We have pretty much stopped eating out or meeting up for drinks - even a great place has to use cheaper (unhealthier) ingredients and fewer servers to make any money. It is just too expensive for us to do anymore. Our friends and family agreed,so we all invested in 3 costco long tables as a group and alternate homes for celebration dinners where people bring their own meat, drinks and veggie dish and the host makes up a couple sides and dessert for all. It is a lot of fun and we see people much more often in a relaxed setting. The kids and grandkids can run around and their parents bring food their kids will eat. Much less waste and $$$.
And by "host" do you mean hostess? Is the man of the house really the one in the kitchen whipping up sides and dessert? No? So the wife gets to cook, clean and watch the kids. Not really a night off for everybody in the family is it?
Wow. Maybe we are just weird people but we all share the prep, getting ready and clean up duties. The kids are not spoiled hellions and watching them is up to their parents. Believe me, if the wives didnt enjoy it as much as the men - it wouldnt happen. Maybe not everyone's cup of tea - works for us.
We have pretty much stopped eating out or meeting up for drinks - even a great place has to use cheaper (unhealthier) ingredients and fewer servers to make any money. It is just too expensive for us to do anymore. Our friends and family agreed,so we all invested in 3 costco long tables as a group and alternate homes for celebration dinners where people bring their own meat, drinks and veggie dish and the host makes up a couple sides and dessert for all. It is a lot of fun and we see people much more often in a relaxed setting. The kids and grandkids can run around and their parents bring food their kids will eat. Much less waste and $$$.
And by "host" do you mean hostess? Is the man of the house really the one in the kitchen whipping up sides and dessert? No? So the wife gets to cook, clean and watch the kids. Not really a night off for everybody in the family is it?
Wow. Maybe we are just weird people but we all share the prep, getting ready and clean up duties. The kids are not spoiled hellions and watching them is up to their parents. Believe me, if the wives didnt enjoy it as much as the men - it wouldnt happen. Maybe not everyone's cup of tea - works for us.
And, gives you the chance to control what kind of food you're ingesting (i.e., organic and or not bio-engineered franken food)
Exactly - and people can accomodate their own gluten free, dairy free, special diets without worry.