Why are the serving sizes so massive in America? From the food to the drinks, it's fit for 2-3 people

1. Not all places serve huge portions. Try not being a welfare recipient and go to an actual restaurant.

2. Or if you do go to a restaurant wiht large portions, have some self control and bring 1/3 or 1/2 home for a meal the next day

take your memes elsewhere friend

they companies and restaurants make more money by giving people larger portions, if priced accurately a lot o things would be about 3 dollars, but since they buy in bulk just charging people 9 bucks for a larger meal makes them more money at the end of the day. i usually split a meal or order appetizers or drinks cause im cheap

Why would a tourist go to a warehous club?

Why aren't yours so big? Do you like being cucked out of your money?

Here's a normal English breakfast

what are those gross black things

>throwing tomatoes against a wall and serving it like its food

Because we like feeling like we're getting a lot for a little, even if we really aren't. besides hamplanets, most of the people i know end up taking at least half of their meal home to have another time.

blood pudding I think? I'm not a teasipper so I'm not sure.

I thought it was like Walmart and accidentally wandered in

I had no idea you had to have a membership to buy things in there until the end

Adding onto that, we don't have Walmarts here, so anything of that type is a novel experience for me.

>not eating raw vegetables
fag

those arent raw genius

...

Are you a gnome?

No, I'm just from Australasia. We don't have Costcos/Walmarts here and we're certainly not obese like America.

>Low-T europoor can't handle our rich diet

Next time you're in the States stop by Twin Peaks, order the chicken fried steak.

I get my food to go because wasting money is for fools. You can eat the rest later. Is it that difficult to understand?

Cool story, bro.
abs.gov.au/ausstats/[email protected]/Lookup/by Subject/4338.0~2011-13~Main Features~Overweight and obesity~10007

For comparison: niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health-statistics/Pages/overweight-obesity-statistics.aspx

>and we're certainly not obese like America.

Don't believe Ondore's lies! They can get plenty of fatty foods from Tesco over wherever the fuck they shop.

I said Australasia not Australia, and personally I now have a BMI of 17.9

so you're a chink who went to college in stralya on daddy's dime?

I usually don't finish and take the rest home to eat as diner. Its a good deal.

In America, we have something called a take home bag. You're not expected to eat everything. You're expected to bring home the extra.

Moron.

I have no idea why you'd think that. Australasia does not equal Asia either.

Hey idiot. Places that serve these kind of portions do it as a gimmick. It's not the norm, it's what puts the places on the map.

What are you? Some new shitposter species?

After living in Japan and having multiple friends come visit, I've found that I and my American friends usually will complain about the portions, but will quickly adjust and realize they don't need that much food, even within a weeks time. Its a strange feeling at first, especially when you're buying the food from a restaurant and expect a full meal to leave you stuffed. But after a while you realize its enough food for the meal and you don't feel any different after.

Literally the only people that continue to complain are the people who avoid vegetables and insist on filling up on meat. In Japan you'll basically go broke if you want every meal to fill you up on meat.

Now that I'm back I just ignore the people who bitch about all the poor kids in 3rd world countries and gladly throw away 50% of my fries, soda, bread, rice, etc since its not needed

Right. And all Americans are fit.

Here's the thing about AmeriLards. They're fat as fuck. I'm talking love handles, man titties, chafing thighs, guts dragging across the floor. They're the ONLY country in the world who's managed to break the 95%+ obesity barrier. That's fucking impressive. Did you know the average Ameriphant meal consists of over 3000 calories? And that's just the fucking children. They honestly are some of the most vile, smelly, disgustingly fat creatures to ever infest the earth.

/int/ shitflinging thread?

cdc.gov/obesity/data/adult.html
You tried, kiddo :)

>been cutting recently
>birthday yesterday
>out to dinner
>ordered salmon with a baked potato and green beans
>appetizer of caprese and soup
>one ale
>drink ale, eat one serving of appetizers, eat my salmon
>feel full
>still have 2/3rds of my dinner left
>sheepishly ask for a box
Whatever. Waitress was a qt.

That's Black pudding, Blood pudding is slightly different. Still made of blood and fat though, but it's absolutely gorgeous to eat. a fry-up isn't complete without some black pud desu

American here - I honestly don't notice a huge portion difference in my travels from what I eat in the US.

As it's been said, it's probably the quality of the restaurant. I've never tried to "eat big" while traveling, and I don't at home.

Maybe this shit is reserved for flyovers? I hate to use the meme, but shit, even when I'm in the deep south, it's not that bad.

dude nice

I work in a restaurant. No gives a shit if you have to take your food home b/c you can't finish it. We only insult you when you have one or two bites left and ask for a fucking box.

That plate is clearly meant for 5 people.

FOOKIN'EL MAIT

But for real tho, I wish I could eat a full english breakfast. Looks delicious

If you've never had one, I'd recommend it. Bongs know their fucking breakfasts m8. Get it with some wheat toast and over medium eggs (I dislike over easy but go for that if you like em).

Black pudding/blood sausage is fucking magical, I can't see why it's not more popular in America.

I wish man, but here in beanerland we dont have a lot of international food

What does it takes like? I think it tastes like liver or something, but Im curious to try

>recently moved to Wisconsin and discovered the "doggy bag"

It's completely acceptable everywhere in the States to take home leftovers, and almost expected. It's almost weird that other countries look down on the practice.

That said, overly large portion sizes are largely a part of dumb economic practices where many restaurants know they can make more by selling larger portions.

Still, I had some great pasta the other night and got two lunches out of the leftovers, no complaints.

what are you talking about? I'm in fucking flyover and my TOWN has multiple english pubs that serve full english breakfasts...

There are a shitload of people who absolutely will not eat left-overs. It boggles the mind.

You can buy British bacon in a lot of grocers. It's much more like ham, than bacon, it also doesn't crisp up the same.

Strong, sightly spicy flavour with a hint of oats. Texture of sausage. Tastes similar to kidneys or haggis

I dont think I cant get that here In tacostan, believe me, I go to the meat section every week or so to make carne asada, and we only have salchicha para asar, polish sausage, american sausages (Oscar Mayer), normal bacon, spanish meats, and just one brand of italian sausages and some artisanal hams and bacons. Im thinking of using italian sausages, large brown eggs, heinz beans, mushrooms and artisanal ham. Black pudding is nowhere near here

Thats sounds pretty fucking tasty

Use a spiced sausage with sage, garlic, and onion. A lot more authentic.

>Costcos

Yeah we do. Just not as many.

I know some of these words

US drink sizes VS Australia

I live in America and i am not a poor fag. I personally hate getting to go boxes unless i am eating at some middle tier restaurant that i don't really care for, and even then only if its good. If i am at a actual nice restaurant, i would never dare ask for a to go box. Honestly, i haven't gotten a to go box in the last five years outside of the casino's, where it's to late and im to drunk to get actual food

Wrong. Local diners have some of the largest portions you'll find.

this is a joke right? jesus christ

1.3L of FREEDOM!

Jesusfuck Australia! Are you fucking thirsty?

Fuck no wonder all these people in my country are fat and suffering from some disease or another

Interesting, in Austria it's 250ml, 400ml and 500ml (dunno about other european countries, never had any McDonald's there).

Is it true that american food contains far more fat, sugar and salt but has worse quality than european food?

Not sure how true it is, but I've heard that American Subway rolls use 20% more sugar than everyone else.
I have no idea how an American can drink 1.3l of softdrink with just a macs meal.

>Is it true that american food contains far more fat, sugar and salt but has worse quality than european food?
No, but it's popular to claim so.

A friend of mine was visiting the west coast and after the third day he only ate Croissants and coffee since it was the food with the least amount of fat and sugar (fucking Croissants!).

Maybe he just chose the wrong places to eat?

"could i get this boxed up to go?"

no its true... i Have to make most my food from scratch to avoid it

as a non-American your mega-lo-marts are a fascinating and slightly obscene cultural phenomenon.
Everyone gets inundated with American cultural product, and the fact of the matter is some of the things you do are very... odd.

>regular american
>says texas
neato friendo

So he went to CA, land of kale pizza and people eating quinoa, tofu fusion food, and salads for 3 meals a day and couldn't find food better for him than a croissant? He wasn't even trying, m8.

>appropriate

Yea if you are a 100 pound female lm0a

that is barely a meal, I would still be hungry after

>one egg
>little crumbled up prosciutto rosebud or whatever that us
>edgy sauce circle that doesn't give you enough sauce to actually use as a condiment

fag portions

I don't get it. US drink sizes come in ounces.

Metric > imperial.

lol her last name is "douche-y"
what a twat

Arbitrary measurement I'm used to > Arbitrary measurement you're used to

There's a reason why all sciences use metric.

And it's purely historical.

Look at the picture again.
If you think it's only historical then it's clear you know nothing about science.

Why not just buy a $2 box of rozoni and eat at home

The point of going out is not "most calories for muh jewgolds", you fat fuck

Americans don't eat blood sausage and you have no idea how much it pissed me off
>EWWWW, BLOOD
Fucking hate this country

why does science still use seconds, hours, weeks then

You're an idiot.

Not many scenarios where anything more than seconds are used.
It's okay imperial babies, it's not too late to metric.

nice restaurants tend to portion stuff properly so you don't need a to go box. it's only shitty middle tier restaurants that go for quantity over quality

>memecenter

epic, simply epic

>completely different cups
The Coca-Cola cups are from a movie theater while the McDonald's ones are obviously from McDonald's. McDonalds cup sizes are the same size in Australia as they are in the US. Few restaurants would sell you those giant ass large's, but I'll admit they are more common here than in other countries.

Fat and salt, no. Sugar? Probably. Not in everything obviously, but you'll find a lot of it in low quality bread where it's added to make the yeast rise faster.

>science didn't exist before 1791
Cool facts, man.

I think they're full of shit because most places go out of their way to have healthy options. Maybe he's a picky fag that didn't really go anywhere and only stopped at Starbucks.

>reading comprehension

Keep teaching the rest of us about your extensive knowledge of science and history.

Americans eat a lot of reasonable, nutritious foods and vegetables.
At home.

When we go out to eat we want to pig out on the fattiest and most delicious garbage. Which is great when you only go out to eat once every week, but when you're traveling and you've been eating nothing but restaurant food every day, it can be a disaster trying to find a place that is going to serve you a vegetable. Every restaurant offers a shitty $12 salad though, so there's at least that.

>it's only shitty middle tier restaurants that go for quantity over quality
Quantity over quality is 10000% low tier, get your classification straight

>Americans eat a lot of reasonable, nutritious foods and vegetables.
>At home.
You must be joking. Have you seen how angry americans get at stuff like kale or broccoli?
>yo Veeky Forums I read on buzzfeed that eating pieces of this plant doesn't even let you fly and turn invisible, why the FUCK should I eat this shit, MUH SUPERFOODS lmao soccer moms r dumb

Ruth's Chris serves ridiculous portions too, and if you consider them to be low tier then you're 10000% being an elitist cunt.