How many times a week dine out ?

[Chatbrat]

Just wondering how many times a week does the average villager dine out?

I've told 15 times is not uncommon.

We only dine , evening only once or twice/week

[l2ridehd]

If I include lunch after golf it's at least 7 or 8. But only a couple or three dinners out.

[NYGUY]

About 3 times a week between lunch and dinner.

[graciegirl]

Less all of the time. Once, maybe twice.

[Taltarzac725]

Does that include Subway, Beef O'Brady's, Publix Deli, or NYPD Pizzaria?

Two to three if these. Only when company is visiting if you mean sit down dinners or lunches.

[Chatbrat]

I mean sit down dinners, not grazing

Next statement is for the girls--when your significant other retired and you were a stay @ home house maker, guess you still are working-you didn't get to retire

unless you trained him right

[Henryk]

Whether lunch or dinner, we usually dine out only once a week. Not that I wouldn't go out more often.

[graciegirl]

I mean sit down dinners, not grazing

Next statement is for the girls--when your significant other retired and you were a stay @ home house maker, guess you still are working-you didn't get to retire

unless you trained him right

That is the strangest thing. My dear husband sneakily has taken over many of the tasks I considered mine, with the exception of cooking. I never, ever minded cooking, probably because I have such pleasant folks at my table, who are non critical and not at all demanding.

[Barefoot]

I mean sit down dinners, not grazing.
Next statement is for the girls--when your significant other retired and you were a stay @ home house maker, guess you still are working-you didn't get to retire.
I retired when Fireboy retired. I always worked outside the home.
Occasionally I use my crock-pot, but rarely. My cooking days are over.
We go out for dinner or pick up food most nights.

[dewilson58]

Twice per week.

[starflyte1]

7-12 times. I would mostly say I eat out, not dine, though I do go to Lopez and Palmer occasionally (once a week).

[OpusX1]

It all depends. Sometimes we eat home for weeks. Than we will eat out maybe 5 times in a row.
We will be going on a 15 day cruise so when we get back we will be eating at home for a month or so, just depends on what we feel like, no real rhyme or reason for us.

[bbbbbb]

Twice per week.

Dining out? We do breakfast once or twice a week, Perkins, Evans or Pan-era. We do lunch or dinner maybe once or once in two weeks. Trying to lose weight, dining out will not do it, no way. Or we go to Sonny's and get a take out package of their good ribs. Yep, we tried Oakwood, it is OK but for us, Sonny's is better. We gave up on Too Jays, Johnny Rockets and Evans Prairie, just does not work for us.
The Edgewater lunch salads are very good. My wife and her lady friends do like A. Palmer for lunch. The GREAT
Perkins $6 Ham and Egger is really the best breakfast we have found. But we both like to cook so we can do very well at home unless there is another reason to go with friends etc. Our Chowders, Omelettes, Spaghetti, Steak, Soups, Burritos and Tacos in our own kitchen, CANNOT BE DUPLICATED EATING OUT. We have friends who eat out EVERY DAY, ALL MEALS.

Thanks for listening,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Calorie Bill. :wave:

[Chatbrat]

Are your friends who eat out every day all 3 meals in healthy physical shape--??

[rubicon]

rarely eat out. We compliment one another and have always appreciated the fact that each of us requires low maintenance. I cook breakfast She cooks dinner. I grille. she washes clothes because she doesn't trust me with bleach:D

[dewilson58]

rarely eat out. We compliment one another and have always appreciated the fact that each of us requires low maintenance. I cook breakfast She cooks dinner. I grille. she washes clothes because she doesn't trust me with bleach:D

The old, "Honey, how much bleach do I use on your red blouse?" trick. Nicely played.


:22yikes:

[CFrance]

The old, "Honey, how much bleach do I use on your red blouse?" trick. Nicely played.


:22yikes:
That made me laugh😆

[Rapscallion St Croix]

I mean sit down dinners, not grazing

Next statement is for the girls--when your significant other retired and you were a stay @ home house maker, guess you still are working-you didn't get to retire

unless you trained him right

My wife would like you to know that she was never a stay-at-home house maker. She raised two kids while lacing up combat boots every morning for twenty years.

[xkeowner]

Stay-at-home wife retired when I did. She deserved it!

We go out for breakfast 2-3 times per month, lunch 3-4 times per week and dinner 3-4 times per week. We have been to over 315 different restaurants not counting fast food in the just over seven years we have been in TV. Some we return to often, some we will never return to and at least 47 have either closed or changed ownership.

[ukbill70]

My wife and I prefer to eat at home and we share the cooking, If I cook she cleans up and if she cooks I do the cleaning

As for eating out , Breakfast once a Month, Lunch we rarely eat, Dinner 2 or 3 times a year . The only exception is when were on vacation.

[Aloha1]

Fact #1: If my wife never had to cook again, she'd say it was a gift from heaven.

Fact #2: I'm the chef in the family, which means I like to cook, experiment, turn out pretty good meals, and can be a PITA when somebody else is cooking and doesn't practice "mis en place" :D

So, when golfing the 2nd wave, Subway take out, maybe twice a week. Know what we're eating and healthy. Dinner, maybe once a week. And not always "on campus". Have no problem driving to Disney Springs for Morimoto's or Blue Zoo. Good food is always worth the drive.

[golf2140]

7 to 10 lunch and dinners. Dinner 5 nights

[vintageogauge]

3 to 4 dinners per week, that may be lowered if waiting times get extended. I'm good for a 20 minute wait but that's about it. It won't be long before that will be hard to do so less eating out and more at home for the winter months.

[asianthree]

We may eat out twice a month. Usually because we are out with friends. Since we try not to do nitrates, phosphates, sodium, additive‘s, or fried food it’s a little hard to go out. We eat 4 ounces of protein or less a day, and we have at least two meatless days per week.

We enjoy putting a good meal together and while we are by ourselves. When we are separated our meals become who’s is plated better, Best food combinations, and all in all tastes better it’s kind of a game between us. Pictures are texted back-and-forth routinely. Comes out pretty even as to who’s plate looks and taste better.

Best time was when my plate of eggs Benedict was absolutely perfect. Other half was running late and told me would send a picture soon. Didn’t take me long to figure out that eggs Benedict did not come out of our kitchen. Hands down I won that one.

[perrjojo]

I guess we are not the typical Villager. My husband and I both like to cook and I hate to brag but we have been told we are excellent cooks. We probably eat out about twice per month.

[CFrance]

I guess we are not the typical Villager. My husband and I both like to cook and I hate to brag but we have been told we are excellent cooks. We probably eat out about twice per month.

I can't say we're excellent cooks, but we don't eat out much either, for various reasons. Only when it will enhance a social occasion with a few cherished friends will we eat out--other than having LTBs (or whatever their BLTs are called) at Rae Rae's. And because we don't have 80 best friends, that kind of limits us...

But there are many restaurants in and around TV that I think Oh, we should go there.

[Madelaine Amee]

I can't say we're excellent cooks, but we don't eat out much either, for various reasons. Only when it will enhance a social occasion with a few cherished friends will we eat out--other than having LTBs (or whatever their BLTs are called) at Rae Rae's. And because we don't have 80 best friends, that kind of limits us...

But there are many restaurants in and around TV that I think Oh, we should go there.

Us too! Always passing a restaurant and saying "oh we should try that place" and we never do! Such is life in the fast lane.

[bbbbbb]

``Are your friends who eat out every day all 3 meals in healthy physical shape--??

Yes, so it seems, they are in good shape as far as we know, at least they are slim so we do not know how they do it but they do look good.
Another item, when we go on cruises, and we do too many, we do set down some rules. Lots of rules. Like no Pizza, no deserts, no ice-cream for starters.
It is not easy to do this. But have to keep the weight off.

bbbbbb :bigbow:

[Henryk]

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Yes, so it seems, they are in good shape as far as we know, at least they are slim so we do not know how they do it but they do look good.
Another item, when we go on cruises, and we do too many, we do set down some rules. Lots of rules. Like no Pizza, no deserts, no ice-cream for starters.
It is not easy to do this. But have to keep the weight off.

bbbbbb :bigbow:

Well, it's a good thing you avoid deserts. :) You could suffer from dehydration!

Myself: I usually avoid sweets.

[Henryk]

Stay-at-home wife retired when I did. She deserved it!

We go out for breakfast 2-3 times per month, lunch 3-4 times per week and dinner 3-4 times per week. We have been to over 315 different restaurants not counting fast food in the just over seven years we have been in TV. Some we return to often, some we will never return to and at least 47 have either closed or changed ownership.

I have to say I'm amazed at how often you eat out. But it begs the question: what are your favorite restaurants? For the sake of brevity, please limit it to thirty.

[rubicon]

Fact #1: If my wife never had to cook again, she'd say it was a gift from heaven.

Fact #2: I'm the chef in the family, which means I like to cook, experiment, turn out pretty good meals, and can be a PITA when somebody else is cooking and doesn't practice "mis en place" :D

So, when golfing the 2nd wave, Subway take out, maybe twice a week. Know what we're eating and healthy. Dinner, maybe once a week. And not always "on campus". Have no problem driving to Disney Springs for Morimoto's or Blue Zoo. Good food is always worth the drive.

alhoa, as to your "I'm the chef" comment
My dad made it clear he was a "chef" and not a "cook" because a "chef"doesn't do dishes:)

[rubicon]

I recall a conversation we had with neighbors on this very subject. We explained that we seldom dined out for a myriad of reasons. Wherein our neighbors wife replied. yes she cooked in at least three times a week.

wherein her husband chimed in and said the only time you cook is when you are warming what we had taken home from a restaurant. to this day my wife gets a chuckle out of that conversation. we loved these neighbors but they moved back to their home state.

[Love2Swim]

Lunch once, dinner once.

[Aloha1]

alhoa, as to your "I'm the chef" comment
My dad made it clear he was a "chef" and not a "cook" because a "chef"doesn't do dishes:)

LOL! Your Dad is correct, at least if in a restaurant kitchen. But if married, you're lucky to have a sous chef let alone get out of the clean up :)

[sallybowron]

Not enough

[rubicon]

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Yes, so it seems, they are in good shape as far as we know, at least they are slim so we do not know how they do it but they do look good.
Another item, when we go on cruises, and we do too many, we do set down some rules. Lots of rules. Like no Pizza, no deserts, no ice-cream for starters.
It is not easy to do this. But have to keep the weight off.

bbbbbb :bigbow:

I lost 35# about 2 years ago and have not put it back on by following the Greek diet "all things in moderation". Not denying myself anything along the culinary lines. We love to cook at home.

[Trlmx]

To be honest, I am more concerned with eating healthy than convenience. I just moved here from Colorado and found there isn't a plethora of restaurant choices for eating low fat, vegetarian, high grains, or organic besides Panera or First Watch. So I view dining out like falling off the wagon--only when I'm indulging in treats, and usually on a bad day.

[CFrance]

I lost 35# about 2 years ago and have not put it back on by following the Greek diet "all things in moderation". Not denying myself anything along the culinary lines. We love to cook at home.
I lost the same amount the same time as you and have kept it off by following a similar plan.

Having lousy metabolism, however, makes it difficult to dine out frequently, or even satisfyingly. Healthy restaurant food is not necessarily good-tasting. I can make much better stuff at home and enjoy doing it.

[Madelaine Amee]

I love to go out to eat, but so often when the food arrives I look at it, taste it, and then something in my head says "you could have made this better at home".

[Aloha1]

I love to go out to eat, but so often when the food arrives I look at it, taste it, and then something in my head says "you could have made this better at home".

Exactly! As 'Asian Three" has so often stated, go out for something you Can't or Won't make at home. If you're gonna eat the calories, make sure they are tasty!

[Northwoods]

I mean sit down dinners, not grazing

Next statement is for the girls--when your significant other retired and you were a stay @ home house maker, guess you still are working-you didn't get to retire

unless you trained him right

This isn't serious... right??? "..for the girls???" Because "boys" wouldn't be 'stay at home' spouses and the "girls" wouldn't be the breadwinner?? Was this meant to be funny? It's like I'm watching an episode of "Leave it to Beaver." But it seems at least some (one) people still view the world through those glasses. I believe people find their worth in life... whether a stay @ home housemaker or CEO. Both are equally important. Maybe this post just hit me the wrong way....