On Tue, 25 Jul 2017 18:07:21 +0100, "Ophelia" >
wrote:

>wrote in message ...
>
>Doris Night wrote:
>>Julie Bove wrote:
>>>penmart wrote:
>>>>Gary wrote:
>>>>>Bruce wrote:
>>>>>> "Julie Bove" wrote:
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >I don't like being surrounded by people with huge portions of food.
>>>>>> >Just seeing that kills my appetite.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I know what you mean. I was at an all-you-can-eat a while ago and I
>>>>>> was so put off by the amounts people were eating, that I mainly dined
>>>>>> on a bottle of chardonnay.
>>>>>
>>>>>Both of you are still babies. I guess you both switched from
>>>>>Pampers to Depends by now since you are both old ppl....whining
>>>>>old people. Why in the world would you look at or even care what
>>>>>others in a restaurant have on their plates? Mind your own damn
>>>>>business. Eat at home not at restaurants with others.
>>>>>
>>>>>This is the dumbest complaint ever on RFC since I've been here.
>>>>>
>>>>>You both wouldn't want to go to a buffet with me. I *indulge* and
>>>>>usually ask for a wheelchair to take me out to my car when I pay
>>>>>the check. LOL heheheh
>>>>
>>>> They are obviously fibbing, putting on air with their snobbishness...
>>>> truth be told the reason they patronize those all you can eat
>>>> emporiums is to show off by out-eating everyone there... people who
>>>> are put off by big eaters wouldn't go there.
>>>>
>>>> Many years ago when driving cross country I pulled into a Golden
>>>> Corral in South Dakota, was the first eatery for a hundred miles...
>>>> mile after mile the billboards said All You Can Eat - $4.99.
>>>> The joint was packed but I was seated at a small corner table. It was
>>>> Lunch time on a Sunday so obviously church must have let out as most
>>>> were wearing their Sunday best bib overalls, even the women. These
>>>> were all over sized people and could they eat. The food was very good
>>>> but mostly I was entertained by the other patrons with butts so large
>>>> I don't know how they fit a John Deere saddle. And even wearing bib
>>>> overalls I could tell some of those Big Beautiful Woman were braless,
>>>> I could see those Elsie look alike Dairy Queens were so buxom they
>>>> couldn't buy OTC bras so rather than paying hundred$ for custom made
>>>> they went without... I enjoyed the show so much that I can't remember
>>>> what I ate but I did enjoy the dessert bar.
>>>
>>>I was not talking about a buffet place. I mentioned a steakhouse where
>>>they
>>>serve 2 pound steaks. To see someone eating that and getting sick while
>>>eating it is just not something pleasant to me.
>>
>>You're kidding, right? Someone is in a restaurant and they are barfing
>>while eating their dinner?
>>
>>Doris
>
>I agree, she's telling another of her whoppers.
>Anyway it's not very difficult to eat a two pound steak. The tavern
>in the next town sells a very good porterhouse, a 12 ounce and a 24
>ounce. With all the bone, fat and some gristle there really isn't a
>lot to eat on a porterhouse, I would order the 24 ounce and had no
>problem devouring it, could have easily eaten a full 2 pounder.
>Remember, beef steak is also better than 80% water... a one pound
>steak cooked to medium rare will weigh about twelve ounces, and then
>with 4 ounces of bone, fat and gristle left on the plate it's really
>not a lot of meat. I have to laugh at those who claim to eat 4-6 oz
>child's portion steaks but have no problem polishing off a large pile
>of heavily breaded greasy fried chicken.
>For tonight's dinner London broil, top round, USDA Choice, 1.3 lbs, at
>$3.49/lb, total $4.57. It's not a lot nor did it cost a lot for two
>people and some for cats... along with a qt container of kasha
>varnishkas I defrosted... just need to choose a veggie, I think the
>last of a huge bag of frozen chopped spinach. Top round when on sale
>is a bargain, it's usually $7.49/lb... it contains very little waste
>(actually none), when on sale I stock up, some I grind, makes great
>burgers.
>
>===
>
>I eat a lot of steak and my portion is always what you call a 'child size'.
>I like it with a lot of salad and I couldn't eat more.

We don't eat steak often but when we do we like an adult portion.