| json_metadata | "{"app":"Musing","appTags":["Family"],"appCategory":"Family","appTitle":"Which is cheaper,eating out or preparing food at home?","appBody":"<p>It depends, I guess, on a lot of factors. For example what meal are we talking about here exactly? Some meals are very expensive to prepare when you're just the one consuming them, but cheaper in bulk. And since people who cook in restaurants do so with mass consumption in mind, the general cost may be lessened considerably. </p><p>But then one must consider again that this doesn't neccesarily mean that because the cost of the food is cheaper for the restaurants, it also follows that it will also be sold cheaply for the customers/consumers. Which again brings us to another ambiguity in the question.</p><p>What kind of \"out\" are we talking about when you say eating out? Restaurants? Take-outs? Food trucks? It's obvious that the answer depends on where exactly you're planning to go, and what you're eating. If you decide to eat at a fancy restaurant you're definitely going to spend a lot more than you will should you decide to eat at some fast foods, at a cheaper restaurant or at a food shop/food truck or whatever.</p><p>And even the costs are different when comparing the entities that fall into the same country. I mean for example not all restaurants sell at the same price, even if they're both \"fancy\" or \"not-fancy\" or if they're both food trucks or whatever.</p><p>And then again considering the question from the angle of the food itself, there may be two scenarios to consider. </p><p>The first scenario may include you having \"food A\" at home and \"food !A (not A) outside. That is, the food you're having outside is NOT the food you're having inside at your home. This is then dependent on the exact kind of food it is you're having and can not be answered here on musing.</p><p>The second angle--and I think this is what you had in mind-- is if you're asking whether it would be cheaper to eat food A at home or to eat the same food A at a restaurant. The answer to this, then, again depends on what kinds of restaurant, but disregarding all those other variables, personally I've noticed that foods cooked at home are relatively cheaper in the end than food bought at a restaurant.</p><p>Not only do we indirectly pay for a lot of things that we might not be aware of due to their not being so surface, but we also pay for the \"packaging\" and the prestige. It's weird when you really think about it, we're basically saying, \"Here, take, this is my exorbitant fee I'm paying for the food you gave me. But it's not so much for the food you gave me but for your restaurant being so beautiful. Have a nice day.\"</p><p>And then when you factor in the transport costs and the stress to get from your house to the restaurant you definitely find it becoming more expensive. </p><p>And finally--this may be very subjective and turn out to be me alone; although I've had quite a few of my friends also mention this. There's a sort of satisfaction that one derives from eating at home that can never be gotten from eating at a restaurant. </p><p>Of course this might not seem veritable to a cold-fact kind of person, who may claim that after all isn't it the same food? And aren't the foods served in restaurants of higher quality than foods served at home due to the fact that they're cooked by experts qualified professional chefs.</p><p>Yes this is true but still it's still true that even if the food may be of higher quality I nonetheless enjoy the food cooked at home a thousand times more. Perhaps it's the satisfaction of being in the comfort of your own home, or just that air of familiarity surrounding you. At any rate it is what it is and I love eating at home more than I do eating outside. </p><p>Edit: Looking over the answers already given now I see that a lot of people also agree with my sentiment. </p><p>Cheers and have a nice day! And enjoy some home cooked meals XD.</p>","appDepth":2,"appParentPermlink":"fkfbds28x","appParentAuthor":"abisola12","musingAppId":"aU2p3C3a8N","musingAppVersion":"1.1","musingPostType":"answer"}" |
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