How many meals a week do you eat out?

Moderator1 · Sep 26, 2017

Rarity today, all three meals. Breakfast on the run on the way to a doctor's appointment at an excellent Cuban place near me (two eggs, ham, toast, coffee and juice - four bucks). Lunch at the cafe at work (it is Taco Tuesday after all). And I just got some dumblings from an Asian place in the food court in our building.

I'll make up for it tomorrow with cereal, sandwiches and something simple at home for dinner.

Or maybe not

SpeedTchr · Sep 26, 2017

Moderator1 said: ↑

just got some dumblings
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Non-MIT dumplings?

CD Boogie · Sep 26, 2017

The Big Ragu said: ↑

McDonald's (I'll assume its is close to as cheaply as you can eat out) operates with net margins that are close to 20 percent. The typical non-gourmet supermarket has net margins in the 1 to 2 percent range (it is a crummy business!). Even with the wholesale prices that McDonald's pays for it's food, there is a very healthy markup built into it relatively to the retail prices you'd pay for the same kinds of ingredients. McDonald's has ridiculous margins, but you get the idea.

Anyhow, we rarely eat out. But we eat amazingly. We cook a lot on weekends and prepare things in advance so we always have a ton of things with variety ready to go. We keep a ton of fresh fruit and veggies around, too. It's not meant to be a budgetary thing, but I am certain it keeps more money in our pockets. We just prefer to eat fresh, whole foods (from farmer's markets when possible), and we like to cook our own things. Ms. Ragu grew up eating farm to table, and food is a big deal to her. I like it, because I know what went into my meals and how it was prepared, and our stuff just tastes better to me now.

To answer the thread question, I'd say we average 4 or 5 meals out a month (if that) -- which is way down from where I once was. Just on pizza slices alone (my weakness in life), I was doing at least twice that a decade ago. Now, I make my own pizzas -- everything from scratch (I have even made the cheese from raw milk, but that isn't common for me). Half of what we eat out we carry out, too. ... We split time between two cities and we have favorite falafel places in each city. Once every two weeks or so, we do "falafel date night," which in the summer means a loaded falafel sandwich, which we carry to the park and eat outside.
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I ate lunch and dinner in the time it took to read this

The Big Ragu · Sep 27, 2017

CD Boogie said: ↑

I ate lunch and dinner in the time it took to read this
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I hope you wore a bib.

CD Boogie · Sep 27, 2017

The Big Ragu said: ↑

I hope you wore a bib.
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I went through two before you pivoted to actually answering the thread question

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