Instead of the fat going in the trash it will now be on your hips... :o) When I was growing up we had the rule 'finish everything on your plate.' I do not have that rule. I think it teaches overeating. Somehow the lesson to take less to begin with never sinks in. Given the percentage of overweight Americans I don't think it is rare...


>I heard of a new trend over here. Some places do that already. 'All you can eat' but you pay extra for whatever's left in your plate when you leave the place.
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>Perhaps the solution to that food wasting.
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>>Any time I walk into a "Mandarin" ('all you can eat' Chinese (Canadian Chinese)) restaurant, I marvel at the amount of food that must be wasted. People take huge platesful over and over, and usually the last one is about half finished. I also wonder what happens to the food left over at the end of the day. There must be tons.
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>>>I was surprised:
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>>>http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20041122/foodwaste.html
>>>http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080508185621.fb31km8r&show_article=1
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>>>I couldn't find anything more recent on Americans - I'm sure we've caught up, if not surpassed, the Brits on food waste.