I cook every meal at home expect for pizza Friday night and we go out to eat Sundays. Other than that we don't eat fast food. We eat good too. Cooking your own meals is superior in every way. Just wish inflation would calm down at the grocery store
Ya i mean shit is expensive but I get a feeling a lot of people complaining right now aren't even cooking.
I can go buy a whole fish for like $5, steam it, cook up some veggies for like $3, make some rice which is basically pennies, and toss a few panko shrimp from costco in the airfyer.
Whole meal for 2 people is like $14 and it's delicious and filling.
Yeah. Standard weeknight for us is some kind of chicken plus veggies and a nice sauce.
We change up those things a bunch, but it's quick/easy and cheap.. the two of us are fed for like 8 bucks a meal. We get burgers from a local place that's super nice once a week on movie night and I tend to cook more complex/interesting things on the weekend when I have the time.
I think so many people just straight up don't cook, or their idea of "cooking" is the frozen meals section at the supermarket which is generally still far from good value.
Having a partner makes things easier through division of labor. Some people work 12 hours a day. Some people don’t cook.
It sounds like you enjoy cooking. Now imagine something you dislike doing that you have to do anywhere from 20 minutes to 2 hours every day or you get price gouged by the richest people just to meet your needs.
God the excuses never stop. Cooking when single is beyond easy, you can knock out a week of meals in a couple hours max. There might be a learning curve if you literally cannot cook but just want some YouTube videos and you’ll be fine.
As for enjoyment, not really.. I don’t mind it but I have tons of things I’d prefer to be doing with my time. Turns out being a functional adult requires you to spent some time doing things you might otherwise not want to do.
Basically.. grow up. Or don’t and keep wasting money on takeaway food that costs a fortune… and if can afford that and want to spend your cash that way, have at it. Just don’t complain about it.
Now work twelve hours a day and make that meal every night.
Cooking isn’t always viable and fast food fed the Roman Empire for a reason.
People’s circumstances and upbringings greatly affect how much they can actually do on a day to day basis. When you’re stressed out 24/7 and cooking is a stressful activity for you then it becomes that much harder to do.
The world isn’t in the shitter because the common worker doesn’t make the most economically viable choices all the time.
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u/TransitionAway9840 5d ago
I cook every meal at home expect for pizza Friday night and we go out to eat Sundays. Other than that we don't eat fast food. We eat good too. Cooking your own meals is superior in every way. Just wish inflation would calm down at the grocery store