A Moose in Love wrote:
> On Apr 3, 11:35 pm, Sqwertz > wrote:
>> On Wed, 3 Apr 2013 14:43:34 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On Wed, 3 Apr 2013 10:28:41 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>>>>> But it's still processed. I looked this up because someone said
>>>>> to me that
>>>>> it looked like I bought a lot of processed food. So I said to
>>>>> myself... Just what is processed food! And it's not what I
>>>>> thought it was. I thought
>>>>> it was stuff like bologna, hot dogs, Velveeta, Spaghettios. And
>>>>> they are but so are most of the other things we find in a grocery
>>>>> store. And once we
>>>>> cut into them or cook them, we have processed them too. So that
>>>>> business about avoiding processed foods is a bunch of hooey.
>>
>>>> So then everything we eat is processed. Since once you start to
>>>> chew it, it's processed. Even the water we drink is processed
>>>> unless we drink it right from the source.
>>
>>>> You're just being an anal troll, IMO.
>>
>>> That's true too according to some sources. So saying to people not
>>> to eat processed foods is nonsense. I suppose one could swallow
>>> tiny things whole. Like blueberries and little grapes. One might
>>> choke and they probably wouldn't digest too well.
>>
>> So don't you think your argument sounds a little silly, now?
>>
>> ObFood: Rubber chicken dinner award ceremony at the highly-rated
>> "Mansion at Judges Hill" tonight. 1/3rd chicken breast rubbed with
>> ricotta(?) and red pepper puree with 4 fresh green beans and paper
>> thin caprese salad (2 tomato slices and 2 cheese slices w/shredded
>> basil). Why do restaurants think small portions = fancy? We had to
>> stop for Tex-Mex (Maudies Cafe) right afterwards for real,
>> substantial food.
>>
>> -sw
>
> Restaurants don't think that small portions are fancy. They know it's
> about cost/profit. The marketeers promote small portions as being
> fancy. Restaurants are about making money. They have to. Look at
> Mario the thief.

Seems to me that the cheaper the restaurant, the larger the portion.
Although the food they offer might be crap. Some people just like big food!
I am not one of them. Some of the really fancy, super expensive restaurants
might offer portions that are so small as to be two bites. This isn't
always the case but it often is. I don't usually like fancy restaurants but
I have been in a few that I did like. Mostly I prefer more modest ones that
offer smaller portion sizes for those who want them but also some larger
things for those who want them too.