Observation on Dining Habits

[llowry61]

I play golf with 2 Cardiologists; they say science continues to point to genetics affecting outcomes. They have no other way to explain it.

One believes that some folks might actually have a survivor gene. They see folks that should not have made it but do and others who should and don't.

 

[Rustyt1953]

I can't imagine going through life ordering from a one page menu.

 

[fiasconva]

Just the opposite around here lately. The fast food places are almost empty, even the drive-thru's. The only one that seems to be packed is Chick-fil-A.

 

[TX-Dennis]

Mr. Buffett eats McDonald's daily, drinks 5 regular cokes a day, eats chocolate candy, Dairy Queen, etc every day. He is 92, healthy as a horse, and not overweight. Also one of the wealthiest people on the planet.

Warren Buffett on His Fast Food, Soda, Cookies, Candy, Ice Cream Diet - Markets Insider

I once saw an interview with Charlie Munger when he said Buffet loves salt. He said it looked like it was snowing on his food.

 

[glenwolde]

I, too, have noticed that one can buy a rotisserie chicken for less than an uncooked one. Seems bizarre, but there it is.

We don't buy weekly, but we do buy them fairly often. When we get home, I carve them up into breasts, thighs/drumsticks, and wings. Along with some veggies, bread, rice, salad, etc., this is good for two or three meals for the two of us. My wife also uses the carcass and bones for soup stock.

They're a good deal.

We do that, and then I freeze the carcass. Cover the frozen carcass in water in a crockpot or pressure cooker and you've got chicken soup. It also gives me an excuse to not worry about getting every shred of meat off it. It just makes the soup better. Of course add veggies and rice or noodles.

 

[chief38]

We dine out at least 2-3 times a week but it is more a social thing than getting a better or healthier meal than we can make at home. The meals we make here are not only healthier, they are also better quality. Our two favorite Steak Houses here are Capitol Grill and Chops Steak House. While we do enjoy eating there, being served and not having to clean up, the steaks I make here on my grill are better. We even have Sushi parties here with handmade / homemade sushi.

The Ribeye below was from yesterday's dinner. It was off the charts good! The Sushi was from a few months ago.

Other than a two or three time a year visit to Culver's we stay out of fast food restaurants. McDonalds, BK, Wendy's etc. are basically garbage, salt and sugar. My wife makes incredible Burgers from scratch - we never buy packaged hamburgers.

 

[Onomea]

Chief, how about some more info on how your wife makes those burgers?

We like burgers for lunch once a week or so. Buy frozen, pretty large, sirloin, per the package. Throw 'em frozen on a propane grill, while toasting ciabatta buns with butter, cheddar, in the toaster oven. Slice of onion, tomato, mustard, mayo, salt & pepper, and, presto, done.

I find these better than most I encounter eating out when I occasionally order one.

But, I could see putting a bit more effort into it for a better burger.

 

[Bill Bates]

My wife and I rarely, like almost never, go out to eat fast food or go to sit down restaurant. I can't wrap my head around paying restaurant prices for food I can cook at home for a fraction of the cost.

On some level the wife and I eat like kings. Nice steaks, wild salmon and game are a part of our everyday day diet. I buy larger cuts of beef on sale and break them down, vacuum seal and freeze them.

I have brown bagged it for years. I work with a bunch of twenty and thirty something kids that go out for lunch everyday. I know the kind of money they make. It has to be driving them deep into debt. Cooking is so easy and seems crazy to pay $10, $12 or more everyday for lunch.

Tomorrow for lunch I'll make a wrap with leftover roast elk. I figured the cost of this years elk at about $8.75 to $9 per pound.That is including the tag, guide fee and tip, gas and processing.

We do hit Costco about every three weeks or so. We sure don't pass up the Rotisserie Chicken. At five bucks it is a no brainer.

For Tonight's Menu I prepared: Elk Roast cooked in the Sous Vide to a perfect medium rare; Morel Mushroom and Bacon Orso in a White Wine Cream Sauce with a hint of Lemon Zest; Steamed Green Garden Vegetables. Not counting time for getting the elk or collecting the morels I figure this meal cost about $5 a plate. Add another 3 bucks for the glass of wine. The little two pound roast will provide me with at least four or five meals. I hate to think what that would cost in a restaurant.

That roast is so tender you can chew it with your tongue.

And that was my ramble for the evening.

 

[chief38]

Chief, how about some more info on how your wife makes those burgers?

We like burgers for lunch once a week or so. Buy frozen, pretty large, sirloin, per the package. Throw 'em frozen on a propane grill, while toasting ciabatta buns with butter, cheddar, in the toaster oven. Slice of onion, tomato, mustard, mayo, salt & pepper, and, presto, done.

I find these better than most I encounter eating out when I occasionally order one.

But, I could see putting a bit more effort into it for a better burger.

I will ask her for it - I have no idea - we've been married 45 years however I have never really watched her make them! lol. The only few dishes I can make incredibly well are omelets, Chef's salads and Nacho's. I also make a killer cheesecake! Other than these few items, I'm pretty useless in the kitchen. My real cooking talent is on the BBQ Grill.

I know she uses only 88% lean Chop meat (no pork or veal). I will see is she's willing to let her secret formula out. She also makes them big & thick and puts a little minced up onion in the mix.

I know for a fact she will never share her secret recipe for her great pancakes. People have asked and she quickly changes the subject.

 

[Bill Bates]

For hamburger watch for a sale on beef chuck roast and grind your own. It is so much better and often cheaper than buying ground beef.

I also save the fat trimming of other larger cuts of beef. Some gets rendered into beef tallow for cooking and others can go into the grind for burger.

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

It's not what you take in, it's what you burn off. I have known plenty of cyclists, swimmers, runners, don't recall one who was a real "health food' devotee, known my share of "health food" devotees who were either fat and flabby or looked emaciated.
Standard complaint about Army chow in my day was it was always "too much white bread and potatoes and too little everything else."

 

[Farmer17]

I eat fast food almost every day and am at my ideal weight and pretty strong for 65. I'm in my truck visiting my construction sites daily and grab something quick and I might order a cheese burger from Freddy's and pinch off the bread and have a cup of water. Or I might eat a Taco Bueno combination burrito or Sonic breakfast burrito with no tortilla and water. I take a lot of vitamins and supplements and eat pretty healthy at home and my wife and I also play pickleball 2-4 times per week and do other active things. You can eat unhealthy at fast food places, nice restaurants, or at home, it's all about choices and how much you eat.

 

[crows]

Mr. Buffett eats McDonald's daily, drinks 5 regular cokes a day, eats chocolate candy, Dairy Queen, etc every day. He is 92, healthy as a horse, and not overweight. Also one of the wealthiest people on the planet.

Warren Buffett on His Fast Food, Soda, Cookies, Candy, Ice Cream Diet - Markets Insider

Cool, I'm just like Warren Buffet! Except being 92 and wealthy.....

 

[MTC(SS)Ret]

I, too, have noticed that one can buy a rotisserie chicken for less than an uncooked one. Seems bizarre, but there it is.

We don't buy weekly, but we do buy them fairly often. When we get home, I carve them up into breasts, thighs/drumsticks, and wings. Along with some veggies, bread, rice, salad, etc., this is good for two or three meals for the two of us. My wife also uses the carcass and bones for soup stock.

They're a good deal.

I've noticed as well at our local grocery a rotisserie chicken is indeed less expensive....kinda makes you wonder if it really is a chicken....rotisserie pigeon? seagull?

 

[Jeff423]

My wife and I got away from eating out during Covid. Now we meet some church friends once a week (once a month during the summer) and that's about it. I don't know if if it's helped our waistlines but it's really helped our bank account.

 

[gjgalligan]

Wife & I go to family style restaurants and the thing I notice is how much food people leave on their plates to be thrown away. It can't always be because it doesn't taste good. Most places will provide carry packages for the leftovers.
What a waste of good food & money.

 

[arjay]

I've noticed as well at our local grocery a rotisserie chicken is indeed less expensive....kinda makes you wonder if it really is a chicken....rotisserie pigeon? seagull?

It's a loss leader,but it gets people in the store and once they're there.. lol
I loved those chickens when I was a member and the carcass goes in the crockpot for soup/stew