On 5/22/2017 9:02 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2017-05-22 8:28 PM, cshenk wrote:
>> Cindy Hamilton wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>
>
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>> I will add that I am not a microwave cook. Like most, I use it to
>> reheat stuff. It, and a toaster is all I have at work. Perhaps Dave
>> works at home so he doesn't understand packing a lunch?
>
> I used to pack a lunch sometimes when I was working. Most of the time I
> was on the road and ate in restaurants. I did occasionally take
> something to re-heat.
>
I haven't known many people who worked "on the road". Eating out in
restaurants is expensive, even in a cheap diner. Ditto fast food. It
adds up. Were you reimbursed for your meals? Did you have a per diem?

I've nearly always worked in an office setting. I took home-cooked
meals because it was less expensive and I knew what I was getting for
lunch. I can't tell you how many co-workers complained about money but
were spending $$ every day at fast food joints for crappy food. I know
this because these same complainers would go shopping on their lunch
break and bring back a bag of burgers and fries to eat at their desks.
Sorry, I'd rather just take the time in the break room to relax for a
few minutes and eat what I already knew was a good, home cooked meal.

> However, my objection was to Sheldon's comment that people who cook
> meals fresh do so because they are lazy and don't like to cook.

True, Dave. I am not lazy. I do like to cook. But it was/is easier
(and less expensive) to cook more than one thing over a weekend and
package up the leftovers.

He's the one who cooks larger quantities than most. I generally cook
enough for 2-4 people. I freeze the leftovers. That way I don't have
to eat the same thing day in, day out for a week.

Jill