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how? my time is 3x the going rate, because it would be a /second job/. like I said before, how much are you valueing yourself.
if I'm ordering a pasta that had a sauce that was slow cooked over 8h. if I'm going to do the same to make my own, it's going to be astronomically more work.
if reducing sauce by maintaining a simmer for 8h sounds like easy work, you clearly live alone, have no pets and have LOTS of free time...
however, I think I know what you are implying. it's cheaper if I just got a $1 jar of sauce, and cheap $4 pack of thin spaghetti and a clearance special for mince for $9. so the same size serving of pasta made this way costs $9(note: serving size), that costed me $11.50 (before delivery) for delivery service.
but these things are not the same... your comparing apples to oranges and going "they are both fruit. just eat the apple, it's cheaper". by that logic, yes. ofcourse it's contradictory. but also by that logic just sell everything you own and live on ramen. fml if people don't get "living" is not "surviving".
also I should add, if you paid yourself the $13 for the 15~ minutes of prep+cook time, it's still bloody expensive unless your paying rediculous delivery fees that you shouldn't order anyways.