Eating out - for just a few mouthfuls

[peige]

I think more people are meeting for the meal as a social point rather than the meal. That said I also think its a mistake to think you must finish it all, portions are often bigger now and more than you need for a meal, plates used to be smaller.
I've taught my children to just eat what they want and not be afraid of leaving what they don't, we're not talking about leaving the veg but I mean as in a clean plate isn't really an achievement to be proud of.

 

[omnomnom]

Maybe they are full and don’t want to over indulge?

 

[Jean-F]

Where do you live America?
When my meal arrives I'm normally thinking "Is that it?".

Perhaps it depends on the restaurant, we ate out a couple of times per week before the pandemic, now going at least once per week, back to twice soon I hope, and I don’t recollect inadequate sizes, but we’re usually in 4 star joints near Tower Bridge, with French cuisine where you might expect small, nouvelle cuisine sizes.
I take your point about the U.S. though, years ago I stopped in a diner in Queens, NYC on my way to JFK and asked for a turkey salad, a few minutes later the waiter brought a plate loaded with slices of turkey, thinking it was for someone else I called, “Excuse me.”
He said, “Take it easy pal, the salad’s on its way!”

Boomers have so much money left over from their £1000 house and job for life that they have too much money to care.

Did you mean £1000,000 houses?

I've never noticed anyone else doing that, in fact I can't ever remember looking at another table at what they're eating.

Nor I, I’m only interested in what I’m eating.

It winds me up, sometimes I want to lean over and ask if I can finish it off.
Sometimes you look over and it looks like some have had nothing and it's a waste of money

My brother-in-law has no qualms in doing that, if he hears someone ask for their bill, he’ll glance at their table, see half a steak, or a couple of roast potatoes, and say “You not eating that?”
If they say no, he’s in like a gannet.
I have to cover my eyes and avert my gaze, my wife, (his sister), and his wife get so ashamed that they’ll walk out, saying, “We’ll be in the White Hart, getting a drink.”

 

[SexyGreyFox]

Maybe they are full and don’t want to over indulge?

We're talking about people who have ordered a meal and had one sausage and a couple of chips

 

[robj20]

Especially pub food. I swear portion sizes in this country have grown. I quite like not being fat unlike most of my middle-aged mates .....so I eat sensible portions. It annoys me when I order something and it turns out to be enough to feed 4 people.

I got a 'Meal For One' from the local Chinese takeaway a few weeks ago. It was absolutely obscene, must have been 10,000 calories, enough to feed me for days.

Most of it went in the bin

Just glad my local lets me and my son share a plate, i get a meal and they bring a spare plate for him. Plenty for two. If i ever leave any i always ask to take it home.

 

[nine_tails]

Jeez , i dont get it either. I try not to do it as much as possible. One off might be if i am unwell or the food is crap.

 

[robfosters]

Only GD could blame leaving food on rich boomers.

A lot of the time with pub food is that it’s eaten after drinking beer. People think they’re hungry, but the bellyful of the good stuff just doesn’t leave enough room for a lot of grub, so you feel full quickly.

 

[SexyGreyFox]

Only GD could blame leaving food on rich boomers.

It is 100% young people I see doing this (under 40).

A lot of the time with pub food is that it’s eaten after drinking beer.

These are eating places where you just walk in at dinner or tea time, no boozy drinking sessions.

 

[robfosters]

It is 100% young people I see doing this (under 40).



These are eating places where you just walk in at dinner or tea time, no boozy drinking sessions.

That’s the thing with boomers, many were born when there was still rationing. Even after rationing, money was very tight and you either ate was you was given or you went hungry. My dad told me (born 48) that his breakfast everyday was plain old porridge oats and water. He used to go to school and looked with envy at the well off neighbours who could afford eggs. Dinner was always veg and a less than generous piece of cheap cut meat, usually stewed as it was the only way of making it chewable. If they was good they’d get a slice of bread and dripping for supper.

Consequently, the only time I’ve ever seen him waste food is when it was painful for him to eat when he had throat cancer. Even now, if he cooks a stew, he’ll keep it going for 5 days lol!

 

[Scam]

Only GD could blame leaving food on rich boomers.

I think most were being sarcastic.

That’s the thing with boomers, many were born when there was still rationing

Rationing ended right in the middle of the boomer period didn't it? I think most people equate your average boomer to those born in the 50s and hit their stride (career etc.) in the 80s. The 80s were an extremely selfish, wasteful period with those who were doing well at life having quite a lot of money to burn. I still see it with my parents sometimes. My Dad does little wasteful things like leave the tap running for about 10mins whilst rinsing dishes.. walking over to the other side of the kitchen to get another plate whilst leaving the tap running. Little things like that I find quite common in boomers and I'm not just having a moan like usual. I leave the tap on for approx 1.5secs longer than necessary when doing the washing up and I get an earful from my other half!

 

[Deleted User 298457]

I think most were being sarcastic.


Rationing ended right in the middle of the boomer period didn't it? I think most people equate your average boomer to those born in the 50s and hit their stride (career etc.) in the 80s. The 80s were an extremely selfish, wasteful period with those who were doing well at life having quite a lot of money to burn. I still see it with my parents sometimes. My Dad does little wasteful things like leave the tap running for about 10mins whilst rinsing dishes.. walking over to the other side of the kitchen to get another plate whilst leaving the tap running. Little things like that I find quite common in boomers and I'm not just having a moan like usual. I leave the tap on for approx 1.5secs longer than necessary when doing the washing up and I get an earful from my other half!

That could be because the thicko boomers decided to make our water pipes out of lead. Running the tap for a lot of them is right of passage to clear the lead infused water that's been lingering for a while. The habit was to leave cold running because it's not metered and it could be deadly for infants.

 

[robfosters]

That could be because the thicko boomers decided to make our water pipes out of lead. Running the tap for a lot of them is right of passage to clear the lead infused water that's been lingering for a while. The habit was to leave cold running because it's not metered and it could be deadly for infants.

I take it you’re not a fan of boomers either

 

[dirtychinchilla]

Where do you live America?
When my meal arrives I'm normally thinking "Is that it?".

Probably something wrong with him (no offence). The only reason I'd not finish my meal is that I don't like it. Otherwise, the bigger portion the better.

I am slightly portly.

 

[Blackjack Davy]

Sometimes meals are of a stupidly large portion.

I often find even the kids meals are too big.

Maybe they are just eating what their stomachs say is enough for them and we should stop demanding such large meals. Maybe people wouldn't be so fat then instead of forcing it all down?

This, my mother barely eats but she has health issues, other than that its the size of the portions they're massive - last visit we ordered child portions instead and that was plenty enough

It is 100% young people I see doing this (under 40).

Yeah they're wasteful s**ts everything is disposable they claim they're pro the environment then leave mountains of litter behind whenever they visit somewhere! Beaches, festivals, you name its covered in tonnes quite literally

That’s the thing with boomers, many were born when there was still rationing. Even after rationing, money was very tight and you either ate was you was given or you went hungry. My dad told me (born 48) that his breakfast everyday was plain old porridge oats and water. He used to go to school and looked with envy at the well off neighbours who could afford eggs. Dinner was always veg and a less than generous piece of cheap cut meat, usually stewed as it was the only way of making it chewable. If they was good they’d get a slice of bread and dripping for supper.

Consequently, the only time I’ve ever seen him waste food is when it was painful for him to eat when he had throat cancer. Even now, if he cooks a stew, he’ll keep it going for 5 days lol!

My stepfathers the same he'll eat anything placed in front of him when he was a kid he was always hungry as he didn't get enough to eat used to collect the crusts of the other kids sandwiches they'd discard to eat

 

[Mr Badger]

Wasting food is all the rage these days:

 

[dave28]

I cant understand why people eat out so much in the first place, its like they are too lazy to cook for themself and need someone else to do it for them

 

[dirtychinchilla]

My dad told me (born 48) that his breakfast everyday was plain old porridge oats and water.

I have that regularly, maybe with agave or sugar on it though.

 

[robfosters]

This, my mother barely eats but she has health issues, other than that its the size of the portions they're massive - last visit we ordered child portions instead and that was plenty enough



Yeah they're wasteful s**ts everything is disposable they claim they're pro the environment then leave mountains of litter behind whenever they visit somewhere! Beaches, festivals, you name its covered in tonnes quite literally



My stepfathers the same he'll eat anything placed in front of him when he was a kid he was always hungry as he didn't get enough to eat used the collect the crusts of the other kids sandwiches they'd discard to eat

It worked out good for me and my brother as he said that having experienced the sadness of poverty and hunger as a child, he he made a promise to himself that his family would never suffer the way he did.

he kept his promise, as from birth I’ve always lived in nice warm houses, had new clothes, plenty of Xmas pressies and had plenty to eat, and a choice of food as well.

I think it’s the same for many kids born from boomers. Poverty as a child can add a steely determination in adult life.

 

[unwashed potato!]

why do people have such a fascination with what's on other peoples plates? you enjoy what on yours and eat it how you wish, and i'll enjoy what's on mine. i've never understood this desire for humans to judge what is and isn't on another persons plate.

 

[ttaskmaster]

That could be because the thicko boomers decided to make our water pipes out of lead. Running the tap for a lot of them is right of passage to clear the lead infused water that's been lingering for a while. The habit was to leave cold running because it's not metered and it could be deadly for infants.

Actually it was the thicko Victorians who did that. The rather smart Boomers were the ones who saw the dangers of lead and decided to change this, hence all the Victorian Mains Replacement schemes that were instigated in the 1970s.
Also, water has been metered since the droughts of the 1890s, and monitoring with associated charges and bans for excess or misuse, has been in place since the 1920s.