Phred wrote:
> In article .com>,
> "nancy1" > wrote:
> >Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> >> . . . constitute a serving?
> >>
> >> I remember being astounded when a neighbo told me that when she fixes
> >> pork chops for the family (her + 3 males) she always fixed at least a
> >> dozen -- four for dad, three for the two boys, and two for her.
> >>
> >> When I was a kid everyone got one apiece. I cook one per person. It
> >> never occurred to me to have more than one at a meal.
> >>
> >> How many do you fix?
> >>
> >> (And if you get sidetracked from the subject, start your own damn
> >> thread, eh?)
> >
> >I think, again, that we grew up in a similar fashion. We had six in
> >our family...six pork chops. Of course, our meals were completed with
> >a vegetable, a salad and a potato dish of some sort. One was more than
> >enough. That's the way I fed my sons when they were growing up. But
> >now, I basically cook 2 for the men and 1 for the women in the party.
> >I don't know why this "overfeeding" came about...?
>
> Do you good folk have a standard "pork chop"? Over here, you can buy
> pork chops ranging from about the size of a lamb loin chop up to a
> slab that will barely fit on a large dinner plate. Mind you, I have
> to say most people I know will always only eat one at a meal. (Or
> maybe they would eat more if they were given more.
>
> Cheers, Phred.

Likely somewhere between 3 and 5 ounces. Most of the boneless loin
chops run about 4 ounches, whereas a loin chop with the bone will weigh
more, but likely won't have any more edible meat on it.

N.