Entree Vous

Dave Smith said:

Naomi said:

I am not defending this particular franchise idea, but we are not
talking about restaurants here. We are talking about places where you
go to prepare meals which you bring home to consume at home. Something
like a cooking class, only you bring food home. If you could spend an
enjoyable evening making entrees for an entire week while avoiding the
tedium of shopping, some people might indeed consider that a good use
of time.

I would think that anyone who might consider a night of preparing food to be fun
would be just as happy to do it at home, and that they would be happy to save the
money. One of the earlier posts suggested $120 for 6 entrees.

heh. I could feed my family for over 2 weeks on that, entrees,
breakfasts, lunches, snacks, everything. How does that go about a fool
and his money?

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sarah bennett said:

Quoted message said:

I would think that anyone who might consider a night of preparing food to be fun
would be just as happy to do it at home, and that they would be happy to save the
money. One of the earlier posts suggested $120 for 6 entrees.

heh. I could feed my family for over 2 weeks on that, entrees,
breakfasts, lunches, snacks, everything. How does that go about a fool
and his money?

They are soon parted. The whole idea of setting up a store where people would have to
pay a lot more to do something they could do at home, but they don't like to, just
doesn't sound like a winning proposition to me. I would think a more profitable
venture would be one that allows people to do things they want to do.

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Dave Smith said:

Naomi said:

I am not defending this particular franchise idea, but we are not
talking about restaurants here. We are talking about places where you
go to prepare meals which you bring home to consume at home. Something
like a cooking class, only you bring food home. If you could spend an
enjoyable evening making entrees for an entire week while avoiding the
tedium of shopping, some people might indeed consider that a good use
of time.

I would think that anyone who might consider a night of preparing food to be fun
would be just as happy to do it at home, and that they would be happy to save the
money. One of the earlier posts suggested $120 for 6 entrees.

Do those 6 entrees each feed 4? Looked that way to me. That's not so
bad.

Again, I'm not defending that particular outfit which (I agree) looks
like mainly a way to make money off the franchisees. The food sounds
awful and I understand all that stuff about having fun cooking at home.
The arguments against this kind of thing are all excellent. However,
there are lots of people who like to get out and do something social in
the evenings, and lots of people who are not that confident in the
kitchen and/or don't have the ingredients or equipment. Those people
might be a market. Might be a vanishing market because they would get
interested or competent enough to cook at home. Then again, they might
hate shopping enough to make this a permanent solution.
Hell, I hate shopping most of the time and I love cooking. And I would
go to a cook and bring home place myself if it was good Mexican or
Indian food or something else that I'm not set up to cook.

sarah bennett said:

Dave Smith said:

Naomi said:

I am not defending this particular franchise idea, but we are not
talking about restaurants here. We are talking about places where you
go to prepare meals which you bring home to consume at home. Something
like a cooking class, only you bring food home. If you could spend an
enjoyable evening making entrees for an entire week while avoiding the
tedium of shopping, some people might indeed consider that a good use
of time.

I would think that anyone who might consider a night of preparing food

to be fun

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would be just as happy to do it at home, and that they would be happy to

save the

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money. One of the earlier posts suggested $120 for 6 entrees.

heh. I could feed my family for over 2 weeks on that, entrees,
breakfasts, lunches, snacks, everything. How does that go about a fool
and his money?

If I shop very carefully that it is my food budget for around three
weeks...and I eat healthfully and very well. And that includes several
"entertainment" meals too...

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Best
Greg

Michael 'Dog3' Lonergan said:

"Gregory Morrow"
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Melba's Jammin said:

In article <[email hidden]>,
"Gregory Morrow"
<[email hidden]> wrote:

> Naomi wrote:
> > Or, become an entrepeneur, start something like this from scratch
> > and figure out what people in your area will pay and what kind of
> > food and atmosphere they would like. And be very charming, like
> > the people who give cooking classes. And serve alcohol.
>
>
> That would be called a "restaurant"...

LOL!

Not too dissimilar from those "cook your own steak" places (are those
still around?). You cook yer own meat, serve yerself from the
salad/sides bar, etc...

In any case too much work, one is simply dragging out the cooking
experience. One can accomplish more by simply managing one's own time
(shopping, prep, etc.) in a better manner...

I went to one of those cook your own places in my home town. I chose the
steak (great choice) cooked it and waited on myself. I got water from my
waitperson. It was only $30 so I didn't feel too bad but for $30 I could
have made a ton of stuff at home.

Baby when I go out I want to sit DOWN and be served. That's the reason I
don't do boo - fays or even salad bars, I've got a boo - fay goin' on
24/7/365, it's called "Greg's Kitchen", lol...

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Greg

"Gregory Morrow"
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Baby when I go out I want to sit DOWN and be served. That's the
reason I don't do boo - fays or even salad bars, I've got a boo - fay
goin' on 24/7/365, it's called "Greg's Kitchen", lol...

I said I went once. Only once. Never will I do it again 😉

Michael

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served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been
found."

--Calvin Trillin

On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 18:59:53 GMT, "Michael \"Dog3\" Lonergan"
<[email hidden]> rummaged among random neurons and opined:

Quoted message said:

I went to one of those cook your own places in my home town. I chose the
steak (great choice) cooked it and waited on myself. I got water from my
waitperson. It was only $30 so I didn't feel too bad but for $30 I could
have made a ton of stuff at home.

One place that the DH and I enjoy going to occasionally is a place
called "The Melting Pot." It's a chain fondue joint. Since I only have
one fondue pot, I can't perform the appetizer through dessert fondue
that they can. It's really great fun to go out with friends and "do
fondue." Other than that particular restaurant, no, I can't see doing
my own cooking anyplace but my (or a friend's) kitchen. We went to a
cook-you-own steak once years and years ago - you stood around
communal grills and grilled your steak, waitstaff did the rest. Didn't
see the point other than "drama."

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

"Most vigitaryans I iver see looked enough like their food to be
classed as cannybals."

Finley Peter Dunne (1900)

To reply, replace "spaminator" with "cox"

On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 22:06:28 GMT, "Gregory Morrow"
<[email hidden]> rummaged
among random neurons and opined:

Quoted message said:

Baby when I go out I want to sit DOWN and be served. That's the reason I
don't do boo - fays or even salad bars, I've got a boo - fay goin' on
24/7/365, it's called "Greg's Kitchen", lol...

The DH and I both hate buffets - he says that, once he got out of the
Marines, he was never going to stand in line for food again. As for
me, I've never seen a buffet that had the quality of just-cooked food.
Steamer trays - yikes!

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

"Most vigitaryans I iver see looked enough like their food to be
classed as cannybals."

Finley Peter Dunne (1900)

To reply, replace "spaminator" with "cox"

Terry Pulliam Burd said:

The DH and I both hate buffets - he says that,
once he got out of the Marines, he was never going
to stand in line for food again. As for me, I've never
seen a buffet that had the quality of just-cooked food.

The purpose of all-you-can-eat buffets is
to cater to the class of customers who use
the following value equation:

value = quantity / cost

Lots of people think and eat that way.
In fact, I think that way, but the reason
I don't patronize buffet-style restaurants
is that it's the big fat people who get
a bargain. Therefore, it must not be a
good deal for healthy thin people like me.
(Not since I lost over 40 pounds, anyway.)

Mark Thorson said:

Terry Pulliam Burd said:

The DH and I both hate buffets - he says that,
once he got out of the Marines, he was never going
to stand in line for food again. As for me, I've never
seen a buffet that had the quality of just-cooked food.

The purpose of all-you-can-eat buffets is
to cater to the class of customers who use
the following value equation:

value = quantity / cost

Lots of people think and eat that way.
In fact, I think that way, but the reason
I don't patronize buffet-style restaurants
is that it's the big fat people who get
a bargain. Therefore, it must not be a
good deal for healthy thin people like me.
(Not since I lost over 40 pounds, anyway.)

They are very popular with elderly people, including my own parents
since Mum gave up on the cooking. All you can eat for $12.00, just the
sort of food they like as a rule. Roast and three veg, tinned fruit and
custard. They don't mind serving themselves, I think a lot of them
prefer it. And most of them don't actually eat all that much. They have
a place.

Christine

Terry Pulliam Burd <[email hidden]> hitched up their panties
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One place that the DH and I enjoy going to occasionally is a place
called "The Melting Pot." It's a chain fondue joint. Since I only have
one fondue pot, I can't perform the appetizer through dessert fondue
that they can. It's really great fun to go out with friends and "do
fondue." Other than that particular restaurant, no, I can't see doing
my own cooking anyplace but my (or a friend's) kitchen. We went to a
cook-you-own steak once years and years ago - you stood around
communal grills and grilled your steak, waitstaff did the rest. Didn't
see the point other than "drama."
Finley Peter Dunne (1900)

I can understand a specialty place. For steak it was a stupid choice. I
can do it at home. Anyway, I wanted to try it. So I did. The Fondue place
sounds interesting.

Michael

--
"The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she
served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been
found."

--Calvin Trillin

Terry Pulliam Burd <[email hidden]> hitched up their panties and
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On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 22:06:28 GMT, "Gregory Morrow"
<[email hidden]> rummaged
among random neurons and opined:

Quoted message said:

Baby when I go out I want to sit DOWN and be served. That's the reason I
don't do boo - fays or even salad bars, I've got a boo - fay goin' on
24/7/365, it's called "Greg's Kitchen", lol...

The DH and I both hate buffets - he says that, once he got out of the
Marines, he was never going to stand in line for food again. As for
me, I've never seen a buffet that had the quality of just-cooked food.
Steamer trays - yikes!

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

You will not catch me at too many buffets. I will go with my Godchild.
For some reason she loves "The Old Country Buffet" and we will take her
there.

Michael

--
"The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she
served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been
found."

--Calvin Trillin