On Mon, 06 Feb 2017 11:40:07 -0500, Brooklyn1
> wrote:

>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.

I'm sorry Sheldon, but I really don't want to eat like you do. Your
descriptions of what you eat at home and away really turns me off.
Janet US