Classic Cookbooks: Chicken with Sliced Lemon and Fried Onions
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Do you tip for take out that you pick-up yourself?
Each establishment is different.
I own a take-away/delivery place and first, more place DO NOT tack on a delivery charge. Delivery people work very hard and it's tough riding a bike at night, through often bad weather, to get to you on time with the amount of take-away New Yorkers demand.
Second, counter people are trained in great service and usually have to give a good amount of time to customer (many of them foodies) AND they also do work lightly in food handling. These jobs are not high paying jobs and if you think that someone has spent a bit of time with you, a small tip for you is a big difference for them. If they haven't, then by all means, don't tip but I would go by each experience.
Pregnancy Cravings?
First 2 months, it was all about the turkey sandwich with mustard.
And then egg sandwiches.
Now it's all about the white pizza.
Can't wait to see what 2nd trimester brings.........
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Classic Cookbooks: Chicken with Sliced Lemon and Fried Onions
I have been meaning to try Lassi since it opened but am not often in the West Village. Now I have a good reason to go...thanks!
Do you tip for take out that you pick-up yourself?
Wookie hit it on the head. If you're getting takeout from a fairly nice restaurant where a server or bartender is putting together your order--and thus spending valuable time away from their sit-down customers--you will be loathed if you don't tip.
10% is sufficient (though no one would complain if it were more). If your miserly claws can't part with that, fine, but just know that you are being referred to in the most unsavory of terms as you leave that restaurant. And if you leave a zero tip before your order is put together and that bartender/server sees it...well, let's just say you're a more adventurous eater than me.
Do you tip for take out that you pick-up yourself?
I always tip well at a buffet too, if the service is quick and friendly. I used to be a waitress back in my student days, so I usually tip well in general. If service is exceptionally good, I've been known to tip as much as 30-40% - not b/c I'm rich - but b/c I really do appreciate good service and how it makes the dining experience so much better. As for take-out/delivery, I never order take-out or delivery - I cook almost every night (yes, after getting home from work) for my family and the only times I don't is if we go out. I think I would tip for both (less for take-out, of course).
Do you tip for take out that you pick-up yourself?
When I posed the question, I hadn't thought about buffets. The servers don't bring food, but you're right Cassaendra, they hustle with drinks and clean plates. I wonder how they get paid - they probably get even less than wait staff at full service restaurants, and I'll bet they get stiffed on tips.
I'm still not sure about how much to tip for delivery. Some places charge a hefty delivery charge, but if the driver isn't getting much of that....... I appreciate the service and probably tip too much, but I'd rather that than too little.
I guess an extra dollar or two wouldn't hurt to add on the tip line for take out, with extra for special service. We all know that the people doing the hard work are not well paid.
Do you tip for take out that you pick-up yourself?
@Zekks-At a buffet, I can make 5-6 trips and my husband 6-8. I don't like stacking food on my plate, so I'll put 2-4 items in small portions, walk back, and eat. I make separate trips for my subsets of food (salad, soup, etc.)
At the buffets where we tip 20%, by the time I get back from grabbing food, my used plate is gone, I'll sometimes have new utensils, and my water is topped off. Also, we rarely get up to grab food at the same time so they could be at our table 12+ times.
Servers at sit-down restaurants place our order, get our water, usually someone else delivers our appetizer and meal, check our glasses a couple of times and ask if everything is all right 1-2 times. We don't drink alcohol, soda, nor do we typically order dessert. We're really low maintenance at regular restaurants.
Oh, I thought of one place that I don't tip that I maybe should...at a coffee shop like Starbucks. :O
Pregnancy Cravings?
Tread away, Chiff! I'm flattered.
I haven't had any strong cravings so far, just strong aversions- chocolate (so, so, SO unlike me!) and highly seasoned foods are at the top of my 'oh hell no' list right now. Meat is iffy. As long as it is mixed in with other stuff and not just plain- like a slab of cooked chicken, from any part of the bird, sounds disgusting right now. I might be able to choke down a steak but I'm not sure.
I remember craving nachos really bad in the early weeks of my first pregnancy and all I could get was Taco Bell. I had them and that cured that craving! I also remember wanting frozen fruit, which now makes sense because I ended up being iron deficient as well.
A friend craved smells during 2 of her 3 pregancies. I think the first one was Play-Doh and the second was gas fumes. Seriously- she wanted to go to the station and just stand by the pumps and inhale deeply.
I'm also amazed at how many more restrictions/watch-outs there are in the (gulp) 13 years between my babies. (SIDENOTE- the 13 y/o baby is now taller than me. With a deep voice. And shaggy hair.) Now pregnant woman are supposed to avoid cold lunch meats, certain fish due to mercury contents and raw cheeses. If the fish and cheese warnings were out before I totally missed them. Now I'm completely paranoid to eat cheese if I can't read the label first! And let me tell you, the thought of hot lunch meat is vomit-inducing so I won't be having many sandwiches in the coming months....
Pregnancy Cravings?
When I was preggers I was working in an upscale restaurant in downtown Nashville and basically lived off of salad! I made a massive one before my shift. I craved it every day. It also had to have the old steakhouse style French dressing.
I also ate a King Sized kit kat every night. I haven't eaten them since. I'm amazed that I only gained 25lbs!
One night I had to have sausage balls. I made a double recipe and sat on my couch with a huge bowl and ate all of them. I had the worst headache of my life afterwards and have only made them once at the request of my husband.
Pregnancy Cravings?
#1) McDonald's Chicken McNuggets with Szechuan Sauce (this was around the time "Mulan" was out in theaters. When my husband asked what I wanted for supper, and I replied I wanted "McNuggets" he said: "You must be pregnant!" because on your average day I can't stand the "clown food."
#2) Gyros - with lots of Tzatziki sauce!
Pregnancy Cravings?
Re craving dirt and ice... those have long been considered indications of a deficiency. Had a friend who was eating so much ice she cracked a tooth. Her mom told her it meant she needed iron. Lo and behold. Next OB visit, she was put on iron supps for a pretty severe case of anemia.
Preg#1, craved fruit and beef. Couldn't get enough fruit. Literally ate pounds of it daily. The beef was odd as I was a pescetarian going into the pregnancy, largely because I didn't like the taste of red meat!
Preg#2, craved starchy foods. I worked in a hospital, and there were always things like pasta, potatoes, etc., just down the hall from my office. Meanwhile, fruit gave me terrible heartburn this time around. I put on a bit more weight with #2 (duh).
Pregnancy Cravings?
pizza with bean sprouts, weird i know but a friend who worked at a great pizza place used to make me one everyday. the trick was to put the sprouts on after the pie came out of the oven but before cutting. i also craved alfalfa, not the stuff from the grocery store, I had a couple of g pigs and the dried out blocks of the stuff I gave them would make me ravenous, i must have gone through 3 huge bags of those things.
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