A woman I shall call "Zoe" was very pleased that, after snarfing most of three different orders of fried hors d'oevres (cheese, garlic bread, fried zukes), and gulping a glass of wine, she ate only half of her humongous platter of crab cakes.
"I'm starting to put on a few pounds, so I need to cut back. I can make TWO meals out of this! Isn't that a great idea?"
Yah. 'course the portion she was served was closer to three or even four meals worth.
Those heaping portions at restaurants - and doggie bags for the leftovers - may be a thing of the past, if health officials get their way.The government is trying to enlist the help of the nation's eateries in fighting obesity. One of the first things on their list: cutting portion sizes.
-- AP Wire | 06/02/2006 | Report: Restaurants should shrink portions
Kinda a good idea, but only if they cut the price tag along with it. Which they aren't going to like doing, and peeps being served won't like it much because they'll think they're getting cheated.
"I paid $10 for this leaf? Where's the salad, man?"
I saw that article and larfed. Too many people want to get "what they paid for" and won't tolerate smaller portions. 'Sokay, I'm used to mentally dividing up my meal before I start and telling myself how much of it I can eat. It is SO easy to eat more than you think. Last night we had garlic bread and calamari appetizers before our dinner, and I ended up at 1000 cals total even though I only ordered seared ahi and didn't have any drinks or dessert.