Good food takes work. Did not your mother or father make you dinner? Food preparation takes time, and buying it at a fast food place only shows one aspect—paying for the meal. They did the work which you do not see. Invest the time—better and cheaper. Your call....
Making good food is an art.
My Mother used to make great fried chicken and all of us children loved it. I remember visiting Mother and Daddy when they were in their 80s and her chicken wasn’t as good.
I mentioned it to Mother and she said she knew it wasn’t but did not know what she was doing differently. I suppose the quality of the ingredients may have gone down or Mother may have just lost the touch.
Especially since all the stories about fast food workers fouling food. Yuk.