About eco warrior friend.

[lastqueenofscotland]

Before I get accused of single handedly ruining the planet, I’m very conscious of environmental issues, went vegan, try to avoid single use plastics, no children etc.
Went for dinner last night with a friend who is quite militant about the environment. And their new huge thing is food waste.

There were 4 of us round, all adults with appetites. (I’d run 10k beforehand and had skipped my usual post run snack) when we got there he was cooking and I know I can be a glutton but it was literally fuck all
I think everyone got about 2 tablespoons of rice and a similar amount of curry. He wanted there to be no possibility that there would be any left and therefore thrown away.
It was delicious but literally took up a fifth of a plate. One of the other ladies there jokingly said “is there a war on, what’s with the rations” to which he got very offended and went off on one a bit about consumption and waste etc.
AIBU to think this is a bit weird/ott
(Waits for mumsnet to come on and say everything more than a teaspoon of rice is gluttony)

A tablespoon is 1-1/2 teaspoonfull, I think. Our serving spoons are much larger, they probably hold about a half soup ladle.

Did you go for a meal with my DP’s parents that’s the kind of thing they would do they think 1 chicken breast can do 4 meals for 2 people yeah if your a child.

It's like those ready meals you see where it says on the packet "serves 4", but misses off the end of the sentence - "small mice".

My mother's tablespoons were HUGE - you could probably get an entire shredded cabbage in one; modern day tablespoons are measuring tools only, not serving utensils.

A tablespoon is 3 teaspoons.
It's a standard measure.
You might have non-standard ones though.