Is This Really Necessary Or Is It The Nanny State Again?

[youngmafbog]

Surely anyone watching their weight would not venture through the doors of a chippie - no salads ever in their !

I was bought up through the 60's with Fried fish bag of chips and pea fritters every Saturday lunchtime. I dont recall dozens of 'fatties' around then. With prices these days (well at least here in the South) fish and chips is somewhat of a luxury not consumed on a daily basis, like a Big Mac may be.

Seems the calorie police just cannot stop themselves from interfering.

http://news.sky.com/story/call-to-fight-obesity-with-standard-portions-of-fish-and-chips-10682912

[SlackAlice]

Only one line in the above link provides the answer.

"Such a move would also help boost profits, Seafish has said in its annual report."

That in my opinion sums up their desire to have standardised portions.

[ToraToraTora]

This is more about profit than lard YMB.

[ummmm]

I do believe much of obesity is down to portion control. The more you eat the more you need to feel full.

I see so many people who feel compelled to finish what's on their plate instead of stopping when they are full.

I eat what I want, when I want, I just eat too much of it.

[ummmm]

I just 'don't' eat too much of it.

[RATTER15]

Same here ummmm, its just unfortunate I want to eat everything on my plate and more besides!

[hereIam]

I wish 'they' would stop telling us what we can or can't eat !

[EDDIE51]

There are two chip shops near me and in one a portion of chips is more than twice what you get in the other! The one with the larger portions is also cheaper!!

[Jackdaw33]

Like YMB every Saturday lunch was fish and chips. From the age of 5 it was my job to queue and get them. I was too small to reach over the counter. I remember the prices though, 9d for a fish and 3d for chips.

[hc4361]

It's the amount of activity that makes the difference. Often people don't even walk to the chippie for their meal, it is delivered or they drive.

High sugar, high carb diets are fine and probably necessary for people who are very physical in their work and leisure time, but are terrible for people who spend most of their time sitting down.

[woofgang]

I honestly can’t see how that helps and I think they are hanging something that chip shops may not want on the easy hook of “health”. People who want to will still be able to order double portions. I am also not sure how you can standardise portions of fish like ray or rock salmon (dog fish, huss) where the amount of bone is so variable. Supermarkets do it by selling by the kilo and weighing each piece but that makes no allowance for batter...also i can really see chipshops and their customers getting fed up with that during their busy times

[ummmm]

It's not really the size of the fish that's the problem. It's the amount of chips they give in a portion. I ate in a chip not too long ago and the amount of chips on my plate was ridiculous. By the time I'd finished it didn't look like I'd eaten any.

Some restaurants are guilty of doing the same.

[woofgang]

I agree ummmmmm. In my local chippy you see people ordering 4 or 5 pieces of fish and one portion of chips...its obviously for a family because often the family members are there choosing their fish...and its fine for a family but if, like me, you are only ordering for one person, even a small portion is about 3 times what I can eat.

[Mamyalynne]

I stated the same on a thread the other day, on the rare occasion we have a Chippy tea as a family we share 2 portions of chips between 3 children and 2 adults.

Everyone picks their main , fish,sausage etc.

[pixie374]

I agree with ummm, and in restaurants too- portion sizes are ridiculous and off-putting from the start. Even a small, medium, large option would save money and waste. I know chip shops do small or large, but even small is more than enough for one person.

[ummmm]

We still have people that have the mind set from their youth of not being allowed to leave the table until they'd cleared their plates so throwing on extra food just encourages people to eat more.

When I was a kid they sold chips in a cone or small bag...and it was the right portion size. Now they put them in them horrible trays and pile them up.

[pixie374]

That is very true... they believed if you left anything on the plate it was "a waste" although it's just as much a waste if you eat and and don't need it. From Rationing, I think.

[youngmafbog]

I was one of those bought up to finish what was put on their plate. Hangover from parents war time I suspect. Chips in the old days were just shoveled onto a bit of paper and wrapped either open or closed in newspaper. The portions were large and cheap (until the potatoes shortage) People were not fat.

In addition my father drove us to the chip shop even though it was only on the local parade. We were not the only ones as you could never park near the shop and there was a huge queue.