"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> Used to be in pretty much any restaurant...maybe not a really fancy
> one...you could get a diet plate. It usually consisted of a hamburger
> patty, sometimes a chicken breast, sliced tomatoes, a scoop of cottage
> cheese and some sort of canned fruit. I haven't seen anything like that
> on a menu for years. Ruby's Diner does have a hamburger salad. That's a
> tossed salad with a hamburger patty on it. That's the closest thing I've
> seen!

They still have what they call a *diet* plate like that at Lyon's.

Cheri