/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.13264633]

Why are portion sizes so big in America?

[Anonymous No.13264639]

>>13264633
i didn't notice any difference in portion size when i was in Europe.

[Anonymous No.13264640]

>>13264633
Go big or go home.

[Anonymous No.13264642]

>>13264633
It makes people feel like they are getting a really good deal so they will go back

[Anonymous No.13264648]

>>13264639
OP is visiting from Somalia.

[Anonymous No.13264655]

Probably because they think they get more for the same amount of money. They think they are "saving" despite it making them overweight, sick and a burden on the environment.

[Anonymous No.13264659]

>>13264633
mericans don't ever feel full because sugar is in everything so they eat more

[Anonymous No.13264660]

Making sure the rest of you faggots don’t descend into communism and then anarchy burns a lot of calories.

[Anonymous No.13264671]

>>13264633
Where was this made? It looks perfect for the next time its 5 in the morning and I feel like punishing myself again.

[Anonymous No.13264674]

>>13264633
I don't know, but I also hate it. Although, around here I feel like they need to make sure people pay a minimum price to pay the lease/taxes, so they make the portion bigger so people don't feel like they're getting ripped off.

>>13264639
The difference was obvious when I visited Japan and Italy.

[Anonymous No.13264678]

>>13264674
>The difference was obvious when I visited Japan and Italy.
Shopping around for refuge status?

[Anonymous No.13264680]

>>13264674
When I was in Ireland portions were huge

[Anonymous No.13264761]

>>13264674
>>13264680
it's almost like certain restaurants around the world use portion size as a gimmick or something.

[Anonymous No.13264772]

>>13264633
Because we arent poor and we like to eat delicious food all the time. Why are you such a faggot? You got a fucking problem with America, pal? Go fuck yourself in your third world shithole

[Anonymous No.13264779]

>>13264761
Now just American restaurant. Japanese restaurants wouldn't dare serve something so huge as a gimmick. Imagine how tacky it would be if a Japanese restaurant sold something like a humongous pot sticker, or whatever Asians like.

[Anonymous No.13264782]

>>13264772
>Because we arent poor
Having browsed some of the OC posted here I find this hard to believe.

[Anonymous No.13264786]

>>13264782
Yea American here pls send help.

[Anonymous No.13264789]

>>13264779
you sound like a total weeb. spoiler alert but japan isn't a superior country.

[Anonymous No.13264794]

>>13264789
You should get that autism checked out.

[Anonymous No.13264799]

>>13264633
A lot of the population lived on or worked on farms as recently as a century ago. Farm people ate big meals because farm work could burn 3500 calories a day. So many families have a tradition of large meals picked up from their great grandparents. On top of that the early part of the 20th Century saw the Great Depression where Americans literally starved to death followed by the WWII rationing. For those who lived through that wasting food and being stingy with it was unthinkable, so they served large portions and expected you to clean your plate. Add in government subsidies of meat, dairy and corn to keep food cheap and large portions remained the default in America.

[Anonymous No.13264802]

>>13264794
You should ask yourself why you defend the nips.

[Anonymous No.13264804]

>>13264786
Come to New Zealand. Apply for asylum. We'll look after you.

[Anonymous No.13264811]

>>13264779
>Japanese restaurants wouldn't dare serve something so huge as a gimmick
they serve shit in toilets.
gimmicks are appreciated in gookland

[Anonymous No.13264816]

>>13264789
>japan isn't a superior country.
Their food is superior quality though.

[Anonymous No.13264833]

>>13264816
Not really, it’s the same amount of processed fried and salty crap as the west. You would know that if you had actually been there and not just spewing a moronic opinion based on some nip cartoon you obsess over.

[Anonymous No.13264834]

>>13264816
sorry but the US has more Michelin starred restaurants.

[Anonymous No.13264903]

>>13264633
Imagine complaining about getting too much food. Do europoors really?

[Anonymous No.13264909]

>>13264816
>so high quality that they can't get most products to pass us inspection

[Anonymous No.13264914]

because america is full of ginormous fat fucking fucks

[Anonymous No.13264920]

>>13264786
Why?
Have you shit your pants again?

[Anonymous No.13264924]

>>13264633
big "people" = big sizes

[Anonymous No.13264931]

>>13264633
because the americans are an uncultured vulgar nation with no concept of grace or beauty

[Anonymous No.13264933]

>>13264633
portion sizes in the US have always been large, it started way back in the 1800's people from europe visiting the US commented back then on it. The US is a prosperous nation and it was a sign of wealth to have a lot of food, also it's due to marketing and restaurant competition:
"come to X restaurant we give you more food for less money", "no come to Y restaurant we give you even bigger portions for the same price". Joe consumer "me like food good price lots of it, me go to Y restaurant".

[Anonymous No.13264937]

>>13264920
>Why?
Because we need more foreign aid from your country.
>Have you shit your pants again
Does it make any difference if I third world myself, or not?

[Anonymous No.13264941]

>>13264633
Genetics.
If your ancestors were slaves that instinct to eat as much as possible whenever you could would be passed down your bloodline.
Labouring in plantations was hard work that required a lot of energy.

[Anonymous No.13264948]

>>13264633
Cause the average person is bigger.

That shit looks like it's probably 1500 calories. That would be maintenance for the average non-overweight woman, and 3/4 for the average sedentary man.

[Anonymous No.13264962]

>>13264802
>Defending nips
Definitely autistic.
>>13264804
>Come to New Zealand. Apply for asylum. We'll look after you
Shit why not. Seems like a nice place anyways.

[Anonymous No.13264971]

>be hungry as fuck
>eat like 6 bites and immediately can't even look at food

>be thirsty as fuck
>drink like 3 sips of water
>immediately stop

is this depression or something? wtf

[Anonymous No.13264980]

>>13264920
kek

[Anonymous No.13264987]

>>13264941
Here we go........

[Anonymous No.13265068]

>>13264674
What part of Japan? Most of the restaurants I tried in Tokyo gave pretty good sized portions; especially ramen shops.

[Anonymous No.13265073]

>>13264971
Your bodies shuttin down bro

[Anonymous No.13265077]

>>13265068
Anon never been to Japan.

[Anonymous No.13265084]

>>13264633
Most of the big chains give a lot of food since they get it all in bulk anyway for pennies on the dollar. It's a pretty good deal since it'll last you multiple days and it's usually inexpensive.

I've also gone to fancy Italian restaurants that have literally served me five (5) ravioli as a dinner and these weren't giant ravioli's they were medium sized at best with just a tiny bit of filling to give it a bump. All that for nearly $18 or something.

[Anonymous No.13265270]

>>13264833
>You would know that if you had actually been there
Been four times. Even the junk/fast food there is better tasting. It's like France, their standards are just higher.

[Anonymous No.13265285]

Wait a sec, that is a small portion? I usually eat 1500-2000kcal per meal. Just breakfast is 15 eggz. WANT TO BE BIG? THEN EAT BIG

[Anonymous No.13265314]

Got to eat big to get big. Based big strong Americans.

[Anonymous No.13265332]

>>13265270
So you haven't been outside your room.

[Anonymous No.13265359]

>>13264633
because prosperity

[Anonymous No.13265397]

>>13265359
>prosperity is eating massive amounts of industrial gunk instead of proper portions of high quality nutritious fresh food from all over the world

[Anonymous No.13265404]

>>13265397
>high quality nutritious fresh food from all over the world
The US supplies this to you.

[Anonymous No.13265485]

>>13264642
Pretty much this. Most places don't spend a hell of a lot on super-quality ingredients, so they're free to load you up and make you think you're getting a good deal.

[Anonymous No.13265504]

>>13264674
>Japan and Italy
Never been to Japan, but Italy has good portion sizes and most of the food is either really filling or part of a multi-course meal. Are you some sort of fatass who isn't sated when having an entire pizza for lunch?

[Anonymous No.13265507]

>>13265485
Businesses in the US can also afford to sell all that good at affordable prices, because of cheap wholesale prices, tax refunds, and in some cases the food might be served at a loss just to attract/keep individuals on premises (like casinos).

[Anonymous No.13265574]

>>13264633
To compensate for the lack of technique, culture, and uniqueness going into the food

[Anonymous No.13265599]

>>13264633
theyre not anymore. shrinkflation is real

[Anonymous No.13265612]

>>13265574
Only countries that lost ww2 earned a culture.

[Anonymous No.13265728]

Other countries can't afford to sell big portions of solid food at reasonable prices while hoping to make a profit.

[Anonymous No.13265758]

>>13264633
Because they're all fucking fat and eat a lot

[Anonymous No.13265763]

>>13264779
https://youtu.be/QpRaZcKTGj8

[Anonymous No.13265826]

>>13265763
>Thumbnail has the typical gasm face.
Fuck this gay earth.

[Anonymous No.13266164]

>>13264633
Well that's waffle house which is drunk people food. Every restaurant is scaling back their portions and uping the prices on everything in the states.

Dunno if it's inflation or they're just jewing us. But my bet is on the latter.

[Anonymous No.13266536]

>>13264633
that's so fucking disgusting. Waffles are supposed to be sweet.

[Anonymous No.13266632]

>>13265404
Nope. The US supplies gmo carcinogenic soybeans, corn and rice along with factory farmed pork. Mind you, this goes to the 3rd world countries which are similar to the US, not 1st world countries.

[Anonymous No.13266646]

>>13264639
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nI6x-DsqZp8

[Anonymous No.13266650]

>>13266632
>not 1st world countries.
So it goes to you.

[Anonymous No.13266706]

>>13264633
>meat and waffles
absolutely disgusting
do you also put sugar in your soup you fucking nigger?

[Anonymous No.13266719]

>>13264633
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[Anonymous No.13268622]

>>13264633
Americans are fat.

[Anonymous No.13268647]

usually if I eat at a restaurant that's most of the food I eat in a day so I plan ahead

one time I made the mistake of not eating anything and going to a "fine dining" place with a tiny plate of food. had to get some mcdonald's on the way home

[Anonymous No.13268770]

>>13264971
See a doctor immediately, anon.

[Anonymous No.13269099]

>>13264633
Because we want to blow ass all the way to fucking hell.

[Anonymous No.13269198]

Something about "getting your money's worth", it's very boomer.

>>13264655

Yeah, though in reverse it may also be a trick to justify increased meal cost which you'd do to maximize total sales.

[Anonymous No.13269252]

>>13264633
>Why are portion sizes so big in America?

America is probably the most efficient developed country in the world in terms of calories per dollar.

Why do you think our niggers living off of welfare are so obese while being so poor?

[Anonymous No.13269256]

>>13269198
>"getting your money's worth", it's very boomer.

you don't have any black friends do you? they love "value" when it comes to cheap food.

[Anonymous No.13269293]

>>13264799
Basically this, it's a cultural thing shaped by a century of crisis that we haven't grown out of yet.

And considering America will be a Brazil-tier Hispanic majority state by 2050, it will never change.

[Anonymous No.13269335]

>>13269252
>Why do you think our niggers living off of welfare are so obese while being so poor?

FUN FACT:

In the great sate of California, you can use your EBT card on healthy choices like:

> KFC
> Taco Bell
> Popeyes
> Dennys
> iHop
> El Pollo Loco
> Jack in the Box
> Burger King
> Weinershnitzels

It's why our welfare niggers are so fat at the same time.

[Anonymous No.13269472]

>>13264633
They are not, but people do eat far more than 1 serving for most foods. The meal in your images is a little over 2 servings just for waffles. A serving size for bacon is 1 strip. Eggs...1 egg per servings. Thus, that meal probably has 2-3 eggs, 2 waffles, and 3-4 strips of bacon. There's enough food there for 8-12 servings and if that's sausage in there somewhere you can throw it all out the door. There's enough there to feed at least 4 people.

[Anonymous No.13269476]

>>13265826
A study showed t hat those faces garnered the most views so everyone started doing them. It is a direct result of children being babysat by devices and having them clicking around.

[Anonymous No.13269484]

>>13269472
>>13264633
That one meal is a whole day's ration of food. Reverse image searching seems it was passed around on twitter before everything else.

[Anonymous No.13269494]

>>13264633
Because freedom!

[Anonymous No.13269505]

>>13264633
So you only have to eat once a day

[Anonymous No.13269589]

>>13269484
>it was passed around on twitter
by black only people it seems, like waffle house types

[Anonymous No.13270231]

>>13265270
You've been to Japan four times and never had a dining experience at Yoshinoya? That place is so filling.

[Anonymous No.13270234]

>>13264648
Nice

[Anonymous No.13270241]

>>13264920
Kek

[Anonymous No.13270363]

>>13264980
>>13270241
>>13264920
Samefag

[Anonymous No.13270378]

>>13264633
>in Europe during holidays
>bulking to make gainz
>go out to eat with gf
>order biggest plate possible
>300 cal shitty gourmet dish
>literally left with my stomach empty
>all restaurants I went to were like this
America is based and you guys are just retarded

[Anonymous No.13270446]

>>13264633
Because you ordered an item with a large portion size. Differs item to item, place to place. Eat shit and die.

[Anonymous No.13270513]

For my experience, Americans typically associate portion size with a good deal, so if restaurants don’t give them a big portion, they don’t go back. Thus a cycle.

[Anonymous No.13270516]

>>13264633
because as a society/culture, we're expected to work.
so you need lots of calories.

but when there's no work, because of the economy...
well, you know.

[Anonymous No.13271971]

>>13264779
I've lived in Japan, the average meal was smaller but not always. Also depends on where you live in the states, in nyc where I'm at portions aren't massive usually

[Anonymous No.13272002]

>>13269335
Mississippi won't let welfare bucks be spent on anything remotely pre-cooked. The end result is that food stamps get sold for cents on the dollar and they go spend the proceeds on fast food and booze. Honestly, California has the right idea. Just cut out the middle man. I'd support giving them subsidized booze tbqfh.

[Anonymous No.13272003]

>>13264633
Always remember bacon and eggs and the concept of a HEARTY breakfast is a marketing meme by the same guy who used Feminism to sell cigarettes.

[Anonymous No.13272023]

>>13269472
that's a double order in the OP. it looks like they're usually ordered with a side of hash browns. It is a lot of food, I'd be bringing half home with me.

[Anonymous No.13272051]

>>13269256
>you don't have any black friends do you?

Why no, I do not. How could you tell?

[Anonymous No.13272106]

You don’t realize it until you learn to eat less. We are trained to eat like pigs at a trough

[Anonymous No.13272281]

>>13264779
>too young for PUDDI

[Anonymous No.13272309]

>>13264633
holy fucking shit this could last me a day

[Anonymous No.13272981]

>>13264633
It's one nice thing to count on when traveling to the US. Nothing worse than being hungry after paying out the ass for food.

[Anonymous No.13273013]

>>13264633
It's practically de riguer to take home leftovers if you go out to a place with comically large portion sizes like in the OP. It's nice getting another taste of your restaurant meal the next day for lunch.

[Anonymous No.13273015]

>>13272003
I started skipping breakfast and I feel so much better now
Food just makes me want to sleep