How many people ACTUALLY cook on weekend?

@lpsanche (208)
United States
October 8, 2006 12:09am CST
I went to a couple of restaurants w/ a couple of friends.. one of them had a waiting list of 2 HOURS!!! then we went to a different place... 1 hour waiting... Isn't that freaking annoying!!
35 responses
• United States
9 Oct 06
I do! I love to cook on Saturday and Sundays. I turn the remainder of the meals into leftovers. Makes for an easier time during the week. Example make a 5lb meatloaf on Sunday. Have Sunday night, Have meatloaf sandwiches for work, have Meatloaf with gravy on Wednesday, Have Meatloaf zapped and serve with BBQ sauce. Get 4 extra meals from 1 main dish. Example 2: Pot Roast on Sunday. Hot beef Sandwiches with Gravy on Monday, Cube the remainder and crockpot turning into stew. You get the idea. Makes your food budget stretch a little further. Something we all to do!
• United States
9 Oct 06
Yes, it does only take 5-10 minutes to cook them is you are merely grilling them or frying. What about variety, how do you prepare your food to have it all done in 15 minutes?
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@sedel1027 (17846)
• Cupertino, California
9 Oct 06
We usually cook one weekend say. When we go out to eat we always make sure to eat lunch, an early dinner or a late dinner. Most people here eat out at least on the weekends and for lunch every day.
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@sedel1027 (17846)
• Cupertino, California
9 Oct 06
Until my grandmother passed away 4 or so years ago, there was never a family meal day. Pre-Katrina my mom had one at her house every Sunday. Now that things are so hectic that has fallen by the way side. In our side people fend for themsleves for breakfast, my fiance and I eat lunch togther and them someone usually cooks for dinner, but that gets old. We do eat out once a week for lunch as a "treat" to ourselves and we enjoy eating out for dinner although we don't do it near as much as we use to. We have the money, may as well enjoy it!
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@lpsanche (208)
• United States
9 Oct 06
Well my dad's side is not as close as my mom's side. Whenever I go home.. I eat with my grandparents every saturday. Because is like a Family tradition to get together and eat. During the week I eat with my parents almost everyday... Pre-Katrina.. I'm guessing you are from the south.. I used to study in NOLA but I had to transfer...! :(
@lpsanche (208)
• United States
9 Oct 06
Where I come from.... people and families eat in every day for the 3 meals. Home-made food. and on the weekends, one day is to go to grandparents' houses and the other day remaining would be going out...
@ssh123 (31073)
• India
8 Oct 06
On weekends, holidays and in the beginning of the month, there is always rush at restaurants. They can increase the number of waiters, but they cannot double the plant and machinery to produce more probably because of paucity of space and investment factor. Hence they keep people in waiting list.
@lpsanche (208)
• United States
8 Oct 06
Yeah I know.. but it sucks having to wait 2 hours to eat at a not-so-fancy restaurant... hehe
@ssh123 (31073)
• India
8 Oct 06
give your name, number of persons going to have lunch/dinner and go out for shopping or sight seeing and come back.
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@lpsanche (208)
• United States
8 Oct 06
yeahh.. well that doesnt work when its 7 pm and there's no food in your stomach
• United States
9 Oct 06
Once in awhile I do
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@lpsanche (208)
• United States
9 Oct 06
once in a while you cook, or once in a while you go out to eat?!
• United States
15 Oct 06
once in awhile i cook on the weekend
@LaGitana (277)
• United States
10 Oct 06
How many people actually cook anytime anymore? Everything is processed these days. Even chocolate chip cookies.
@lpsanche (208)
• United States
10 Oct 06
That is so true. Well, I do whenever I have a kitchen around.... I'm a student living at the school's hotel... But I have a bunch of friends who do not mind me using their kitchen so I cook quite frequently. I make almost everything from scratch... even if im baking a cake or brownies I make it from stratch
• United States
9 Oct 06
i dont
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@lpsanche (208)
• United States
9 Oct 06
why not?
@bhchy1 (6047)
• United States
10 Oct 06
How many people actually cook during the week?? I have more time to cook on the weekends..
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@Aali311 (6112)
• United States
9 Oct 06
I cook on weekends, we don't go out to eat often. Just on occasions.
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@lpsanche (208)
• United States
9 Oct 06
I would rather eat home-made food than restaurant food.. But once in a while is good to go out... and try new things..
@varuntr (643)
• India
8 Oct 06
no cooking on weekends...............
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@lpsanche (208)
• United States
8 Oct 06
lol.... why not???
@sunrisekn (1466)
• United States
8 Oct 06
I understand what you mean, I live in a tourist area-Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and the weekends are horrible to go out to eat. The wait can get up to 2 hour, at that point its like NEVER MIND!!! So, I cook on the weekends and we go out to eat on Tuesdays, because that seems to be the slowest day for tourist to in our town.
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@lpsanche (208)
• United States
9 Oct 06
hehe... Well i don't really live in a tourist area... I was around one for the weekend....
@MellieC (783)
• United States
8 Oct 06
i do! i try to cook at least 3 or 4 times a week for my family and the weekend is kinda the only time we are all able to sit down :D
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@lpsanche (208)
• United States
9 Oct 06
Well that is nice... Sitting down to eat with my family is what i miss the most...! We used to get together every saturday. My Grandparents, their daughters and their daughters' family.
• United States
10 Oct 06
I cook on the weekend most of the time sometimes we go out to eat. Well Saturday night we ordered armenian food it was so good, Sunday night I grilled flank steak, made sticky rice and aspragus, tonight I made fried pork shops, red potatoes and a salad. It was also very good. Now that I have a daughter my husband and I tend to stay home and I cook.
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@bblessed (1822)
• United States
9 Oct 06
That would be me
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@lpsanche (208)
• United States
9 Oct 06
???
@Jshean20 (14348)
• Canada
9 Oct 06
Wow...I've never been to a restaurant that had a waiting list for that amount of time. Well, atleast you know that you're eating at a popular place, so the food must be great.
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@lpsanche (208)
• United States
9 Oct 06
that's the thing... the place I went to is Hard Rock cafe.. which is a pretty good place to eat.. but it is not a BIGG deal.. the food is good.. but not great
• India
9 Oct 06
i think 10% people are cooking in weekends.
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@nishdan01 (3051)
• Singapore
9 Oct 06
I do go out on weekends and have food outside.But I cook too.I have friend who eat out starting from friday night to monday morning.
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• India
9 Oct 06
wherz the time to cook on weekends..lol..it time to freak out..hehehe
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• United States
10 Oct 06
I cook on weekend, but sometimes we eat out, it's just depends what we are doing or where we on weekends
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@Polly1 (12645)
• United States
10 Oct 06
I cook everyday.
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@busymommy (260)
• United States
9 Oct 06
It depends on my mood! Sometimes i cook and sometime I don't. We usually go out Friday or Saturday but we always stay home on Sundays!