PSA: My mom's old cookbook shows meal sizes were smaller back then

I was looking through my mom's cookbook from the 70s. The recipes call for less food than what we see today. How do you handle larger meals now?

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wren8266mo ago

Your mom's cookbook makes a good point. I used to load my plate but now I aim for those smaller, older portions.

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leec256mo ago

Seriously, are we overthinking this, or is wren826 just adjusting to smaller plates?

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the_susan6mo ago

Honestly I rolled my eyes at the whole 'small plate' thing for years. Then my doctor showed me a picture of a regular dinner plate from the 1970s next to one from now. The old one looked like a salad plate today! It really is a sneaky trick our eyes play on us. Filling a smaller dish just feels more satisfying even with less food. That visual comparison totally changed my mind about wren826's point.

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