Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe I'm lower class, but I often think the same. I don't want to order (for example) basic fettuccini alfredo when I can make this in 10m at home. If I'm paying to eat out, which is often 3-10x more than what it costs to eat at home, I want something different or special.

Thinking it is fine.

Voicing it is low class.

What is low class about talking through your decision, or sharing that you can cook?

I never think that but I don't cook. Upper class here.

Anonymous wrote:I think this way when looking at menus and so did my mother. Neither of us were “raised lower class.”

I think it when deciding on a restaurant choice. These are items where restaurants rarely outperform:

Steak
Salmon in minimalist sauces
Most burgers
Green salads with no unique ingredients
Pasta with red sauce
Pasta with alfredo or white creamy sauce

I live in flyover country somewhere most "nice" but not "gourmet" restaurants focus on a menu with all of the above items. But I'm not interested in spending real money on those foods away from home.

My favorite restaurants here are small, inexpensive Asian and Middle Eastern places. In DC, I liked a more eclectic mix of all cuisines.

Anonymous wrote:Maybe I'm lower class, but I often think the same. I don't want to order (for example) basic fettuccini alfredo when I can make this in 10m at home. If I'm paying to eat out, which is often 3-10x more than what it costs to eat at home, I want something different or special.

Thinking it is fine.

Voicing it is low class.

I absolutely think that when reviewing a menu.

It’s hardly “low class” to know how to cook dishes that are on restaurant menus.

If given choices of several restaurants, I often would prefer to go to a Japanese, Indian or Thai restaurant because those are not foods I cook often or well. Italian, American, French and Mexican are more in my wheelhouse, so I love going to places with foods and ingredients I don’t often get to enjoy.

A friend of mine is an editor but was a chef. She's a VERY good cook. She doesn't want to spend money to eat out on food she can make as well or even better at home.

I wasn't raised lower class. But one reason I enjoy eating out at nicer places is because I can try new foods, or new preparations, or eat things that I haven't mastered. I definitely avoid things that I already know how to make and make often, even if I like them. It just seems logical to me.

I think this way when looking at menus and so did my mother. Neither of us were “raised lower class.”

OP doesn't know how to cook so everything at a restaurant is equally fascinating to her.

I once wanted to order a salad and my companion said “why would I order something I could make easily at home?” I had literally never thought of that previously, now I do sometimes. But it does not factor into whether I order a dish.

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.

OP is low class trash.

What the hell is wrong with you?

In other words, they’re dissuaded from ordering something because they consider the lack of difficulty in making it at home. I literally never think that way when at a restaurant.

Maybe I'm lower class, but I often think the same. I don't want to order (for example) basic fettuccini alfredo when I can make this in 10m at home. If I'm paying to eat out, which is often 3-10x more than what it costs to eat at home, I want something different or special.

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.