# How many days in a week do you have dinner cooked in your home? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 5, 2013, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-in-a-week-do-you-have-dinner-cooked-in-your-home/665394 "2013-08-05T14:50:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![truthSeeker2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7cd45c/32.png) [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-in-a-week-do-you-have-dinner-cooked-in-your-home/665394/1 "2013-08-05T14:50:50Z")
Give us the rounded-off average. Like if you eat home-made dinner 5.5 days a week on average then vote 6 days, for 5.4 days, vote for 5 days. You can also tell what type of cuisine you like to order or go out to eat. You can also tell about your lunch patterns if you like. anonymous poll. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-in-a-week-do-you-have-dinner-cooked-in-your-home/665394/2 "2013-08-05T14:59:13Z")
> [@truthSeeker2](#): > > Give us the rounded-off average. Like if you eat home-made dinner 5.5 days a week on average then vote 6 days, for 5.4 days, vote for 5 days. > > You can also tell what type of cuisine you like to order or go out to eat. You can also tell about your lunch patterns if you like. > > anonymous poll. Are you talking cooked from scratch, or are leftovers that are simply heated up included in “home made?” What about microwave meals? Is it any dinner time meal eaten at home? ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-in-a-week-do-you-have-dinner-cooked-in-your-home/665394/3 "2013-08-05T15:00:44Z")
We eat out if we’re out for the day in the weekend, or if there is a special occassion during the week, but generally speaking we make all our dinners from scratch at home. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-in-a-week-do-you-have-dinner-cooked-in-your-home/665394/4 "2013-08-05T15:02:48Z")
I said 4-5 days, the others are catch-as-catch-can. We eat out only about once or twice a month. ---
**Author:** ![truthSeeker2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7cd45c/32.png) [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-in-a-week-do-you-have-dinner-cooked-in-your-home/665394/5 "2013-08-05T15:05:18Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > Are you talking cooked from scratch, or are leftovers that are simply heated up included in “home made?” What about microwave meals? pls include food cooked from scratch by any member at home and even leftover of food that was cooked earlier. Please don’t include ready-made food that one just heats in the microwave. 🙂 > [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > Is it any dinner time meal eaten at home? No, the proper dinner.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-in-a-week-do-you-have-dinner-cooked-in-your-home/665394/6 "2013-08-05T15:05:59Z")
4 or 5 on average. Generally we go out to eat once a week, maybe twice, but some weeks we get busy and it’s more often. The kids are grown now, when they were around all the time it was 6 or 7 times a week. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-in-a-week-do-you-have-dinner-cooked-in-your-home/665394/7 "2013-08-05T15:12:37Z")
We only go out to eat if we have guests, which is about once a month. I cook dinner the rest of the time. Occasionally, about once a month, I’ll just reheat a frozen pizza. So it comes out to six or seven cooked dinners a week. I just don’t have the patience to pay lots of money so I can wait a long time to eat food that isn’t cooked to my preference. ---
**Author:** ![Macca26](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/13edae/32.png) [@Macca26](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Macca26)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-in-a-week-do-you-have-dinner-cooked-in-your-home/665394/8 "2013-08-05T15:14:10Z")
Work used to pay for my lunch. However, it quickly became apparent that they had no interest in variety and 4 times out of 5 it’d be to the deli next door, with much moaning and groaning. They could have easily picked up their behinds and gone to some other restaurants but they moaned and groaned about the food at those places as well. After about a year of putting up with the moaning and substandard food, I put my foot down. I said I’d be brown bagging it here on out like I did before, paid lunch be damned. They ended up giving me a weekly stipend to “pay” for my bagged lunches so it all worked out in the end. I get better, healthier food now (half the time leftovers of dinner the day before), AND I get paid to bring it in. Since they based the stipend on how much it’d cost to eat out every day, I actually make quite a bit in extra. I still haven’t knocked off the 10 pounds that year of eating did to me though. So don’t be afraid to transfer that paid lunch into bagged lunch + stipend. Anyway, I found bento boxes and that made my lunches great because I get more variety without the mess of multiple ziplock bags and tupperware containers. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-in-a-week-do-you-have-dinner-cooked-in-your-home/665394/9 "2013-08-05T15:15:23Z")
My wife cooks dinner for us at least five nights a week, sometimes seven. Leftovers are lunch for me and her throughout the week. We might eat out at a restaurant for dinner once a month. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-in-a-week-do-you-have-dinner-cooked-in-your-home/665394/10 "2013-08-05T15:19:24Z")
does cereal and pbj sammies count? LOL ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-in-a-week-do-you-have-dinner-cooked-in-your-home/665394/11 "2013-08-05T15:34:51Z")
We do a weekly date night. All other nights I cook at home, and if we’re lucky, we can get by on leftovers one of those times. ---
**Author:** ![gracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@gracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracer)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-in-a-week-do-you-have-dinner-cooked-in-your-home/665394/12 "2013-08-05T16:15:08Z")
Eating out is a special occasion for us, but we eat with friends (and/or have friends over) at least once a week. So we probably cook 6 days on average. Tonight: rich couscous with here’s-one-I-made-earlier lamb meatballs from the freezer. ---
**Author:** ![geneb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e4f/32.png) [@geneb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/geneb)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-in-a-week-do-you-have-dinner-cooked-in-your-home/665394/13 "2013-08-05T19:38:42Z")
We eat supper at home 6 times per week or more. I’d say it would skew closer to 6 than 7 since we rarely miss going out on Friday night. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-in-a-week-do-you-have-dinner-cooked-in-your-home/665394/14 "2013-08-05T20:56:07Z")
I cook with the intention of having left overs. My weekends are three to four days off. On those days, I cook every night. During the work week, I feed off the frozen left overs. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-in-a-week-do-you-have-dinner-cooked-in-your-home/665394/15 "2013-08-05T21:00:06Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > Is it any dinner time meal eaten at home? > [@truthSeeker2](#): > > No, the proper dinner.🙂 Given this requirement, I answered zero. We never eat proper dinners served at proper times. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-in-a-week-do-you-have-dinner-cooked-in-your-home/665394/16 "2013-08-05T21:14:40Z")
When you’re broke you eat at home or you don’t eat. When a bland “'burger & fries” or “chicken-like” nuggets are beyond your reach, you have 99 Problems plus 1. (Get back with it Jay Z.) ---
**Author:** ![KermitTheFrig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/47e85d/32.png) [@KermitTheFrig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KermitTheFrig)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-in-a-week-do-you-have-dinner-cooked-in-your-home/665394/17 "2013-08-05T22:31:53Z")
Friday nights we go out to dinner. The other six nights it’s a made-at-home dinner, though very rarely one of those six may be take-out. Tonight we made tacos. Last night was broiled pork chops with green beans and Spanish rice (packaged Lipton Sides). Tomorrow will be chicken patty sandwiches (frozen chicken patties) and fries (also frozen) with sliced cucumbers. There will be Italian sausages with pasta and broccoli later in the week. Not eveything is 100% made from scratch, but it’s generally a fairly balanced, hot dinner and we all sit down at the table to eat it together. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-in-a-week-do-you-have-dinner-cooked-in-your-home/665394/18 "2013-08-05T22:43:38Z")
Well, I probably should have said “all the time”, but I actually _cook_ about half the time. The rest is get-your-own leftovers, sandwiches, and the like. We eat out _maybe_ once a month because we’re poor and often broke. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-in-a-week-do-you-have-dinner-cooked-in-your-home/665394/19 "2013-08-05T22:59:05Z")
I’m probably out of town an average of two or three nights per week… We go out to a restaurant another two or three nights per week. Thus, I guess we eat at home once or twice per week. ---
**Author:** ![jayrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@jayrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayrey)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-in-a-week-do-you-have-dinner-cooked-in-your-home/665394/20 "2013-08-05T23:04:07Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > I just don’t have the patience to pay lots of money so I can wait a long time to eat food that isn’t cooked to my preference. This. Not only don’t I have the patience, I don’t like spending my money that way. Funny, though, because I used to just love it. Now I prefer my own cooking. My brother does not know how to cook and has no interest in learning. He eats out EVERY meal, EVERY day, unless one of his grown daughters invites him over for a home-cooked meal. I’d go out of my mind. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-in-a-week-do-you-have-dinner-cooked-in-your-home/665394.md?page=2)