No worries at all! I’m glad you posted the memes. I find them amusing too 
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Hilarious. If the shoe fits, let them eat cake!
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And another hilarious, but eminently more entertaining Let Them Eat Cake:
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Add to that that they may have to go into lifetime debt if they want to go to college, because at $700/week for DoorDash, because that money is not going into a college fund. But it’s possibly with two earners, the families are making enough that they can throw this much money into delivery. I notice the NYT doesn’t say what their income is.
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I just did a little public records search. They live in $2.6 mil dollar home. I suspect they have no issues spending $700 on food.
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The rich are not like us. Something to always, always keep in mind.
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Fish at hot tables has a quite short period before it turns to something which should be thrown away. Fish is the one food I would only buy freshly made when bought as a hot/warm dish
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This looked like it had just been fried. The problem was that the actual fish inside didn’t taste as good as it could have, with better quality frozen sole or fresh sole. The batter was fine.
I get not wanting to cook. Some people just don’t like it, and don’t care enough to learn. That’s fine.
But then, WHY have a couple of THOUSAND dollars worth of copper cookware, Williams Sonoma cutting boards, a newly remodeled kitchen with a paneled fridge? I would take 50/50 odds on the range just under those copper pots is a Thermador or Wolf. That’s a full height wine fridge in there, too.
The only thing that gets used is that wine fridge. Why would you blow upwards of 6 figures to completely deck out a room you won’t use?!?
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I get it, too. It’s only this year, that I’m starting to order a lot less take-out, even when I don’t feel like cooking.
I was using take-out, mostly when I’m on my own in Toronto, as a treat and a break from my day to day cooking, over the past 6 years.
Before 2020, I wasn’t getting as much take-out at home, mostly because I was meeting friends to dine in at pubs and brunch spots a lot.
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I also know 2 elderly women, one a cousin and the other a family friend, who don’t cook.
One is a workaholic obsessed with her weight who never was interested, and learned how. She relied on her husband doing all the cooking for their family. He died in May. She subsisted on Caesar Salad, microwaved popcorn, wine gums, and coffee into her 60s. Dental issues now, so she had to give up the wine gums, and I’m guessing it’s mostly take-out salads and coffee for her now. When we meet, we go out for main course salads.
The other woman cooked for her husband and 2 kids for years, and cooked for her husband until her husband died 10 years ago. She doesn’t like cooking. She buys the pre-made refrigerated heatable meals at Farm Boy (Ontario grocery store that’s a bit like a knock off of Trader Joe’s) when they are half price on Thursdays, and stocks her fridge. She also eats a lot of pineapple and cottage cheese. I know she isn’t paying $350 a week on takeout , despite not cooking anymore. Her grocery bill is probably lower than mine, because she is thrifty and not interested in pricier cuts of meat, or fresh vegetables that cost more.
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I’m guessing that they didn’t purchase those copper pots and pans themselves. Maybe a gift from a parent, maybe a wedding registry ask, maybe the kitchen was designed by an Interior Designer, maybe they are living in a place owned by a wealthy relative. LOL
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“Look what I have!” Comes to mind. A builder I know installs in super high end kitchens with top line appliances in very expensive homes. He shrugs because most of the people just use the microwave or heat up premade meals, but the owners only want “the best”.
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I have stopped by a few Estate Sales, Contents Sales, and Downsizing Sales in some tony neighborhoods in Toronto, where a Mansion or McMansion is being cleared out quickly. The people who own these kitchen appliances, housewares, still appreciate profit, of course.
Shoppers sometimes line up 2 hours before the sale opens. Deals if you get there early, and very competitive bargain shoppers!
The first sale I went to was a house owned by a wealthy economist. I am sure she was not cooking much, and neither was her husband. The Contents Sales company was selling not just housewares, furniture and books, but even framed diplomas of her kid’s graduation from kindergarten. Free glasses that were swag from some event. Awards and trophies. 30 year old dresses on a hanger in a closet. Brand top of the line new standing mixers.
I’m still making due with a handheld mixer I purchased in 1997. LOL. (Not a priority, and I hate cleaning appliances )
owners only want “the best”.
I think there’s a name for this condition: Affluenza
If you have more money than you know what to do with, I suppose a $60,000 48" range and cooktop that you know you will never EVER use beyond a tiny portion of its capabilities, can start to make sense, or at least, not seem to feel like a pointless expense.
Especially if a ton of those high prices of those objects is down to non-utilitarian features like custom enamel colors, gold plated LED backlit controls, paneled doors, etc.
I guess this is the same as rich dudes that buy 6 and 7 figure Ferraris and the like and have manifestly no interest in ever driving them on a track.
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As per my earlier comment. What’s the point of being filthy rich if ya can’t show it off in as many ways as possible?
Where I live, we often get complaints that we don’t have delivery like they do in the best foodie cities (NYC in particular) and that’s fair. But I have to say I kind of appreciate being forced to cook, because it’s saved me a heck of a lot of money, and I’ve been able to develop a good survival skill. I have my days too when I’m too tired or just don’t have the time to deal with cooking, so delivery has its place and I do want restaurants to survive in today’s harsh economic climate. I know that if we had more consistent and less costly delivery options (I get more and more dismayed by the delivery apps and how they run their business), it’s something I would probably lean on too much.
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I cook from scratch 5-6 nights a week, albeit not with fancy copper ware, yet I somehow manage to produce high-quality, flavorful meals that don’t break the bank.
It’s def nice to take the occasional break & order stuff I don’t generally make myself, i.e. wings, Detroit-style pizza, hand-pulled noodz, Indian come to mind.
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This is the person that will spend a million dollars to buy a guitar they won’t play but will hang on the wall to let everyone know they are cool. E.g. my relative that bought a famous boxer’s autographed glove and has it in a Lucite box in a small closet.
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Sounds like a woman after my own heart. My modus operandi for my main meal is 1) frozen refrigerated meals (Kevin’s, Sukhi’s, Healthy Choice, etc.) supplemented by a starch (which I make batches of and freeze in portion sizes) and a vegetable if necessary, 2) pre-made heatable discounted meals from Shoprite, or 3) something like chili or curry that I make a large quantity of and then freeze in portion sizes. Occasionally I will get take-out from my favorite Chinese restaurant, if I’m near there, because I pick it up rather than have it delivered. (I also buy Soon Dubu Jigae and Mapo Tofu “kits” at the local Asian supermarket, which barely counts as cooking; it’s only marginally more difficult than instant ramen.)
This means I only cook once every couple of weeks, and still have the things I really like.
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Yep, whatever works! I have gone through phases when I have relied on ready-made food. Not currently going through one, but if I was, I would do it my way, and enjoy it.
Personally, I get it. The kitchen is the central showpiece of most newer homes. In addition to being one of the absolute key selling points should it go on the market, it’s also important that it look nice if, e.g., they like to entertain. Whether or not it’s heavily used doesn’t matter – it being in perfect shape is a must.
Also benefit of the doubt, we don’t know whether they put the beautiful kitchen in themselves or bought it that way. With the exception of those copper pots, most likely. (I could probably figure this out by looking at the photos from when they bought the home in 2021 but I’m too lazy to go find the address again.)
Final note tangential to this: Right down the street from my house is a brand new very upscale home. I visited during an open house and saw that the kitchen, while beautiful, is strangely tiny. The realtor told me that this is a new thing some builders are doing, for exactly the reasons listed above: They fully expect the kitchen to not actually see much use…
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