Do you prefer eating out or eating at home?

As and when I can, I will try to cook at home. Eating out all the time is not exactly healthy. It is never the same when eating at home comparing with eating out. Some how, eating the same thing cooked by yourself or a family member and eating out, the former seems to taste better. Guess it is the TLC taken to prepare the meal that makes the difference. But with our busy office schedule and all, I try to at least make one to two meals a week to be cooked at home. If I can, of course I will cook everyday. ;)

I prefer to eat at home fron monday to friday, and i like eat out the rest of days

Since Im a family man, and my partner knows how to cook a decent home cooking. That's why I would prefer eating at home. But we sometimes eat outside when we go out on a shopping or watching movies.

although i like to cook, living alone makes it really lonely to cook and eat alone at home. so sometimes i just eat out with officemates before going home. it much easier coz i dont have to clean up anymore. on weekends, i try to invite friends to stay on my place and we would cook something and just chill about.

Last Updated: Friday, 18 August 2006, 12:27 GMT 13:27 UK E-mail this to a friend Printable version Eating out overtakes home dining Changing tastes have had an impact on the economy UK households are spending more money on eating out than buying food to eat at home, official figures show. Spending on food and drink consumed outside the home surged 102% between 1992 and 2004 to hit £87.5bn in 2004. Bills for home-cooked fare rose 53.4% to £85.5bn during the same period, the Office for National Statistics said. A cultural shift which has led to people eating out more regularly and enjoying a wider range of cuisine sparked the change, the ONS added. Recent surveys have suggested consumers are now eating more food on the go, including junk food - widely blamed by nutritionists for increasing obesity levels. Changing economy The ONS report, which examines changing trends in the UK economy, also found that computer and related services were the fastest growing industry group in monetary terms between 1992 and 2004. But finance and business services remain the biggest single sector in the UK - making up a third of the economy in 2004. Manufacturing remained in long-term decline, but witnessed a surprise spurt of growth in 2004, for the first time since 1998. Nevertheless, manufacturing's overall share of the economy was just 14.1% in 2004, as opposed to 21.7% in 1995 - led by a decline in textile industries and heavy manufacturing.

I am living alone and I do not prefer cooking. I usually go to restaurant. I mean, I have no time for cooking.

I prefer homemade meals. I cook most days and like knowing exactly what's in it. We eat mostly vegan and it can be hard to find these dishes at restaurants. Occasionally, I do like to eat out for a change and break from cooking.

It would be nice to be able to eat out more often, simply so that I don't have to shop, prepare the food, cook the food, clean up the kitchen after dinner and washing up the dishes and pans :-)

My wife and I eat at home quite a bit. We recently started a budget where we list all everything in categories and such. I never realized how much we go out to eat in a month but we have to start trimming that back. Which is discouraging, as it did not seem like we when out all that much.

i prefer eatimg at home only as i love to cook. i love to experiment new -new things in my kitchen as my kitchen is my laboratory. i always wanna people,friends come to my place and i serve them my hand made food. i love to serve a variety and i can handle the whole show on my own. the onlyhelp i need is in cutting , because i m very poor in that and final serving because it takes time so if a helping hand comes at that moment , it is most welcome. it is good and healthy to eat at home only, why dont you friends decide to make food at one's place and contribute to it. it will be healthy and fun too. plus you will learn more and different varieties of food too.

I prefer eating at home. I love to cook for my family. Tonight we are having bacon wrapped steaks and buffalo wings with buttery garlic rice,turnip greens and pie for dessert. I only use the microwave for warming leftovers. I enjoy eating out occasionally thenI dont have dishes to do.

I prefer to eat home. I find that it is cheaper to eat at home then to constantly eat out. Also when you eat at home you are to eat healthier food. You don't always know what is in the food that you are being served at a restaurant.

i preffer cooking food and eat at home but sometimes we usedme and my hunny used to eat outside but not always and beside cooking and eating at home is much lesser the expenses and also much better for the diet than outside food and also u can be sure its safe and clean when ur the one who made it...

i prefer home made food to junk food and try as much as possible to eat at home..its healthy too..junk food usually add calories..but sometimes wen it gets quite boring..i do take a break and party outside..but m not in a regular habit of doing so

I prefer to eat at home..but nowdays I'm too lazy to cook. Usually I'll buy something and have it at home.

i prefer eating at home since i am more comfortable with that. i also feel that eating out must be really s0pecial. hehe

yup i eat at home alot ....like to eat with my friends too ....but home cooked food is great who else can forget about the food which my mother cooks ...gooooooooosh its delisious .....and i better stay at my home then to go outdoor ....its good !! and i like home made food ..prefer it ...but not in microwave ...we use stoves ! ....

If i had money and had my choice i would probably eat out all the time. I do like to cook but its such a lot of work and clean up is the pits. I would rather have someone else do all that for me.

erm.. i know i might be different but i do prefer to eat outside.. simply because my house don't have food as delicious as outside.. i seldom eat home cooked food.. because my mum don't have the time to cook for me.. last time. .my grandmother used to cook for me.. but now that she's gone... i have to either depend on myself.. or i have to eat outside.. and it wouldn't be much better if my grandmother is still alive too.. sometimes she prefer to eat something simple.. and i just have to accept it.. most of my friends prefer thsir mom cooked food.. but i guess i just don't have such chance =)

i prefer to eat at home,i like to make food by myself,and also can share emotion with my famliy members,and also they may give me advice at working thing.i think eating out have many disadvantages,you must spend much money from your budget,and also you can't eat clean food out.