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I wonder how many people cook and eat on the kitchen, vs how many people cook on the kitchen and then eat on the living room. Does it depend on the size of the kitchen maybe? Does it vary by country?
Jan 09 · 5 months ago
Wanna try doing a poll?
👻 mediocregopher [...] · Jan 09 at 10:51:
Growing up in middle class america the kitchen was exclusively for cooking. The "living room" was basically just the room at the entrance with some chairs and couches, used for parties. The "dining room" had the dining table. And the "family room" had the TV, which is where we actually ate ;)
Since moving out my living situations have been much simpler, basically kitchen+living room. Until moving to Europe my kitchens have never been big enough to accomodate a dining table, so we'd eat in the living room. Now that I'm here the kitchen and living room are kinda one big room, with the table straddling them.
My main point here is that it's a more complicated question than posed, I think.
🚀 dani [OP] · Jan 09 at 15:33:
Thanks. Some decades ago, at least in the area I live, houses were built with pretty big kitchens (compared to what we have now). So kitchens were meant to eat there as well, by design I guess. Most daily life was spent on the kitchen (probably those were houses withouth TV). Nowadays space is reduced, kitchens are smaller, and you have to eat on the dinning room. Funny topic I think, I just woke up tonight thinkinn about this :)
👻 sirwilburthefirst · Jan 09 at 17:13:
I'm sure it's regional thing. In the US it's typical to have a separate room for eating (the "dining room"), although many people have tables in their kitchen that they eat from.
In my experience, if you have a party, most of the guests wind up in the kitchen, or near the kitchen when it fills up. There is an inevitable flow of food, ice, beverages, etc, and people swim upstream. Whenever possible I try to live in open plan spaces, so the kitchen is a part of the living space. It makes daily life more fun for the cook as well.
I grew up in a small house my great grandfather built. The kitchen was a room with one long countertop and the living room was attached in an open plan. The dining table straddled the two rooms and I often ate in the kitchen but watched the living room TV since it was all basically one room.