Hi there.  Do you get a lot of take-out for meals?
I get take out meals very often. So convenient. Apparently everyone thinks so too because the concept dates back to ancient times! 
Ancient times?  Really?  I had no idea.  What did that look like?
Ancient Rome and Ancient Greece would have markets and roadside stalls selling all sorts of food. What exactly I can only imagine. 
That's amazing.  I sure it wasn't as convenient as Uber Eats!
, cheeses and eggs were available. A large strata of society would have purchased food from these vendors, but they were especially popular amongst the urban poor, who would have lacked kitchen facilities in which to prepare their own food. However, these vendors often had a bad reputation, often being in trouble with civic authorities reprimanding them for selling infected meat or reheated food. The cooks of Norwich often defended themselves in court against selling such things as "pokky pies" and "stynkyng mackerelles". In 10th and 11th century
meals or other food items, purchased at a restaurant, that the purchaser intends to eat elsewhere. A concept found in many ancient cultures, take-out food is now common worldwide, with a number of different cuisines and dishes on offer.
History.
The concept of prepared meals to be eaten elsewhere dates back to antiquity. Market and roadside stalls selling food were common in Ancient Greece and Rome. In Pompeii, archaeologists have found a number of "thermopolia", service counters opening onto the street which provided