than eating out. Next.


Jeremy, don't blame me. I didn't want to talk about food (again). *Bob* seems obsessed with people spending a fortune on breakfast items and comparing eggs to champagne and cavier ingredients.


Louisa.

LondonMix

LondonMix

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The cost charged includes paying staff and hiring premises. You can't possibly analyse it based on the ingredients. The ingredients are the least expensive part of most restaurant costs.


Louisa Wrote:

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> *Bob* are seriously comparing cooked eggs with

> chicken breast/lamb/king prawns? Honestly, I know

> you're having me on now.

>

> Louisa.

DulwichFox

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> I can't understand why anyone would pay ?12 for a

> bog-standard 'curry' on Lordship Lane - when you

> can cook something much more interesting and nicer

> at home for a quarter of the price, but people do.

> Beats me. Seriously!


That is partly true... If you are cooking a curry for a family of 4... its cheaper... cooking for one is not always as economical.


Well being diabetic it is essential to eat regular meals every 4-5 hours..

...So having to prepare breakfast... lunch ... an afternoon snack ... and an evening meal every day gets tedious.


So I afford myself the luxuary of eating out once or twice a week.. not every night like I used to.. Hope thats ok with you..


And lots of people pay ?12.00 for a bog standard curry...(Well more like ?15 - ?18) without drinks.. ?25 - ?28+ with drinks..


Foxy

*Bob*

*Bob*

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It's fine with me if you want to go out for a curry once or twice a week, but wouldn't pay for scrambled eggs.


Is it fine with you if others want to go out for scrambled eggs once or twice a week, but wouldn't pay for curry?



Do you see how neither action is somehow more valid than the other; only that different people have different ideas of what is worth paying for and what isn't?

DulwichFox

DulwichFox

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Why do you bother ever going out?!


You could just sit at home all day, cook every meal for yourself, and drink a pint or two in the evening

much cheaper than going out for it.


If you used paper plates and cups, you wouldn't even have to wash up :))


Apart from my daily walks and shopping I do sit at home all day.. I do Cook every meal myself..

...and I do have a beer or two in the evening.. though I don't regularly drink at home alone..


...Please don't begrudge me the luxuary of having the odd pint or two a couple of nights a week..

...I simply can no longer afford to eat and drink out every night like I once did...


...Paper plates... ??? I like porcelain.. did you not see the thread on eating off of wooden boards.. :)


... I have no problem with washing up.. it gets me up off my A*** for a while.. :)


Foxy

Louisa

Louisa

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> Besides, three nice eggs probably costs about the

> same as one cheap frozen chicken breast (I know

> it's not the point, but stil...)



That isn't the point of course, but yes if you want to like for like compare a cheap frozen chicken breast from any named brand supermarket with three free range eggs from harrods then sure.


Louisa.

Jeremy

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DulwichFox Wrote:

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> ...Please don't begrudge me the luxuary of having

> the odd pint or two a couple of nights a week..


Nobody begrudges you that... not at all. But it seems that some people DO begrudge others spending ?7 (really not a lot of money) on breakfast. It all seems a bit strange.

Louisa

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> The cost charged includes paying staff and hiring

> premises. You can't possibly analyse it based on

> the ingredients. The ingredients are the least

> expensive part of most restaurant costs.

>



LM I am well aware of overheads. I was using the food as an example of how poor *Bob* initial point was, but if we want to compare other overheads then sure. A restaurant charging 12 quid for a curry is hiring a number of kitchen and waiting staff to cook specialised food, both for eat in and eat out customers. Their overheads will be considerably higher than a cafe serving up basic breakfast items with (I am assuming) considerably fewer staff.


Louisa.

LondonMix

LondonMix

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What's your point? No one has suggested that curry is overpriced. The point is comparing how much it costs to make something at home to how much a restaurant charges to prepare it for you is daft.



Louisa Wrote:

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> LondonMix Wrote:

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> > The cost charged includes paying staff and

> hiring

> > premises. You can't possibly analyse it based

> on

> > the ingredients. The ingredients are the least

> > expensive part of most restaurant costs.

> >

>

>

> LM I am well aware of overheads. I was using the

> food as an example of how poor *Bob* initial point

> was, but if we want to compare other overheads

> then sure. A restaurant charging 12 quid for a

> curry is hiring a number of kitchen and waiting

> staff to cook specialised food, both for eat in

> and eat out customers. Their overheads will be

> considerably higher than a cafe serving up basic

> breakfast items with (I am assuming) considerably

> fewer staff.

>

> Louisa.

DulwichFox

DulwichFox

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What Louisa said...


Just plain common sense and reasoning...


I just happen to know that a local Curry house is being asked ?65K per annum. and not the biggest restaurant.

and strangely enougth they too have to pay Rates, Electricity, Gas, Specialized Staff, Insurance...


So when people talk about Value for money.. It does come down to what you get for your money..


Yes.. surrounding do play a part... but having said that..

...I have in the past had some pretty decent breakfasts in some of the Greasiest of Spoons you will ever find.


Foxy.

Louisa

Louisa

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*Bob* Wrote:

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> But if you don't want to eat one thing whereas you

> do want to eat another thing and it's your money

> then none of what you are saying actually makes

> the blindest bit of difference


*Bob* you are straying from the point here entirely. Who in their right mind would spend ?7 on eggs on toast when you can make it at home, or go to a greasy spoon charging ?2 for the same thing? Your comparison of curry (in a restaurant) with eggs on toast (in a cafe) is bizarre to say the least. You simply cannot compare overheads and other costs. So your initial point is invalid.


Louisa.

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