“I can make that at home” while looking at restaurant menu

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Pretty much most pasta dishes. I can often make them better too.

Pasta is the single biggest rip off on any menu. Paperdelle? Lol. What a joke. It's like the easiest pasta in the world to make. Consumers think it some kind of fancy BS. It's just thin lasagna noodles that are cut and zero time is spent for shaping. It's sooooo easy to make at home but they'll charge $18-30 per pasta dish for it when it is house made. So easy to do at home.

Good for you. I can make pasta at home and enjoy it in a restaurant.

And overpay 3x for it.

Are you in charge of PP’s money?

-NP who thinks you are incredibly annoying

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Is this a raised lower class thing? I’ve never thought that while looking at a menu but sometimes my guests will say that out loud.

I think this all of the time! Why should I pay $30+ for a piece of grilled salmon and veggies that I can make at home for $9? If I'm eating out, I want to enjoy it and get something that I'm not going to cook for myself.

Now, I will order something like lasanga when I'm out. I can make it, but I don't because no one in my family eats it. So I won't something that I can cook, but also something I am likely to cook.

Are you posting from the 90s? A good filet of fresh salmon at WF is going to be $20. So yes, I'll pay $30+ for a good piece of fish prepared perfectly because maybe I'm the only one craving fish in the family or I don't want the kitchen to stink of fish. And of course there's always some risk involved in cooking for yourself, while a good restaurant is expected to be perfect or we can send it back.

Sorry to break it to you, but if your kitchen stinks after making salmon you did not purchase a good filet at WF.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this a raised lower class thing? I’ve never thought that while looking at a menu but sometimes my guests will say that out loud.

I think this all of the time! Why should I pay $30+ for a piece of grilled salmon and veggies that I can make at home for $9? If I'm eating out, I want to enjoy it and get something that I'm not going to cook for myself.

Now, I will order something like lasanga when I'm out. I can make it, but I don't because no one in my family eats it. So I won't something that I can cook, but also something I am likely to cook.

Are you posting from the 90s? A good filet of fresh salmon at WF is going to be $20. So yes, I'll pay $30+ for a good piece of fish prepared perfectly because maybe I'm the only one craving fish in the family or I don't want the kitchen to stink of fish. And of course there's always some risk involved in cooking for yourself, while a good restaurant is expected to be perfect or we can send it back.

Sorry to break it to you, but if your kitchen stinks after making salmon you did not purchase a good filet at WF.

You're trying too hard. Cooked fresh fish smells, period. Some more than others, but nonetheless it smells. And if your family has an aversion to it, why not let a restaurant cook it for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pretty much most pasta dishes. I can often make them better too.

Pasta is the single biggest rip off on any menu. Paperdelle? Lol. What a joke. It's like the easiest pasta in the world to make. Consumers think it some kind of fancy BS. It's just thin lasagna noodles that are cut and zero time is spent for shaping. It's sooooo easy to make at home but they'll charge $18-30 per pasta dish for it when it is house made. So easy to do at home.

Good for you. I can make pasta at home and enjoy it in a restaurant.

And overpay 3x for it.

Which circles back to OP's point - only misers and lower class think this way.

[Anonymous]

Who are you eating with? If I'm having brunch with my girlfriend and I say "hmm I'm deciding between the frittata and the eggs benedict, but I think I'll go with the latter because I make the former a lot at home" the idea that she could be judging me for being "low class" is so sad.

OP please explain yourself. You would be sitting with a friend and actually think such a thought?

All this class talk is BS but .... OP do you have any friends that did not grow up privileged? And if they don't use your dialogue playbook, you judge them for it? How... just gross.

I'm sure your rich friend could make an identical comment, but when they do, it's eccentric and charming!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pretty much most pasta dishes. I can often make them better too.

Pasta is the single biggest rip off on any menu. Paperdelle? Lol. What a joke. It's like the easiest pasta in the world to make. Consumers think it some kind of fancy BS. It's just thin lasagna noodles that are cut and zero time is spent for shaping. It's sooooo easy to make at home but they'll charge $18-30 per pasta dish for it when it is house made. So easy to do at home.

Good for you. I can make pasta at home and enjoy it in a restaurant.

And overpay 3x for it.

Which circles back to OP's point - only misers and lower class think this way.

Most PPs including me are pointing out the effort involved, not the money. This PP is the only miser.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who are you eating with? If I'm having brunch with my girlfriend and I say "hmm I'm deciding between the frittata and the eggs benedict, but I think I'll go with the latter because I make the former a lot at home" the idea that she could be judging me for being "low class" is so sad.

OP please explain yourself. You would be sitting with a friend and actually think such a thought?

All this class talk is BS but .... OP do you have any friends that did not grow up privileged? And if they don't use your dialogue playbook, you judge them for it? How... just gross.

I'm sure your rich friend could make an identical comment, but when they do, it's eccentric and charming!

I think giving this any mindshare at all and letting it influence your order and restaurant experience is a prole tell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who are you eating with? If I'm having brunch with my girlfriend and I say "hmm I'm deciding between the frittata and the eggs benedict, but I think I'll go with the latter because I make the former a lot at home" the idea that she could be judging me for being "low class" is so sad.

OP please explain yourself. You would be sitting with a friend and actually think such a thought?

All this class talk is BS but .... OP do you have any friends that did not grow up privileged? And if they don't use your dialogue playbook, you judge them for it? How... just gross.

I'm sure your rich friend could make an identical comment, but when they do, it's eccentric and charming!

I think giving this any mindshare at all and letting it influence your order and restaurant experience is a prole tell.

I'm not getting this at all. If I'm at a restaurant, and more things are calling my name than I can realistically eat, I have to pick. Why not pick the one that I won't have another opportunity to eat soon, whether that's because I make it, or someone I know (my husband, my personal chef) or a restaurant near me that offers take out makes?

How do rich people decide between two entrees that sound good on a menu?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who are you eating with? If I'm having brunch with my girlfriend and I say "hmm I'm deciding between the frittata and the eggs benedict, but I think I'll go with the latter because I make the former a lot at home" the idea that she could be judging me for being "low class" is so sad.

OP please explain yourself. You would be sitting with a friend and actually think such a thought?

All this class talk is BS but .... OP do you have any friends that did not grow up privileged? And if they don't use your dialogue playbook, you judge them for it? How... just gross.

I'm sure your rich friend could make an identical comment, but when they do, it's eccentric and charming!

I think giving this any mindshare at all and letting it influence your order and restaurant experience is a prole tell.

I'm not getting this at all. If I'm at a restaurant, and more things are calling my name than I can realistically eat, I have to pick. Why not pick the one that I won't have another opportunity to eat soon, whether that's because I make it, or someone I know (my husband, my personal chef) or a restaurant near me that offers take out makes?

How do rich people decide between two entrees that sound good on a menu?

Rich people don't even have thoughts at restaurants, they just point at whatever seems most familiar. DCUM Class Lessons!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who are you eating with? If I'm having brunch with my girlfriend and I say "hmm I'm deciding between the frittata and the eggs benedict, but I think I'll go with the latter because I make the former a lot at home" the idea that she could be judging me for being "low class" is so sad.

OP please explain yourself. You would be sitting with a friend and actually think such a thought?

All this class talk is BS but .... OP do you have any friends that did not grow up privileged? And if they don't use your dialogue playbook, you judge them for it? How... just gross.

I'm sure your rich friend could make an identical comment, but when they do, it's eccentric and charming!

I think giving this any mindshare at all and letting it influence your order and restaurant experience is a prole tell.

I'm not getting this at all. If I'm at a restaurant, and more things are calling my name than I can realistically eat, I have to pick. Why not pick the one that I won't have another opportunity to eat soon, whether that's because I make it, or someone I know (my husband, my personal chef) or a restaurant near me that offers take out makes?

How do rich people decide between two entrees that sound good on a menu?

I'm not that rich, but a little, and i just ask the server to pick

[Anonymous]

I order whatever entree sounds best to me in the moment.

Does this mean I’m rich?

(I’m not a very good cook so it might just be that).

[Anonymous]

I never think that. Most of the time when we go out to eat, it's because no one feels like cooking. Can I make a damn good burger at home? Yes. Will that stop me from ordering a burger at a restaurant? No. But sometimes I'll purposefully order something just because I would never make at home (fish and chips, fried chicken).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who are you eating with? If I'm having brunch with my girlfriend and I say "hmm I'm deciding between the frittata and the eggs benedict, but I think I'll go with the latter because I make the former a lot at home" the idea that she could be judging me for being "low class" is so sad.

OP please explain yourself. You would be sitting with a friend and actually think such a thought?

All this class talk is BS but .... OP do you have any friends that did not grow up privileged? And if they don't use your dialogue playbook, you judge them for it? How... just gross.

I'm sure your rich friend could make an identical comment, but when they do, it's eccentric and charming!

I think giving this any mindshare at all and letting it influence your order and restaurant experience is a prole tell.

I'm not getting this at all. If I'm at a restaurant, and more things are calling my name than I can realistically eat, I have to pick. Why not pick the one that I won't have another opportunity to eat soon, whether that's because I make it, or someone I know (my husband, my personal chef) or a restaurant near me that offers take out makes?

How do rich people decide between two entrees that sound good on a menu?

I am rich and I often order dishes I don't make at home. As do my rich friends. And we all say it out loud.

[Anonymous]

I'd rather that than, 'I can't eat that because it... has too many calories...I'm on a diet...I am restricting what I eat because I'm going out later'.

Nothing takes enjoyment out of a meal when someone else points out how fatty or caloric it is. Keep your body image issues to yourself

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I never think that. Most of the time when we go out to eat, it's because no one feels like cooking. Can I make a damn good burger at home? Yes. Will that stop me from ordering a burger at a restaurant? No. But sometimes I'll purposefully order something just because I would never make at home (fish and chips, fried chicken).

I can not figure out how choosing the fried chicken over the burger because you don’t make fried chicken at home is different from choosing the fried chicken because you do make burgers at home. Either way you are thinking about what you make at home and choosing something you don’t.