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#51
11-19-2007, 10:33 AM
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Re: Ordering Takeout
Cooking for a family is cheaper but cooking for one/two isn't.
----- You also have to factor in some sort of cost for being limited in your choices. Unless you go to the grocery store everyday. How am I going to know what I'll feel like having for dinner 3-4 days from today? If I ended up eating something because I had the ingredients on hand when I was actually in the mood for something else that is a suboptimal outcome that should be assigned a monetary value. 
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#52
11-19-2007, 10:37 AM
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Re: Ordering Takeout
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Cooking for a family is cheaper but cooking for one/two isn't. ----- You also have to factor in some sort of cost for being limited in your choices. Unless you go to the grocery store everyday. How am I going to know what I'll feel like having for dinner 3-4 days from today? If I ended up eating something because I had the ingredients on hand when I was actually in the mood for something else that is a suboptimal outcome that should be assigned a monetary value. [/ QUOTE ] What if you have to settle for something available at a takeout place rather than what you really want because they don't sell what you really want? That would be suboptimal. I hear your point, though. It does take some planning ahead. I would note, though, that there are about 1,000 things I can make myself that you aren't just going to find in a takeout restaurant, and I live in Toronto where the options are vast.
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#53
11-19-2007, 01:21 PM
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Re: Ordering Takeout
I cook a lot lately now that I am in a live-in relationship. We enjoy cooking and have gotten pretty good at it, but I don't think it saves us any money vs. takeout. The quality is generally better and it's also healthier than what we would get delivered.
If I still lived alone, I would likely revert to ordering all the time. The time and effort of cooking for one don't pay off, and it's a logistical problem to buy meat and vegetables in small enough amounts.
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#54
11-19-2007, 01:40 PM
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Re: Ordering Takeout
Buy a thing of tortillas and a package of shredded cheese. It costs around $4 and makes 10 quesadillas, which take about 2 minutes to cook and are impossible to screw up.
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#55
11-19-2007, 01:45 PM
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Re: Ordering Takeout
Simple meals (steak/potatoes or chicken and steamed vegetables) are definitely cheaper when prepared at home. It's when a lot of ingredients go into a dish that your start up costs outweigh the takeout equivalent cost. But after you buy all the spices, your onions, your herbs...you can make lots more at very cheap.
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#56
11-19-2007, 01:47 PM
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Re: Ordering Takeout
gf's ftw
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#57
11-19-2007, 01:54 PM
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gf's ftw [/ QUOTE ] this is the answer. I credit my girlfriend's cooking with my success in school. Come finals time, everyone else spends a month eating nothing but pizza and takeout. I get home cooked meals every night, lunches prepared. Really means so much more when i can take a 30 minute break from studying to eat a nice salad, some homemade lasagna and meatballs with sauce. Meanwhile, everyone else is taking 20 minutes to shovel down some pizza and get back to work.
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#58
11-19-2007, 02:07 PM
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Re: Ordering Takeout
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Simple meals (steak/potatoes or chicken and steamed vegetables) are definitely cheaper when prepared at home. [/ QUOTE ] My GF and I decided to make a roast once. We went and got the meat $24. Potatoes + gravy mix + veggies was another ~$10. So $34 vs $47.50+tip had we gone to Friday's which is a nice upmarket restaurant specializing in prime rib (not the US chain). When you consider it involved a trip to the butcher and a trip to the grocery store. Over 2 hours of cooking and 20 minutes of cleaning to save $20-23 it works out to selling your time for $4-6/hr
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#59
11-19-2007, 02:09 PM
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Re: Ordering Takeout
Health Valley cereal bar for breakfast/lunch.
Qdoba burrito with half chicken/half steak for dinner. It balances itself out.
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#60
11-19-2007, 02:33 PM
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Re: Ordering Takeout
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ] Simple meals (steak/potatoes or chicken and steamed vegetables) are definitely cheaper when prepared at home. [/ QUOTE ] My GF and I decided to make a roast once. We went and got the meat $24. Potatoes + gravy mix + veggies was another ~$10. So $34 vs $47.50+tip had we gone to Friday's which is a nice upmarket restaurant specializing in prime rib (not the US chain). When you consider it involved a trip to the butcher and a trip to the grocery store. Over 2 hours of cooking and 20 minutes of cleaning to save $20-23 it works out to selling your time for $4-6/hr [/ QUOTE ] hmmm, true. I would like to think your roast was a lot larger than what you'd get in the restaurant. I guess for some, the inconvenience is too high, and they are willing to pay the premium.
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