Show be incredibly expensive” But even if there are more inexpensive restaurant alternatives nutrition concerns continue to keep many families at home Donna Lague of Ohio prefen to eat at home so she can control what her family is eating “You can’t go out and get the same food you prepare at home Has it been oversalted? Is it as fresh as yours does it have a lot of sauce on it that you don’t need?” And Lague for one prefers the serenity of her home If given a choice of going out or staying in she’d rather have a quiet fun dinner watching a rented video that she has been dying to see than eat in a noisy restaurant Cookbook author Marion Cunningham sees a return to homey values “There is a real yearning to live a more human less impersonal life And there’s nothing more profound in the home than the table It’s where everyone DINING OUT: LET’S NOT Remember the cafe crush the stampede to the sushi bar? Well those yuppie pleasures are going the way of the ’80s Fifty-eig- ht percent of readers say they’d rather make dinner at home than eat out Marian Burros food columnist for The Neu York Times thinks the four-strestaurant rush is slowing down She sees a trend in staying home “Eating out is not the sport it was five years ago ar “Baby boomers who now have children find they can’t just pick up and go whenever they want People are tired of having to stay dressed up at night and behave at the dinner table when they could be home in their bunny slippers and floppy flannel nightgown Also it got to gathers” But not everyone wants to stay home Food experts note the growing popularity of cheaper bistros and places They see a wave of family eateries coming that may offer some relief to harried parents the one group that still seems fond of dining out Indeed 51 percent of married readers with kids at home say they would rather head for a restaurant than make dinner (Seepage 10 forfour families' reviews of top family-styl- e chains) Joy Zabala 43 a consultant from Lake Jackson Texas estimates that she eats out five to six nights a week Zabala says she her husband and children used to try to sit down for a daily meal But with her youngest daughactivities her husband’s long hours and ter’s her own travel schedule it got to be impossible “We were seldom in the same place at the same time We began to phase out the traditional sitting down and having dinner We found we had more quality time together if we met somewhere to eat out” after-scho- Your weirdest dishes We asked: What dish do you love you never would serve to fix for yourself that to company? Sardines with pancake syrup Rout Barnes Stantonville Tenn Ketchup sandwiches Jean Kovatovieh Fmnkioum Colo Raw dough for sugar cookies Jerry Taylor Walla Walla Wash Peanut butter mayo and pickles on a Ritz Joan Vernon Las Vegas Peanut butter and pickle relish sandwich NM Dot Worster Roswell Potato chips dipped in orange sherbet Dorothy Harris Nev Sparks Braised ox tongue with horseradish John E Erkkiia Vancouver Wash Oatmeal with tomato gravy and Romano cheese Jeanette Calvarese Media Pa Watermelon with hot cherry peppers and raw hot dogs Wanda Sarro Boyertoum Pa Peach cobbler topped with fried okra S K Prophet Urhaudale Iowa ol Cream of mushroom soup right out of the can Susan Pauli Newbury Park Calif White bread covered with coffee Debra Slaughter sprinkled with sugar Des Moines You CouldWin”Gold For Life” (What You Do With It Is Entirely IJpTo You) What would you do with a fortune in gold? C The answer begins when you enter the “Gold For Life" Sweepstakes-Contes- t Simply visit your local Maple Leaf dealer and find out how you can get your chance to win up to 100 ounces of pure Gold Maple Leaf coins Or write an essay to be eligible to win 1000 ounces of Gold Maple Leaf coins? The winners of each will also receive a free trip for two to one of Canada’s richest gold mines There you'll have the thrill of watching gold ore being extracted and processed Then you’ll visit the Western Hemispheres oldest and largest refinery of gold the Royal Canadian Mint to oversee the refining and mint9999 pure bullion investment coin— ing of gold into the world’s the Gold Maple Leaf best-sellin- x g So puivbaw necessary ui enter Sweepstafcrs Purchase necessary to enter Contest On tv US residents 18 or older mev participate Void tn AZ HL UD and VT MI and OH residents only may obtain an entry form bv mailing a SASE to: Maple Leaf Account Executive Dvmcat Distribution Services 20770 Westwood Hoad Strongsville OH 44136 Program begins October 131908 Ends April 13 1990 See official rules at participating dealers Trademark of Uw Roy al Canadian Mint 'Both prises divided Into twenty (20) equal Installments Canada & — |