… to think this is ridiculous. (portion size)

[Elphame]

I fancied a Chelsea bun from the bakery this morning so asked for one to be added to my bread order. Didn’t really think much about it.

When I got it home I was staggered by the size of it.

Is this really what passes for the one serving of cake for one person? I’ll eat about a quarter. It will be stale tomorrow so the birds will get the rest.

Teaspoon for scale

Yanbu thats bloody rodidiculois. No wonder there is so much food waste in this country.

It costs pence to make and is oversized so that people feel like they have a bargain and can reason to themselves that it's "just one". It's not. It's about 4.

Smaller cakes are available. Try a Mr. Kiplings.
Why order a notoriously large cake, if you don't want a large cake?
If I want a small cake, I buy a small cake, if I want a large cake, I'll go for one of the traditionally bigger ones.

Oh, so you have the precise weight and diameter measurements to prove it's rubbish? Because the University of Cambridge scientists and dieticians who carried out the study that portion article was based on did have the measurements when they did the comparisons.

Excellent!

It looks dry and unappetising.

I’d be delighted. No one says it has to be eaten in one go. Why would you chuck it? Freeze it whilst it’s fresh and finish it off another day…

Do you?

It is less than 300 calories.

What a stupid comment. I'm quoting the study.

Why order a notoriously large cake,

I had no idea that a Chelsea bun was notoriously large!

Never seen one!

But which crumpets did the study use? Some scrappy little thing, or a generously sized one?

No. You're guessing based on a vague memory of a graphic you saw in a newspaper years ago. Please do link evidence of crumpets being vastly smaller in 1993.

Do people really piss about making bread and butter pudding out of half a Chelsea bun?

Depends on the size, surely? I mean, that's a good big bun. 3 slices of bread, no?

There's a place in Bristol that sells sourdoughnuts and they appear to both enormous and expensive. To my sadness they had burnt down their kitchen, when i was visiting, so I will never know.

Freeze what you don't eat for another time or two.

diddl · Today 16:05
Why order a notoriously large cake,

I had no idea that a Chelsea bun was notoriously large!

Never seen one!

Oh, yes. Big. As is a Belgian Bun.

Their sourdoughnuts got small as they became more famous and as the piece went up!

They have a cafe on whiteladies and Gloucester road now should you feel the need 🙂

If I wanted to troll MN I'd put up a post like this. It ticks lovely boxes about portion size, price and competetive under-eating. 😂

TBF that is feckin huge! Good value yes but I do agree portion sizes are going the way of ‘murica (and yes I can finish an afternoon tea in one go 😂).

You get giant crumpets now. But the warburtons crumpets are the same size they have always been,
It is well known that sizes have been shrinking in many areas. Chocolate bars are much smaller for example.

Maybe… it lasts forever in my house. Although TBF I usually serve ice cream with fruit or cake, or in toddler size portions. I can never be bothered to leave it out long enough to go soft enough to scoop. After 5 minutes of hacking at it with a spoon with one hand frozen and the other with bruised fingers, I tend to give up after more than 2 tablespoons 😂

I was trying to avoid linking to the article because it was in the Daily Mail. But here it is, with the calculations the scientists used.

Maybe… it lasts forever in my house. Although TBF I usually serve ice cream with fruit or cake, or in toddler size portions. I can never be bothered to leave it out long enough to go soft enough to scoop. After 5 minutes of hacking at it with a spoon with one hand frozen and the other with bruised fingers, I tend to give up after more than 2 tablespoons 😂

You youngsters! No perseverance

Yum! Shame on you for wasting food 🤣

This post is basically mumsnet crack! Has anyone mentioned their 6ft5 rugby playing husbands or sons who'd eat 3 of those in one bite?

This made me laugh far harder than it should have!