When supermarket takeaway food is better than a takeaway

[Gandahar]

I really don't like those meals you can buy, perhaps in a box, from supermarkets trying to sell you Chinese or Indian etc. Then again local takeaways can be pretty spotty too. For instance if you get the duck with the pancakes ( not proper peking duck I must note ) then it tends to be both overly cooked and still fatty and quite expensive.

So finally I think a supermarket has a better option. The Sainsbury's whole duck for £8 with pancakes? I did another one yesterday and they always work out well. I don't do it in the foil dish it comes in as that reflects to much heat and is too enclosing. I put it on a trivet. It is pricked all over by Mr Sainsbury's ( ooh matron ) so you get crispy skin, no fat underlay, and moist flesh. All for a lot cheaper than the takeaway.

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As it takes about 50 mins to cook you can get that cooking whilst you get the rest from the Chinese which they can do better?#

Or perhaps I am off kilter here and it's not as good as I think it is. Has anyone else had it?

[KungFuPanda]

Never tried it but it looks good to me.

[craig1912]

We do the same thing with a Waitrose duck and then the rest from our local Chinese.

[21TonyK]

For at they cost I don't think the Sainsburys Indian boxes are too bad. The Chinese ones are dire though. Only get one 3-4 times a year but it's fine as a fall back when I can't be bothered to cook.

[spikeyhead]

Asda pizzas are very good value, £3.50 for one about 14" that tastes better than most takeaways. Five mins in the oven to cook.

[ZedLeg]

Yeah those Asda pizzas are normally what we have when we can't be bothered to cook, American Hot on a stone baked base. They're better than the chain takeaway ones but not as nice as a proper Italian chippy pizza. Can't really argue with £3.50 though.