Huge Portions
We've just got back from a visit to Devon and I actually had a problem over food down there.
It's not just a Devon thing as I've noticed this everywhere now and that's portion sizes.
Why do cafés, bars and fast-food outlets pile so much food on your plate these days?
Everywhere we went in Devon even something you'd expect to be just a light snack has morphed into a plateful.
In Barnstaple we stopped at a place that actually had "Sandwiches" on offer so we went in there.
I went for a vegetarian "wrap" as I honestly expected it to be a light snack.
What I got was an enormous Taco cut in half and for some odd reason skewered back together on a huge bed of chips!
This would feed a family in some countries.
My wife and I both left over 50% of what we'd been served yet our son, daughter-in-law and grandson happily ate EVERYTHING on their plates, and they had these gourmet burgers
thingies that have several layers!
Everyone in the place had a scale model of the Matterhorn to eat but nobody batted an eyelid!
Last night, at a pub which impressed us last time we found the menu now consisted of Burgers or huge platters of meat and chips, often served up over-done or burnt on a lump of wood and they seem to think that this is an improvement on the menu they used to have.
To me it isn't, it's unhealthy garbage but you get this everywhere now.
Maybe I'm just too picky but I'm very careful about what I eat and I simply cannot stuff huge portions down my throat as it just makes me sick - that happened on Friday night and I felt just awful because I was so upset and embarrassed by that, even if it was only immediate family.
They'd served up an enormous Chinese meal which I simply could not eat and, for several reasons, I felt violently sick and had to make a rapid exit to the loo.
I know I'm going through a few things at the moment and I'm trying to improve my health too but I'm not a borderline anorexic and I simply cannot eat the quantities that are being placed in front of me with the salutation "
Enjoy" because I bloody don't!
Is it just me?
stevmk2