07-15-2013, 05:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Kelt
Smaller plates/bowls is something I adopted when I started my weight loss 3 years ago and I still eat this way. I find it a lot more satisfying (mentally) to have a big heaping plate and know that I get all of it than to have a small pittance on a giant (American sized) plate.
I got mine very inexpensively open stock at an Ikea store.
American plates are now 11-12 inches, euro 7-9. Mine are 7.
My grandmothers china has 8 inch dinner plates. That is how much things have changed in a short time. No wonder we eat more, and we are a lot less active.
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Really, US dinner plates are so much bigger? .gif "Say What?")
Not sure where you got those figures but I've never seen a dinner plate quite that small on my visits to various European places.
Your figures have just spurred me to measure the various styles of dinner plates I have. They range from 10in with 7in usable space to 11in with 8in usable space. I don't count the 'rims' as usable. These are a 'normal' size over here in my experience.
My larger side plates are 8in with 6.5in usable space and the smaller ones 7in with 5.5in usable. These are a perfect size for what mates call my 'bird' portions. cheep-cheep-quack! 
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