On Mon, 06 Feb 2017 07:50:26 -0700, U.S. Janet B. >
wrote:

>On Mon, 6 Feb 2017 03:16:05 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:
>
>>On Sunday, February 5, 2017 at 6:07:15 PM UTC-5, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>> Gary wrote:
>>> >Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Or we could go to a restaurant and pay $65 for a single meal for two.
>>> >> It really is a no-brainer.
>>> >
>>> >Many here seem to have no concept of what's a good meal deal.
>>> >I suppose I'm just too poor to understand this. oh well.
>>> >
>>> >For $65, I can eat quite nicely for 2 weeks.
>>> >I like to cook and don't mind doing so.
>>> >I also have no wish to be served/pampered for extra $$$$$$.
>>> >I also have a decent amount of leftovers whenever I cook.
>>> >
>>> >It even bugs me when someone invites me out to a nice dinner.
>>> >I can't help being annoyed at the high prices and I don't
>>> >even have to pay. I would rather invite them to my house
>>> >and cook the same meal for so much less.
>>> >
>>> >Sorry, I'm not criticizing (or at least it's not intended).
>>> >Everyone is different and everyone is ok in their own world.
>>> >I'm just constantly floored at how much people will pay for
>>> >a meal. And the $65 for 2 people is actually good for a nice
>>> >meal. The $200 or so meals for 2 really gags me. lol!
>>>
>>> $65 for two at a steak house is what I call a Greazy Spoon price,
>>> they're doing the equivalent of The Sizzler. $200 is closer to the
>>> truth for two at a real steak house.
>>
>>Perhaps. We never order appetizers and never have a bar tab, so
>>$65 for two would be $32.50 per meal. Not Peter Luger's, obviously,
>>but here in the wilds of the Midwest you can get quite a good piece
>>of beef for that price.
>>
>>As I said upthread, we very rarely go out for steak or prime rib.
>>However, if we did, we'd go he
>>
>><http://www.knightsrestaurants.com/ann-arbor/?menu=dinner_specials#collapseTwo>
>>
>>Prime rib is $28 for the 12-ounce cut, and includes potato, soup or salad,
>>vegetable of the day, and bread. If I ordered a 12-ounce prime rib,
>>I'd cut it in half when it was served to me, and take home half. It
>>would make a delicious sandwich the next day for lunch.
>>
>>Cindy Hamilton
>
>I agree with you, Cindy. The price must depend upon where you are.
>And the name of the place where you eat (name brand will hit you in
>the pocket) And the size of meat that you demand. A 6 ounce piece of
>steak is plenty for me and an 8 ounce would be where I wouldn't have
>any sides with the meat .
>Janet US

Then you really, REALLY should eat home!
I see absolutely no point in going out to eat a 6 oz steak and nothing
else... doesn't even pay to bathe, dress up, and spend the gas money
to get there.
Tonight's dinner will be a 12 oz home ground chopped steak smothered
in caramelized onions (most time & labor is the onions), I'll eat like
a politition for under $5... and my bar tab will be about $2 for
Sprite n' Crystal Palace. If I decide I have butter pecan ice cream
for dessert. I already peeled and sliced 3 pounds of onions, they're
cooking now... I'll turn them off until dinner time. Meanwhile I'll
make a run to the market in town for a few things, mainly they have
whole boneless pork loins on sale, $1.79/lb.
I would never consider going out for steak, certainly not a miniscule
six ouncer. You do realize steak weight on the menu is before
cooking... a 6 oz steak will barely be 4 ozs cooked.... and if there's
bone and fat to trim it won't be worth it to have to brush your teeth.
Yoose gals really ought to dine at the tube steak cart.