Monday, March 29, 2010

Portion sizes since the last supper

Hey readers, here's a really short and curious article from the New York Times about portion sizes for the last thousand years. A study conducted by two brothers looked at 52 different paintings from 1000 to 1800 of the last supper found that the portion sizes and plate sizes increased significantly over that time. So apparently the trend of recent years of increasing portion sizes isn't a singular event.
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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 30, 2010 at 8:05 AM

    that's a really interesting article and original.

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  2. AnonymousMarch 30, 2010 at 8:06 AM

    haha thats pretty interesting but not exactly surprising

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  3. Mock SaNoSoFoMarch 30, 2010 at 8:12 AM

    I think that that has a lot to say about our growing interest in food.... Thanks for putting that article out there.

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  4. XSMarch 30, 2010 at 12:09 PM

    Wow, Intresting.

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  5. AceMarch 30, 2010 at 12:14 PM

    That is really interesting and quirky!

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  6. BEASTMarch 30, 2010 at 12:18 PM

    I think this shows that we need to change our food portions because we eat way to much and are eating more and more soon we'll explode
    -Catch

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