Barb wrote:

> I wonder if 30 years ago a normal size portion might have been about 1/6
> of the recipe * kind of like how today's McD kids' meal is the regular
> purchase of a burger, fries, and beverage of 40 years ago. KWIM?

One-fourth of the recipe works out to one medium potato, one cup of cabbage
(measured BEFORE cooking), and three ounces of corned beef. That's not even
a particularly HEARTY meal, whether by today's standards or the standards of
the 1970's.

Bob