Single serve of fried chips too large to consume

[Bretrick]

I am holidaying in Busselton. Opposite is a Fish and Chip shop.
I was a little peckish so ordered a minimum serving of chips.
$3 worth.
I was able to eat about a 1/4 of the serving. Would have been at least a kilo in weight. 2.2 pounds.
Crazy amount for $3, especially when compared to a small serve at a sports match which comes in a very small upright cardboard container for $5

 

[ricmic]

I have that often when dining out, and I see that others do as well. Such a huge amount of food wastage!

 

[Bretrick]

I have that often when dining out, and I see that others do as well. Such a huge amount of food wastage!

Yes, 3/4 of my serving will go in the bin.

 

[Jazzy1]

There goes @Bretrick with his fried chips....

 

[Bretrick]

There goes @Bretrick with his fried chips....

I should have bought them earlier, when the sun was still up.
Would have fed all those seagulls.

 

[Flarbalard]

I've never had that problem. Normal people do, but not me.

The first meal my future wife made for me, to the chorus of "Oh, you're a lucky boy" from her friends , was a chicken dinner. She later told me that she thought there would be 2 maybe 3 days of left overs...um, there were none. Ooops.

 

[hollydolly]

I aways think chip shops overload the portion with chips, to make up for the smaller and smaller fish....

 

[Flarbalard]

I aways think chip shops overload the portion with chips, to make up for the smaller and smaller fish....

Seems to be the way to do business. We had a friend who had a neighborhood cafe, and he said what I really sell is hash browns.

 

[Aunt Bea]

Location, location, location…

 

[hollydolly]

Seems to be the way to do business. We had a friend who had a neighborhood cafe, and he said what I really sell is hash browns.

UGH! I believe it.. I personally hate Hash Browns.. but on just about every breakfast menu in cafes' and pubs here Hash browns are a standard staple..

I always ask them to leave them off when I order

 

[Flarbalard]

If done correctly (to my standards) I really like them, if not, and I'm hungry that's what ketchup is for.

 

[Flarbalard]

Location, location, location…

Are we still talking about chips (AKA fries) or have I missed something?

 

[Aunt Bea]

Are we still talking about chips (AKA fries) or have I missed something?

From the OP.

“Crazy amount for $3, especially when compared to a small serve at a sports match which comes in a very small upright cardboard container for $5”

 

[Ted01]

I am holidaying in Busselton. Opposite is a Fish and Chip shop.
I was a little peckish so ordered a minimum serving of chips.
$3 worth.
I was able to eat about a 1/4 of the serving. Would have been at least a kilo in weight. 2.2 pounds.
Crazy amount for $3, especially when compared to a small serve at a sports match which comes in a very small upright cardboard container for $5

Come to the US... fast food restaurants will give you about 2.5 oz. of fries for about $1.90.
Fair pricing doesn't seem to be their concern.

 

[debodun]

I've been in eating establishments and walk by tables where no one is sitting and see plates piled with food. It's like they took a bite and got up and left. I was at a soft ice cream stand a few years ago and saw a woman dump her whole tray of food into the trash bin. What a waste! If people aren't hungry, why stop for food?

 

[Flarbalard]

From the OP.

“Crazy amount for $3, especially when compared to a small serve at a sports match which comes in a very small upright cardboard container for $5”

Ohhh Gotcha.

 

[WheatenLover]

UGH! I believe it.. I personally hate Hash Browns.. but on just about every breakfast menu in cafes' and pubs here Hash browns are a standard staple..

I always ask them to leave them off when I order

Ask for grits instead!

 

[hollydolly]

Ask for grits instead!

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Not if I was starving to death.....

 

[WheatenLover]

Not if I was starving to death.....

Now, now. Many people here in the South love grits. What is funny is watching yankees add sugar to them instead of salt & pepper.
I don't eat them, because yuck!

 

[Llynn]

At a motel diner my first morning working in rural Arkansas I ordered my morning meal and asked my waitress to hold the grits and she replied: "Honey, if y'all didn't want gryyyets why'dju order beayekfist?".