Do You Cook On the Weekends?

Published on August 13, 2006 By uDigItTheMost In Home & Family

I know a lot of families have big home-cooked Sunday dinners, but how about on Fridays and Saturdays?

On most Saturdays we eat at restaurants. I don't know why we don't cook at home more, and I love to cook, too. My theory is, we have done the "eating out" thing for so many Saturdays that it's now part of our routine. It's not like we eat at expensive places. At the most, we usually spend around 20 dollars.

Then there's times when I feel extremely lazy ( I'm so lazy I have different levels of laziness ). On those days we usually get take-out or fast food. I dislike driving to go get fast food, though. I can't tell you how many times I try talking Rose into going for us. I have millions of excuses trying to get her to go, and to tell you the truth I think only one has actually worked. I'm saving it for the next time I feel even lazier than extremely lazy.

Yesterday, Rose's brother came over to do his laundry. He asked if we ate, and after we told him "no", he asked if we wanted to get something and bring it home. So I asked Rose what she wanted, and I went with him to get some supper. She asked me where we were going and as usual I had no idea. I never know what I'm hungry for until I'm on the road and see the places then I go by feel. And right then I was feeling hungry. I was asked, "Are you in the mood for burgers, chicken, tacos, subs, or pizza?" With my stomach growling i answered, "Yeah!!"

We went down a main street that is lined with fast food joints, fancy restaurants, and pizza places. Hmm , what do we want? To us, it really didn't matter. We were deciding by how crowded each place was. We didn't want to wait any amount of time. Not because we were starving but because we are both impatient as hell.

We stopped by the taco place, It was jam-packed. The line was super long. We should've known, too. Hell, it's always crowded. It's a institution here.

Next we stopped at McDonald's. An institution, too? Maybe, but thank God it was also crowded.

Kentucky Fried Chicken was packed.

Lots of the fancy restaurants had tons of people. Not that it means anything. If they were empty we still weren't go there. Along with both being impatient we also don't like spending 10 dollars for a burger and fries.

Damn, is every restaurant in this town full?

We pull into Burger King. There is no one around. It's like a ghost town. No one in the drive-thru and no one in line inside. Okay, truth time for us. We said before leaving we would stop at the first empty place. I don't think we both thought it was going to be Burger King. Not that I have anything against BK. I just wasn't feeling it if you know what I mean. So I said, "Look, they're mopping the floor inside. I don't wanna go in there and slip and fall." Sh*tty excuse ( No wonder Rose never falls for any ). He said, "Okay, let's go somewhere else." Obviously he wasn't feeling BK, either.

We finally decided on a little diner type of restaurant. Chicken salad and a chocolate shake for Rose, and a big fat burger and fries for me. It was good. I don't really care for fast food burgers all the time. But when you get a thick burger from those little diners sometimes they can be so damn yummy.

Despite it's yummy taste, a nice home-cooked meal would've been tastier and more satisfying. If only I wasn't so slothful on weekends. Does anyone out there cook on Fridays and Saturdays? And if so, can I come over? I'll bring the alcohol or whatever else you need.

Hey Texas Wahine, I could bring over some jalapenos now that you're a grill master. Providing your son lets you near the grill anymore.

Hey any excuse to go to Hawaii. Now does anyone out there cook on the weekends who happens to live in VEGAS????

Comments (Page 1)

Trudygolightly

on Aug 13, 2006

1. If I didn't cook on weekends, I'd go hungry!

2. Eating out every weekend isn't an option for me, so....hafta cook!

3. What the heck did I go to cooking school for if I ain'ta gonna cook??!

4. Cooking school didn't help much...., I mean come on...who wants to make brown sauce, peel potatoes, prep vegies, make the salads, blah blah.......

foreverserenity

on Aug 14, 2006

We cook on the weekends, usually on the Sunday. On Fridays and Saturdays, sometimes we eat out, other times we eat in but it's something light and not too much fuss to prepare.

You can come over for Sunday dinner anytime, as long as you don't mind eating food prepared with my spices and it's always Rice and peas with whatever meat and vegetables. Sunday dinner was always with a little more prepared food than the other days. That's tradition from my homeland.

Hey, don't feel too bad Chris, everyone gets lazy once in a while. Just don't become a sloth!

KellyW0498

on Aug 14, 2006

We cook every night except Friday. Pizza Night! I live for it, not because I am in love with pizza, because I am not cooking!

So, if you two need a N.W. home to eat at Saturday thru Thursday, just stop by!

uDigItTheMost

on Aug 14, 2006

---#1 by Trudygolightly
Sun, August 13, 2006 10:46 PM ---

Trudy, cooking school sounds cool as hell. What's your specialty?

Does your son ever cook for you?

uDigItTheMost

on Aug 14, 2006

Foreverserenity

---You can come over for Sunday dinner anytime, as long as you don't mind eating food prepared with my spices and it's always Rice and peas with whatever meat and vegetables. Sunday dinner was always with a little more prepared food than the other days. That's tradition from my homeland.---

It sounds good to me. You're lucky Rose and I don't live near you.

What spices do you use?

---Hey, don't feel too bad Chris, everyone gets lazy once in a while. Just don't become a sloth---

uDigItTheMost

on Aug 14, 2006

KellyW.

---We cook every night except Friday. Pizza Night! I live for it, not because I am in love with pizza, because I am not cooking!---

A deep dish pizza always sounds good on a Friday.

---So, if you two need a N.W. home to eat at Saturday thru Thursday, just stop by!---

Well the NW is a beautiful part of the country. So you might just see us.

Dr Guy

on Aug 14, 2006

Since my wife and I both work, and since it is usually just the 2 of us, we usually order take out on the weekdays, and then cook on the weekend.

uDigItTheMost

on Aug 14, 2006

---Since my wife and I both work, and since it is usually just the 2 of us, we usually order take out on the weekdays, and then cook on the weekend.---

Sounds like it cuts down on dirty dishes, too.

Are you a good cook?

InBloom

on Aug 14, 2006

How funny that you write about not cooking on weekends and then we end up cooking twice on Sunday.

I can't wait for tonight's supper, btw...yummmmm.

foreverserenity

on Aug 15, 2006

What spices do you use?

Red pepper, crushed and flakes, hot spicy Jamaican scotch bonnet pepper in a bottle, black pepper, lots of garlic and ginger, sea salt, onion powder, paprika, curry if doing a curried dish, thyme, escallion, what you call green onion and yellow onion...to name a few.

uDigItTheMost

on Aug 15, 2006

Rose
---I can't wait for tonight's supper, btw...yummmmm.---

And tomorrow's is gonna be even better.

Foreverserenity
---Red pepper, crushed and flakes, hot spicy Jamaican scotch bonnet pepper in a bottle, black pepper, lots of garlic and ginger, sea salt, onion powder, paprika, curry if doing a curried dish, thyme, escallion, what you call green onion and yellow onion...to name a few.---

Yummy! I love spicy food. We'll be over Sunday. ;

InBloom

on Aug 16, 2006

~~And tomorrow's is gonna be even better. ~~

You were right...it was. I'm glad I get to take leftovers for lunch tomorrow...

Trudygolightly

on Aug 17, 2006

Trudy, cooking school sounds cool as hell. What's your specialty?

I like to think that soup is my specialty, as I thought it would be difficult and it isn't. Just overcoming the fear of doing it, ya know? I took the only cooking program offered, at that time, Anoka Tech. It was "Hotel and Restaurant Cooking". Anoka no longer offers this program I think. Teacher at that time was Wolf Pointner. Think I got the spelling right! He was Austrian

You bet my son cooks for me! He does wonderful egg omlettes, bakes a mean pumkin pie, mostly he treats me by taking me out to McDonald's or Burger King, ordering pizza, and springing for KFC or Taco Bell.

MasonM

on Aug 18, 2006

I cook when I'm home off the road. When on the road I eat truckstop food or the 'heat n eat' stuff I nuke in the truck so when home I want real cooked food.

uDigItTheMost

on Aug 18, 2006

Trudy,

---Teacher at that time was Wolf Pointner.---

I wish I had a name like Wolf. Though I really don't see myself as a Wolf, despite what Rose says.

---You bet my son cooks for me! He does wonderful egg omlettes, bakes a mean pumkin pie, mostly he treats me by taking me out to McDonald's or Burger King, ordering pizza, and springing for KFC or Taco Bell.---

It must be nice to take a break from cooking. Right now KFC sounds so good.

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