Eating out - am I expecting too much?

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We unfortunately eat at restaurants more than we like to. Food prices have gone through the roof everywhere.
A speciality burger and fries in something other than a fast food place is up to $16-$18 dollars in most places. Go to tourist areas, a couple of burgers, fries and a drink may cost at least $40 or likely more depending on how popular the establishment is.
Throw in a couple of cocktails, you have a $60 lunch.
It’s expensive out there.
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That is exactly the reason my wife and I don’t eat out often. I miss the days when I was a kid on road trips, buy a quart of milk, loaf of bread and some baloney and that filled us up.
Or, go to IHop and pay $14.00 for breakfast…I’d rather take the $14.00 and buy a pound of bacon, dozen eggs and loaf of bread and have eggs and bacon for several breakfast meals.
 

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Do thus and they might load ya up.

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Restaurant prices are bad for sure. But I spent over $12 getting a pound of crappy hamburger meat and a dozen eggs at the store.
What is hamburger meat currently? We eat ground venison at home. It’s been years since buying any at the store.
Wow! Just looked. Almost $7 a lb for 80/20 ground beef at wallyworld.
Chuck roast is $5.50 a lb. Seems like a home grinder and some chuck would be the way to go.
 

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