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--Bryan > wrote:

> On Nov 9, 7:19*pm, "Nancy Young" > wrote:
> > --Bryan wrote:
> > > On Nov 9, 4:47 pm, "Janet Bostwick" > wrote:
> > >> "Ubiquitous" > wrote in message
> >
> > >>news:bMadnVLSjdNDDmXXnZ2dnUVZ ...
> > >> snip
> > >> OK,> then there's her claim that Chinese take-out costs 30 to 40
> > >> dollars for
> > >>> a family of four;
> >
> > >> snip
> > >> That's what it would cost for a family of 4 around here. Actually, I
> > >> haven't checked for several years, but back then meal for 2 was over
> > >> $20 without the tip.
> >
> > > Tips on takeout? *Also $10 each is a lot for Chinese takee-outee.
> >
> > I could spend that much easily but I'd wind up with enough food
> > for 4 hungry people. *$10 would buy a quart of anything on my local
> > place's menu. *Two different selections and we've got leftovers
> > galore. *Depends where you live, of course, but I could feed a crowd
> > with 40 bucks.
>
> It's $6.30 for a whole order of duck fried rice (quart) and one extra
> duck leg at my favorite one:
> http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/28/32045...l-West-End/Cho
> ng-Wah-St-Louis
>
> >
> > nancy
>
> --Bryan

Around here, none of the few surviving Asian places offer small and
large containers; it's all large. And they run $7 to $10 an item. So
if you actually got 4 items for 4 people, yeah, it costs that much easy.
The only way to keep it down is to share one item. Even if we share
entrees, we get at least one appetizer, maybe a soup; throw in tax and
tip and $40 for 4 people is a bargain.

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