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Old Lady lunch today
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> On Wed, 12 Aug 2015 21:24:45 -0700, sf > wrote:
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>>On Wed, 12 Aug 2015 21:09:22 -0400, Dave Smith
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>>> On 2015-08-12 19:53, wrote:
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>>> >> Speaking of old-school bread recipes, we had bread and butter pudding
>>> >> last night.
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>>> > I like it but my sil's love it but that's a winter thing and up here
>>> > it's summer still.
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>>> I really like it. It seems to be making a comeback in restaurants around
>>> here but I find it difficult to order a comfort food dessert that comes
>>> in small servings with big prices.
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>>Small servings? Around here a single dessert can feed two easily, in
>>fact four can share and not feel deprived.
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> It's a bad habit that came to us via the USA, we even call them US
> portions. I don't like huge portions and if I know a place is doing
> that then I simply order an appetizer and skip the main.
I was surprised when I learned of the massive portions served in US. What
is the reason for it?
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