In article >,
Goomba38 > wrote:


> alas my Italian sucks.
> Sometimes all I want is a small cup of tea.
> I'd be ecstatic if it could even come in a porcelain or china cup or mug
> instead of paper cups.
> Goomba, destined to be disappointed in Starbucks hot tea <sigh>

I've been known to bring my own cup. Sometimes I even get a discount.

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In article >,
Goomba38 > wrote:

> Sheldon wrote:
>
> >> I don't drink coffee, and rarely go into Starbucks for a cup of tea. I
> >> sit there baffled by the size selection- large? grande? venti? HUH?
> >
> > Are you sure you didn't wnder into Victoria's Secret by mistake?
>
> LOL, and my VS catalog came in the mail just today! How timely, Sheldon.
> You should sign up for them. You'd enjoy it wayyyyy more than the Sears
> catalog of your youth.
>
> I find it a silly way to advertise sizes. If "Large" is the smallest
> size....well....it just looks affected. And do I get 2 tea bags for the
> price when the cup gets larger....?

Anybody remember Arctic Circle? They were a fast food place. Their
cheapest burger was the "Deluxe", for about twenty US cents. They got
real bent if you tried to order a "regular".

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Andy wrote:

> jmcquown said...
>
>> cshenk wrote:
>>> "jmcquown" wrote
>>>
>>>> Serving sizes are probably regulated by someone, somehow, for some
>>>> obscure reason. It always kills me to see what you describe. Like
>>>> what, you're going to feed two adults and a small child from that
>>>> can of soup?
>>>
>>> I think their aim on soups is usually that you serve them also with a
>>> samwich or largish salad, hence less per person.
>>
>> I have no idea what their "aim" is when it comes to canned soup. I
>> generally only order a "cup" of soup (in lieu of salad) at a restaurant.
>> If I order a bowl of soup that's the meal.
>>
>> Jill
>
>
> Lightweight!!!
>
> I'll eat Pea Soup Andersen's bottomless split pea soup in Buelton, CA and a
> tri-tip steak sandwich until the... ??? peas come home?

Finally made it to Andersen's a couple years ago on a little long-weekend
outing to the SLO area. Mmmmmm...pea soup with all those fixings!


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Blinky the Shark said...

> Andy wrote:
>
>> jmcquown said...
>>
>>> cshenk wrote:
>>>> "jmcquown" wrote
>>>>
>>>>> Serving sizes are probably regulated by someone, somehow, for some
>>>>> obscure reason. It always kills me to see what you describe. Like
>>>>> what, you're going to feed two adults and a small child from that
>>>>> can of soup?
>>>>
>>>> I think their aim on soups is usually that you serve them also with a
>>>> samwich or largish salad, hence less per person.
>>>
>>> I have no idea what their "aim" is when it comes to canned soup. I
>>> generally only order a "cup" of soup (in lieu of salad) at a
>>> restaurant.
>>> If I order a bowl of soup that's the meal.
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>>
>> Lightweight!!!
>>
>> I'll eat Pea Soup Andersen's bottomless split pea soup in Buelton, CA
>> and a tri-tip steak sandwich until the... ??? peas come home?
>
> Finally made it to Andersen's a couple years ago on a little
> long-weekend outing to the SLO area. Mmmmmm...pea soup with all those
> fixings!


Blinky

I'll bet you were swimming in it!

Andy

On Fri, 16 May 2008 14:29:20 -0400, Goomba38 >
wrote:

>blake murphy wrote:
>> On Thu, 15 May 2008 17:17:31 -0400, Goomba38 >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> James Silverton wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'll just add that my favorite Pho restaurant has two sizes: "regular"
>>>> and "large". If you don't share the large you might as well resign
>>>> yourself to napping after lunch!
>>>>
>>> I don't drink coffee, and rarely go into Starbucks for a cup of tea. I
>>> sit there baffled by the size selection- large? grande? venti? HUH?
>>
>> and you call yourself italian.
>>
>> your pal,
>> blake
>
>alas my Italian sucks.
>Sometimes all I want is a small cup of tea.
>I'd be ecstatic if it could even come in a porcelain or china cup or mug
>instead of paper cups.
>Goomba, destined to be disappointed in Starbucks hot tea <sigh>

just yankin' your chain, goomba. i also think the size names at
starbucks are too cute by half. and to condescend to customers who
don't know the terminology is just rude.

your pal,
blake

On Sat, 17 May 2008 18:08:25 GMT, blake murphy
> wrote:

>i also think the size names at
>starbucks are too cute by half. and to condescend to customers who
>don't know the terminology is just rude.

call me old fashioned, but I've never considered those terms rude....
just stupid.


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sf wrote on Sat, 17 May 2008 14:53:14 -0700:a

>> i also think the size names at
>> starbucks are too cute by half. and to condescend to
>> customers who don't know the terminology is just rude.

> call me old fashioned, but I've never considered those terms
> rude.... just stupid.

I can't say I approve of Statbuck's terminology but I think it's
rather funny. I get what I want when I ask for " a cup of
regular coffee", so there!
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On Sat, 17 May 2008 21:59:02 GMT, "James Silverton"
> wrote:

> sf wrote on Sat, 17 May 2008 14:53:14 -0700:a
>
>>> i also think the size names at
>>> starbucks are too cute by half. and to condescend to
>>> customers who don't know the terminology is just rude.
>
>> call me old fashioned, but I've never considered those terms
>> rude.... just stupid.
>
>I can't say I approve of Statbuck's terminology but I think it's
>rather funny. I get what I want when I ask for " a cup of
>regular coffee", so there!

HEH! That's what I order too, but I make mine a french roast
*if* I go to starbucks - I prefer Peet's.

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In article >,
blake murphy > wrote:
>On Thu, 15 May 2008 22:09:25 -0500, "Ms P" >
>wrote:
>
>>
>>"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
>>> kilikini wrote:
>>>> Ms P wrote:
>>>>> No wonder the country gets fatter every day.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ms P
>>>>
>>>> I'd eat half the potato, take the other half home and call it a day.
>>>> :~)
>>>>
>>>> kili
>>>
>>> I can barely eat the potato, forget about the bread basket. Mrs.P is
>>> projecting her fat self on everyone else.

>>> Jill
>>>

oooh, "you're FAT!".

Devastating comeback!

>>Wrong. Apparently I'm the only one that understands what servings are and
>>how many servings you should have in one day.

Wrong.

>>Go to any nutritionist and get an education.

>>Ms P
>
>i think jill is projecting her stupid self on everyone else.

Sub "argumentative" for "stupid" above and I agree. Enough stupid
drama-queening to go around on both sides, here.

I don't know why the drama, when the serving size on the package (or the
official serving size of fruits and veg) doesn't match up very well with
what most people consider a regular serving.

I mean, those lunch sized bags of chips are often marked as "2 servings".
WTF? My theory (and I could be wrong on this) is to lessen the impact of,
say, fat and sodium per serving. Funny math, as it were.

But as someone said, you're allowed to have more than one "serving". Just
keep track of what you're having.

(And I have also seen baked potatoes that could easily feed two hungry
people as a side, 2 USDA servings each. One of those and you've almost
got your recommended five per day, right there.)

Charlotte
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