Yeah, portion size is so weird. I'm thinking about buying some vintage plates so they're a more reasonable size. Then the right amount of food will look ok, instead of this dollop in the middle of a huge plate.
Mal: You know, you ain't quite right. River: It's the popular theory.
'Objects In Space'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Liese S. - Mar 06, 2011 3:24:31 pm PST #26645 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Kathy A - Mar 06, 2011 3:29:41 pm PST #26646 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I haven't used my dinner plates since the surgery, just the salad plates.
beekaytee - Mar 06, 2011 3:31:42 pm PST #26647 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
I'm thinking about buying some vintage plates so they're a more reasonable size.
All my dinner ware is uber-thick C&B cafe stock. The dinner plate is so huge, I've taken to using them only as platters. The salad plate (9in) is now the dinner plate. I've also acquired much smaller bowls. It seems funny now, how different they seem.
Kathy A - Mar 06, 2011 3:33:05 pm PST #26648 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
My cat's snoring on top of her condo, and it's quite loud. Very funny!
Cass - Mar 06, 2011 3:51:04 pm PST #26649 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I haven't used my dinner plates since the surgery, just the salad plates.
I really only use my salad plates. My dinner plates are put away in a bottom cupboard. I use them for dinner party stuff when I am putting several things on a plate and totally garnishing it. But just me or just friends over? Salad plate. It's still not a small plate.
WindSparrow - Mar 06, 2011 4:27:22 pm PST #26650 of 30001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
The dishes we have, have stripes on the outer edge or in the case of coffee cups and bowls, near the top. The bottom edge of the lowest stripe on the cups is where I fill for ice cream (I don't pack it down, if I did, it would be more than half a cup). The top of the bottom stripe on the bowls is the right water level for packets of instant oatmeal (I like it more creamy than viscous).
My typical lunch involves an entire 16oz package of frozen veggies plus 4-6oz of protein, so I dump it all in a glass pie plate and shove it in the microwave. When I go for a salad, I will use the pie plate as well, and heap it up with lettuce plus other veggies and a bit of meat. Of course, veggies aren't like ice cream - there is no virtue in restraining oneself to one serving a day, and many benefits to having 8ish.
§ ita § - Mar 06, 2011 4:27:25 pm PST #26651 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Leftover lo mein. My only order out of the past couple weeks.
Liese S. - Mar 06, 2011 4:27:32 pm PST #26652 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Hi ita! You have a moon! I heard it said on my teevee!
WindSparrow - Mar 06, 2011 4:33:36 pm PST #26653 of 30001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Hi ita! You have a moon! I heard it said on my teevee!
Too bad they didn't pronounce it correctly.
SuziQ - Mar 06, 2011 4:37:25 pm PST #26654 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
The dish set we have came with "dessert" bowls in addition to "salad" bowls. We tend to use the dessert bowl more than the salad bowls. I also prefer using the salad plates to the dinner plates. I do need to start measuring my portions because I'm sure my estimating is off.