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Daisy 1 year, 7 months ago.
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AnonymousI have just read that article on ZH and I was thinking that the last several times we went out to eat, which we do not do very often, the restaurants seem unusually empty. We were even offered some coupons to come back, which never happened to me before in a sit down restaurant.
On the other side, the prices were way higher than they used to be. So are the same number of Americans spending more? Or fewer Americans are spending much more? Answer to these question can picture two very different economies.
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AnonymousWe only get fast food maybe a dozen times a year. The last time we got pizzas it cost nearly $80. Buy one, get one for 4 people with different wants and likes. I don’t even eat pizza cause I’m allergic to tomatoes. Today I am cooking three pizzas at a serious cost savings and the pizza’s will be jam packed!
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When we do dine out, which is rare, we go all out. High end restaurants and avoid the chains.
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@Crazy,
$80??
I am in the wrong biz!Right there with you bout making your own!
My Carnivore pizzas have been called Dagwood pizzas in the past. If it aint an inch, inch and a half high, I must be wrong!
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I like to go out to eat but don’t do it all the time like some folks. I have a local friend who is constantly posting photos of his beautiful meals that he gets at a variety of midpriced restaurants. And by constantly, I mean EVERY DAY. And he complains about being broke! I want to say, “No wonder, buddy!”
I think it’s because many people these days don’t know how to cook. I mean not even macaroni and cheese out of a box.
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We tend to go all out as well when we eat out, because it’s rare. Although there’s a couple of mexican places nearby that are pretty reasonably priced ($40 for 3 including a voracious 20yo guy).
My physical therapist last year though, I found out she eats out *EVERY DAY*! I was shocked. She cooks like twice a year. I shudder to think about how much money she’s wasting and how much crap she’s feeding her kids.
As for pizza – with an Italian husband, we don’t do american pizza often. I make it at home occasionally but it really is best in a wood oven, which we don’t have. There’s a Pizza Napoletana nearby that we occasionally go to – they do it really well.
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We gave up on eating out because it all tastes like it comes from Costco. If I want frozen food I can nuke it at home.
One of my DILs refuses to learn how to cook! They eat out almost every night with their 3 kids. I feel bad for the kids, they are growing up having no idea what ordinary home life is like.
Raising my kids we’d easily spend an hour after dinner sitting at the table talking about they day/homework/current events. The family table was a huge part of our lives.
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Anonymous@crowbar, that is the joy of living in a tourist town with a joint military base and huge businesses that get to run free on $1 rent a year. Prices are nice and jacked up, add to that the multiple taxes, we have like 12 different ones now, and it’s all about the $$$.
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Anonymous@marta, totally agree with you. I have been raised eating home cooked food and cook all our meals. When we eat out, I end up criticizing the food, the cook and the service more than enjoying my meal.
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Its just my wife and I. I do all the cooking. Always cook from scratch. No processed foods and I try to keep the carbs below 50g a day. We eat a KETO diet – Low carb/high fat. Over the past 18 months I’ve lost 40lbs. My cholesterol dropped 55 points without meds, joint pain is mostly gone, and my blood pressure meds have been cut by 75%. Eat organic whenever possible. But I do get weary of the cooking sometimes and simply would like to have someone else do it, and maybe eat something I seldom eat. Hard to find a pure KETO dish at a restaurant so we “go off the reservation” once in a while. Never eat fast foods or at chain restaurants, however. Always eat at locally owned places.
People do spend a load eating out. Business is good at most of the eateries around me. Price really goes up if you include adult beverages. Seems that the best value for us has been one of the local Mexican restaurants. Good food at reasonable prices although not that healthy. 😉
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Go Keto! My husband lost 40 lbs in 6 months. He now has low BP, low cholesterol, tons of energy, and sleeps like a log! I’m thinking I should be doing it too although women need a few more carbs than men. He keeps it around 25 per day but I don’t think I could go quite that low.
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We eat a lot of old-fashioned food at home. Lots of budget-friendly things because we had some big expenses this year. I revert back to a lot of the recipes that my granny used to make and the splurge is getting the highest quality ingredients I can afford. Grass-fed beef, organic chicken and dairy, veggies that we grow or get locally. We combine those ingredients into simple, filling meals and I taught both of my girls to cook. I wish more young people were taught these basic life skills.
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