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What percentage of your meals do you cook yourself?

Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by Hexagon, Jul 13, 2014.

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What percentage of your food do you make yourself?

  1. More than 90%

    12 vote(s)
    16.9%
  2. 80-90%

    9 vote(s)
    12.7%
  3. 70-80%

    10 vote(s)
    14.1%
  4. 60-70%

    4 vote(s)
    5.6%
  5. 50-60%

    7 vote(s)
    9.9%
  6. 40-50%

    4 vote(s)
    5.6%
  7. 30-40%

    4 vote(s)
    5.6%
  8. 20-30%

    2 vote(s)
    2.8%
  9. 10-20%

    5 vote(s)
    7.0%
  10. Less than 10%

    14 vote(s)
    19.7%
  1. Hexagon

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    And is the rest cooked by family members, or do you eat out/order it?
     
  2. OGS

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    We cook most of our own meals--we eat out a couple times a week--and I would say my partner cooks about 60% of the time, me 40%.
     
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    The only thing I cook for myself is instant noodles and fried eggs.

    As you can see, my survivability is extremely high.
     
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    I'd say around 20%. I'm not that really good at cooking, but I'm trying to improve myself :slight_smile:
     
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    Excluding eating out, probably 90% or more. I've been preparing my own meals since I was 15 or 16. I'm a much better cook than my mother.
     
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    It depends, really. When I'm at home at my parents' place I enjoy cooking for the whole family. But during the week when I'm in my flat I sometimes am too lazy to cook for only myself and occasionally buy take-out or go out with friends.
     
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    I eat out every two months or so, I guess. At birthdays of my parents, or when my brother comes by. Apart from that, I cook most of my meals, about 85% or so.
     
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    Im a child so guess lol. Although i do make some, id say like 8% ^^
     
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    Probably 40% I think.

    I want to try and do more though. Need some good cookbooks.
     
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    I'd say 70—80% because I eat a lot of fresh vegetables, fruit and things that don't require a lot of preparations, such as soy yoghurt or a slice of bread.
    But I do love cooking. A lot. I'm not very talented, but I'm doing my best.
     
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    70-80%. Use to be a bit less often when I was the one paying for most of the food. But I currently don't, so it's about 3-5 meals a week that aren't made by me.

    (I mostly use the microwave but hey its cooking or you know food that requires no cooking)
     
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    50:50
    preparing at home:eating out

    Did I say eating out? LOL. I eat out (in restaurants) quite a bit.
     
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    I occasionally make my own breakfast, but my dad makes me breakfast a lot. And my mom and dad make the majority of other meals, so I voted 10-20%.
     
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    I can't cook and all attempts leave me extremely frustrated. I also fear poisoning myself with something undercooked.
     
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    How on earth can you afford that?
     
  16. Acm

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    I only eat 2 full meals a day but I make lunch myself. Occasionally I'll make a dessert
     
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    I can prepare sandwiches or a salad, I warm a lot of food through and follow instructions on a box often, but cooking is a rare thing for me. My culinary skills are near zero. The kitchen is a very stressful place!
     
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    <10% The people at the chinese delivery place know my name and sometimes give me extra.
     
  19. thekillingmoon

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    Most of them. When you're an adult you have to learn to cook your own meals. I hate cooking, by the way. I know how to make baked potatoes, spaghetti and a soup using one of those soup mixes you put into boiling water. That's the extent of my cooking skills. I need a girlfriend who knows how to cook lol. Sometimes I go out to eat somewhere, usually places like subway or pizza, somewhere cheap basically.
     
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    As a single parent I do all the cooking and housework by myself.

    Happy days :slight_smile: