TheAlbatross

That... isn't the case. I've literally prepared them myself in the past. They are usually smaller chickens than the ones on the shelf, but they're still cheaper per pound.

It's worthy to note that the Costco rotisserie chicken is a loss leader and I think it costs less than a raw whole chicken.

Soy sauce, shaoxing wine, sugar, salt, mushroom bouillon (msg in here in two forms), and a lil sha cha sauce (msg here too)

Hey I made fried rice too! Just egg and veg but it was the first time I successfully got wok hei on my fried rice 😁. I went with egg, cabbage, peas, carrots

Tasty simple dish.

Slop

Who out there on a such a flexible schedule that their choices are either make a sandwich or work an extra 5 minutes??

I already said that there are plenty of understandable reasons why someone would want to eat out instead of cook elsewhere, but the idea that it's cheaper is just untrue.

Cost of your time? Are you either cooking or working? That's ridiculous. You can make a weeks worth of baked chicken in an hour, easily.

Look, if you don't have the time or skill to prepare a meal, I get it, no one is forcing you to cook, but hiding behind the idea that somehow eating out is cheaper is just spreading lies.

Yes, many foods is going to expire if you don't eat quickly enough.

Managing your food stores is a life skill and it's one that takes some people more time than others to hone to a point where your food waste is minimal.

That doesn't make eating at restaurants or getting take out cheaper per meal than cooking at home.

Have you heard of soup? Soup's great. Don't sleep on soup.

That's just more food you can cook into other meals...

Actually I think a Costco rotisserie chicken may actually be cheaper than a raw whole chicken, but that's a loss leader and it's still sold in a grocery store, not a restaurant. Also you need a few more things to make a meal, but it comes damn close to beating the rule.

Yeah I'm open to people telling me they don't have the time, skill or energy to cook their own meals. I understand that. Just don't try to tell me it's cheaper to eat out. That ain't ever true.

I've seen people make this decision.

It's not sound, the math doesn't work out, not in the US, at least.

Your cost per meal is gonna be cheaper when you buy groceries and cook yourself, every time.