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re: 62% of Americans now cook at home
Posted on 5/1/26 at 12:04 pm to real turf fan
Posted on 5/1/26 at 12:04 pm to real turf fan
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38% don't cook at home, even breakfast?
I think it can be a time thing.
Up at 6, 30 minutes to get dressed, coffee, etc. 45 minute commute, get to the office around 715ish, settle in start work around 730. If you're salary maybe there's a fire or something and you stay until 6-7ish. Drive home 3-45 minutes. By then it's nearly 8, you're tired, etc. You just pick something up.
Another fire, you spend Saturday on and off working while trying to do other chores. Tired, order out or go out to eat. Sunday maybe you cook.
Also for single people you have to think the gap between eating out and home cooking gets a little thinner. Especially if you don't like cooking. You can grab some yogurt or something, for lunch grab a sandwich, dinner maybe a burrito. Frees up your time for things you might want to do.
Doesn't seem like the best choice, but I understand it.
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Posted on 5/1/26 at 12:07 pm to DarkDrifter
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Yeah not sure about this one
It has its place for a few things I do. For instance chicken breast and thick cut pork chops are leaps and bounds more juicy than any other way since you cook to the exact temp that you want. You also have the benefit of pasteurization so you can cook breast lower than 160-170 and kill any bad pathogens because you can hold it at 150 for 1hr and that kills the same as 160 for 1 second.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 12:11 pm to StrongOffer
quote:Great, I'll drive an hour plus to the nearest Sam's and grab one. What savings.
A rotisserie chicken at Sam's is $5 and will feed a family of 5 easily.
A Sam's rotisserie chicken yields ~1.5 lbs of edible meat. That's about 5 oz per person. Would teenage you have been satisfied with that for dinner?
Posted on 5/1/26 at 12:16 pm to Fat and Happy
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I meal prep every week and eating healthy and lean foods is not cheap at all. Buying steaks, chicken, and sausage for the meat parts of my food pisses me off at what they cost, especially the steaks.
It absolutely is cheap. Chicken breast/thighs from Sam's/Albertsons/Walmart are dirt cheap and so are potatoes and other produce. Fruit is probably the more expensive grocery bill, but using Sam's has helped a ton with that
Posted on 5/1/26 at 12:17 pm to chryso
It is now.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 12:17 pm to slidingstop
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Considering how expensive a simple lunch for one is, this isn't hard to grasp. Any place thats actually good is easily over $20.00 for lunch.
Much cheaper to cook on Sunday and eat leftovers. Usually better tasting and a lot better for you , too.
Completely off topic, but I'm surprised how "cheap" Panda Express still is in relation to other restaurants, for what you get.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 12:20 pm to GeauxLSUBengalTigers
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When I said "The point of going out isn't to get food better than you can make yourself at home."
Your reply was "For me it is."
So which is it? You can make a smashburger better than any restaurant or going out is to get food better than you can make yourself at home?
Sounds like you are just wanting to argue. Here, i'll break it down for you.
IF i go out to eat, i want the food to be good. Better than what i can do. Ergo, i prefer eating out if the quality is good. I also said i can make a lot of things better at home. I can't make EVERYTHING on a restaurant menu at home. Or at least, i would never try. Therefore, if i go to a restaurant, i want the food to be really good. This isn't hard, not sure why you are trying to make this an argument.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 12:24 pm to slidingstop
Ramen noodles and combine that with a cream of mushroom soup.
Sounds bad but it really isn't and it is super cheap.
Sounds bad but it really isn't and it is super cheap.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 12:34 pm to Oilfieldbiology
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No shite. If you cooked only one or two servings per meal, it wouldn’t be much cheaper than eating out. It’s the making multiple meals out of one prep that makes it cheaper.
I completely agree.
That also takes a pretty predictable schedule. And there's a ton of Americans with work / life schedules that are busy and chaotic to actually make the money to either eat out or cook at home.
I own a small business. Things come up. Constantly. That often means waste with trying to buy tons of fresh groceries or cooking giant portions to save, especially vegetables and fruit which I try to eat as much as possible.
I love my life the way it is so I'm not complaining (except about nutritious foods at supermarkets being sky high these days).
Also, not trying to say that it's impossible to plan way ahead and save money by say taking the time to make a bunch of extra food.
I'm saying that for many "cooking at home" means running by the supermarket after being out of the house 11 hours and grabbing something to cook and that's usually not so significantly cheaper than just eating out.
It is healthier which is why I do it often. If any "laziness" is involved it's not wanting to spend any real off days bargain hunting at supermarkets and preparing a week's worth of cheap reheated meals with 4 day old bread.
This post was edited on 5/1/26 at 12:35 pm
Posted on 5/1/26 at 12:36 pm to real turf fan
quote:
38% don't cook at home, even breakfast?
No wonder a significant percentage can't afford things they think are other necessities (like a savings account).
They can finance their DoorDash meals in 4 easy payments.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 12:47 pm to soccerfüt
This post was edited on 5/1/26 at 12:48 pm
Posted on 5/1/26 at 12:52 pm to Oilfieldbiology
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It’s the making multiple meals out of one prep that makes it cheaper.
Unfortunately. I just don’t like leftovers for more than a day or so. Honestly, some of the talk in this thread about beans or similar dishes for five days in a row sounds gross.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 12:58 pm to StrongOffer
quote:I buy the whole chickens when they are on sale and bake them myself (which I know is not as tasty as rotisserie)
A rotisserie chicken at Sam's is $5 and will feed a family of 5 easily.
I have to make at least 2, but sons could put away a third easily
Posted on 5/1/26 at 1:01 pm to Mo Jeaux
quote:we never have many
leftovers
My sons would eat the kitchen towels if I let them
Posted on 5/1/26 at 1:07 pm to Mo Jeaux
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just don’t like leftovers for more than a day or so.
You can freeze and rotate.
It's fine, food costs more now. This is inevitable. That said the choices made to spend more on eating out (which I do regularly), or to waste food by not eating leftovers are choices. We have it better than at almost any point in human history as far as food goes. Society is lazy and wasteful.
I took up cooking during a time in my life when I had two young kids and was working 60 hours a week because it was a release from that and I found joy in creating something my family enjoyed eating. It became a bonding time for us.
No excuses, people are making choices and then complaining about the outcomes
Posted on 5/1/26 at 1:19 pm to NOLAGT
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Even some of your numbers are high. Right now Alberton's has boneless skinless chicken Brest for 1.99/lb (goes as low as 1.70/lb) so you would be 1/2 of your price. Super one has top sirloin for 5/lb (buy a grinder) 1/2 your price.
For sure I just know what I look at when I shop. Often I get thin cut chicken breasts because it's easy and I can afford the extra $1 to $2 a pound. When I try and cut back I absolutely move to the other stuff.
HEB this week has Split Chicken Breasts for $3, not 5 like I pay.
You can just shop deals every week and save $10 just like that.
As you said you can even get lower, but I just know those prices cause I pay them now
Posted on 5/1/26 at 1:30 pm to s0tiger
Unsurpisingly, fresh fruit and vegetables are hardly represented in most of the budget menus posted here.
Any with flavor and nutritional value these days is why many people are at expensive markets in the first place and buying other stuff there to not make extra stops.
Not necessarily a problem if you can afford it but I'll be the first to admit I'll spend WAY more for tomatoes or other fruit that actually have flavor.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 1:31 pm to crewdepoo
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how much weight have you gained?
None?
Posted on 5/1/26 at 2:24 pm to BugAC
quote:Initially I only pointed out the misconception you had about eating out.
Sounds like you are just wanting to argue
Then, when you replied you contradicted yourself.
So, I guess pointing that out as well is arguing. Fair enough.
This post was edited on 5/1/26 at 2:29 pm
Posted on 5/1/26 at 2:26 pm to PeteRose
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Home cooking costs $4.31 per serving on average vs $20.37 eating out
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