I thought it was a phenomenon only I experienced but found out , I am not the only one !
I often cant enjoy fully , the food that I cook .. I feel I enjoy food more when others cook for me or when we dine out ..
A friend recently claimed the same , I wonder why this happens !
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I agree…I very rarely eat or enjoy my own cooking with the family…after cooking and cleaning up, I don’t want to sit down and actually eat! I just sit there with my husband and kids while they eat and I watch lol 
I either end up eating way before them or way after them. It’s weird , but can’t quite explain why it is..maybe we just get tired and can’t fully relax after preparing the meal and cleaning up the mess and getting everything back into order 
We don’t eat out much, but when we do I fully enjoy it lol
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here’s a bit of insight, courtesy of Forbes and Carnegie-Mellon (!):
SAPVoice: Why Do Sandwiches Taste Better When Someone Else Makes Them? - Forbes
Food I cook !
actually I do enjoy the food I make for the most part. That being said…parties are an exception. I don’t like eating the food that Made for a party. Everyone loves it. I think we get satiated in the process . Actually I feel great if the food finishes after a party and I don’t have to do alot of cleanup. Sometimes I will beg ppl to take food home Bc I am so overwhelmed by looking at food. Of course most of my guests will gladly take food home but I will regret later Bc I miss the food later. I guess looking and preparing all that food is overwhelming, overpowering feeling.
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Well in routine cooking, I always enjoy food. In oir home although its only me and husband but we have some strict tradition of eating together howsoever late it is. Sometimes hubby comes late from work or from Masjid late means around 10:30-11 and i still wait for him:wub:. No its not newly married we have been married for more than 8 yrs now. So I always eat with him and i enjoy the food. Like twinklestar said parties are exception but still i do eat a little. Oh yes I also ask people to take food but what i do is i keep my share before!!! Very less happens that I dont enjoy. I enjoy my cooking, baking and whatever i make alhumdulillah