Well, the real answer of course is that some of the eaters don't care, at least some of the time. I love good food and I'm a fairly good cook, but that doesn't

Well, the real answer of course is that some of the eaters don't care, at least some of the time. I love good food and I'm a fairly good cook, but that doesn't stop me from picking up dinner at McDonald's when I just don't feel like cooking. I don't think that the existence of Applebee's proves anything other than sometimes people want to "eat a meal that someone else microwaved."