Portion sizes (rant)

[cherinyc]

For example, a local restaurant chain added hash browns filled with different cheeses and sour cream to their menu. Menu items that used to have ordinary hash browns, maybe 150 to 300 calories, now have hash browns that are probably around 1500-2500 calories because there are two layers of potatoes, not just the one, and between the layers are gobs of cheese and sour cream. And I look around, and people are eating it!
Darcy

I think the same thing about IHOP. I actually like their omelettes (egg-white) and their multi-grain pancakes (though I can barely finish 1, and they give me 3 WITH my huge omelette).
But the big promotion there will be something like "Rolled-battered-stuffed-puffed-caramel...double dipped-stuffed and smothered in whipped cream- French Toast.
What in the world is up with that? How could anyone in their right mind consume something like that for breakfast?

[chickwhorips]

But the big promotion there will be something like "Rolled-battered-stuffed-puffed-caramel...double dipped-stuffed and smothered in whipped cream- French Toast.
What in the world is up with that? How could anyone in their right mind consume something like that for breakfast?

i think thats just one meal for the day kinda promotion. so you would be saving money in the long run, right?

[Eden]

So I've been sitting here reading this thread and the TV is on. So far in a about 10 mins there have been at least 3 commercials about food - ribs, deep fried chicken nuggets and MickeyD's. Yup we put way too much emphasis on bad food in this country. When was the last time you saw a commerical about tofu?