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DEL.ICIO.USSo you’d rather cook than eat out?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Interesting to me how many of you who participated in Friday’s blog “How Often Do you Eat Out?”..actually do not eat out that often, even though national statistics show the average American eats out four times a week. One of our bloggers says she eats out maybe four times a year! OK….so why are all the restaurants so crowded? Why is the restaurant industry one of the top employers in the nation? Someone is eating out and eating out all of the time. OK..cost might be a factor, for sure, so cooking at home is better on the budget…depending on how good of a grocery shopper you are and if you really do use the foods you bring home from the supermarket. Restaurant prices range all over the board….from five dollar lunches to places where five dollars is what you tip the valet. Is eating out really too expensive? Or do choices of eateries today allow you to dine out on your food budget? And what about the entertainment factor? Isnt is fun to eat out? You can’t eat in the kitchen every night.
Comments
By K
June 13, 2006 12:09 PM | Link to this
We eat out far more often than I’d like - probably five times a week, on average. My husband absolutely hates leftovers. We live in a small apartment with a kitchen sized to fit pygmys. It’s frustrating, because I do like to cook, but we have no room to put a freezer. If we had a freezer, I could freeze the leftovers and produce them at a later point when they would be “new” again.
My work schedule also factors in. With traffic, I generally don’t get home until a little after 7:00 pm. By the time we do errands and eat, it’s after 9:00. Not much time for personal space.
I’m hoping that once we get a house, we can get a freezer and this won’t be such a problem.
By KarenA
June 16, 2006 08:45 AM | Link to this
I pack my lunch to work every day, and I am in the minority as most people in my office eat out. I enjoy cooking and can reproduce or better most restaurant recipes at a fraction of the cost. And I cook and eat healthy and like knowing exactly what is in my meal. I do like to go out for dinner when I can get something unique that I don’t usually prepare. I have a lot of friends that don’t like to cook and they eat out all of the time. I don’t spend my money that freely!
By toni
June 22, 2006 09:09 AM | Link to this
I rarely ever eat out. I love to cook and it is a good thing since I developed food allergies about 2 years ago. Trying to eat out when you are allergic to 6 of the 8 major allergens is a challenge. However, when I do eat out I prefer Waffle House. Simply because I can supervise the cook.