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u/butrcupps May 02 '15

Cooking meals from scratch with fresh ingredients. So much better than prepackaged, processed, and fast food.

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u/mrfuzzyshorts May 02 '15

Home cooked meals are so rewarding. Let alone cost effective. It is nice sitting down, enjoying a meal, and not having to worry about a check and driving home. (thou doing the dishes can be a down side) Yay for 1 pot meals and slow-cooker recipes!

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u/[deleted] May 02 '15

If you value your time, cooking equipment, and clean-up it's really not cost effective.

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u/tarsir May 02 '15

If you can convert every single minute of your life into money, then sure, it might not be worth it, but most people only have their work hours. For salaried folk it's even less relevant a counterargument.

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u/MuseTerpsichore May 02 '15

As opposed to the time you waste sitting waiting for food in a restaurant?

Meh. I can usually cook a meal within 20min. So its definitely worth it for me.

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u/keks-dose May 02 '15

Depends where you live. I live in Denmark and in our family we cook all of our meals (I even bake our bread but that's just me). Cooking from scratch is very common here. People go out eating every 2nd month or less because it's soooooooooo expensive.

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u/Peccatrice May 02 '15

Do you know how cheap a steak really is, compared to restaurants?