Eating in restaurants vs. eating at home

@o2bnocn (2992)
United States
April 2, 2008 10:38am CST
Do you prefer to eat in restaurants, order food or eat at home? How often do you eat in restaurants or order food? We usually just eat at home because it is cheaper and a lot of times healthier for us. We order food more than going to restaurants but we don't order food that much either.
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@tinkerick (1257)
• United States
2 Apr 08
I don't mind cooking, but when we eat at home I usually make 2-3 different things because we all have discerning tastes. When we have money we prefer to order food in. Like pizza or fried chicken. Or I pickup fast food. When we have extra money we eat out at the local restaurant.
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• Philippines
2 Apr 08
i prefer eating at home eating at home would be much much more cheaper and i could eat more comfortable because i know no one is watching the way i eat and no one is bothered on how i eat
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@icyorchid (2564)
• United States
2 Apr 08
I enjoy going out to eat, but I prefer to eat at home because it is cheaper. lol 2 weeks ago we went to eat at a restaurant. I enjoyed that very much. It was my family and my daughter's boyfriend. It was a late birthday celebration for me. We do go to McDonald's sometimes. That is closest to me, I get McDonald's for lunch every Friday. Payday
@o2bnocn (2992)
• United States
3 Apr 08
MCDonalds is the closes place to eat from us as well. It doesn't even take us 5 minutes to get there. Although I am kind of sick of them from eating there so much.
@sizzle3000 (3036)
• United States
2 Apr 08
I love to cook and it is much cheaper to cook at home. I also find that we eat healthier when I cook at home as well. There are good things about eating out as well. I like to eat out once in a while. This lets me be served for a change. It also means I do not have to clean up. No dirty dishes. It seems we do not eat out as much in the winter months as we do in the summer months. I have asthma and I can not stand the heat. This means I do not cook in the summer. My husband does a lot of cooking outside on the grill. That is his department. Then about once a week we will go to a restarant to eat. We get take out as well in the summer months. I also fix a lot of cold cuts in the summer and salads. I guess it is all in how everyone feels that day wheather we go out or eat in.
@miller1978 (1101)
• United States
2 Apr 08
We occasionally eat out but it's usually at a buffet so everyone is happy and has a choice of what they want for supper. Most of the time I am the one planning the meals, shopping, and cooking the foods and I can make it much cheaper than eating take out. It's much healthier this way to as I can control the ingredients that I put into it. The only thing I don't like about eating at home is the aftermath of dishes after everyone is done eating.
@o2bnocn (2992)
• United States
2 Apr 08
Yes I agree...I hate cleaning up the dishes after dinner.
@TinaP40 (329)
• Spain
4 Apr 08
I do like both I like to eat out when i really cant be bothered to cook but as it is cheaper to eat in we tend to do that more.
@MGjhaud (23251)
• Philippines
2 Apr 08
I always eat outside because I can't cook in my apartment, it's prohibited. most of the time I do take-outs and eat in my room. But if I'm feeling tired to wash dishes or feel like eating outside, i eat in a restaurant. mostly food chains. Bummer kind of life huh.. hehehe..
@checapricorn (16061)
• United States
3 Apr 08
I love eating in a resto but as price is going higher and higher I prefer to be cooking at home and eat here! I can budget, choose the food and I can sit down in the table freely not to worry of going home..lol..very economical especially nowadays gas is was too expensive!
@bbsr13 (4196)
• India
4 Apr 08
Hello,o2bnocn! the restaurant foods have gained immense popularity in recent years due to due to busy lifestyle of majority of the women all over the world.these foods may be tastier than the home cooked foods but may contribute to an array of diseases.they also play a major role in lifestyle disorders like diabetes,obesity,blood pressure and many more.from nutritional aspects nothing can replace freshly cooked balanced wholesome meals.besides,restaurant meals are definitely costlier then the home cooked foods and if you depend on these foods,they will drain out your pocket and also send you to the medicals to incur further expenditure on medicines.so better it is on your part to devote some time and prepare your own foods at home and save money which you can utilise otherwise.thank you.