All the time. My standard order is either the grande/medium (16 oz) or the venti/large (only a little more at 20 oz.) I would venture to guess the vast majority of brewed coffee orders are 16 oz or above. Apparently, and I just learned this in this thread, there is also a size called “trenta” which is 30 oz. I’ve never seen it in the wild, so I don’t know if its availability just varies by location/region or if it’s just an unlisted item like the “short” (8 oz.)
ETA: Incidentally, the Dunkin Donuts sizes go 10 oz, 14 oz, 20 oz, 24 oz (small, medium, large, extra large), so 20 oz for a “large” isn’t unusual.
I am crying/sobbing/gasping for air right now as I type this because I’m laughing so hard, and also because I foolishly bought this size just last night, and ended up throwing away 2/3 of the popcorn that I shared with my boyfriend.
Thank you for the best laugh/cry I’ve had in a while.
OK, so people drink 600 or 900 ml of coffee in a single serving rather regularly. that’s something to remember
Next question - just how big are the popcorn servings we’re talking here. Anybody got a measurement in oz, or maybe you can let us know how big the container is? (diametre / height)
I would guess 450mL is probably the median size for coffee orders to go, but that’s just a guess. According to this, in the US, the average coffee drinker consumes 825 mL (27.3 fl oz) of coffee daily, so there’s that. It says the average coffee cup size is 9 fl oz (255 mL), but I assume that’s an actual ceramic coffee cup and not the average “to go” cup.
As for the popcorn question, it varies by theater, but here’s a roundup of some. As you can see, a “small” popcorn ranges in size from 6-11 cups (1.4 - 2.6L) of popcorn. There appears to be an error, though, with the Regal Theater’s medium and large sizes, as they both say 20 cups, both have the same amount of calories listed, but the larger one has more butter. I’m assuming those numbers are wrong.
ETA: I should read the article. Apparently, the medium and large are the same size, but the large comes with a free refill (see the paragraph that begins “the advertised information is incorrect.”) So, basically, the large gets you 40 cups, or 9.5L, of popcorn.
One of the biggest chains of conveyer-belt sushi in Japan, Kura-zushi, has something like that. The whole place is incredibly robotised. There are slots below the conveyor where you slide your empty plates, which are automatically counted and added to your bill. For every five plates your drop in there, you get to play a lottery. The prize is only a cheap trinket, but I can vouch that kids will over-eat just to get a chance to play. “But, daaad, one more plate and I might get a magnet!”
Plus, it makes it harder to track just how much you’ve eaten without the mountains of empty plates you usually end up with in other conveyer-belt places.
Actually, more likely kushi-katsu. Izakayas, like most restaurants, will usually just keep on writing more stuff to your bill, which you settle at the cashier’s when you’re done.
You guys must have some seriously mismanaged Fuddruckers, because the burgers at the ones here are fucking awesome. Best anywhere, ever, period. ESPECIALLY the buns. Yes, it can sometimes be a wait (but that over an hour thing does sound ridic, and again makes me think your location is poorly ran) but that’s because it’s NOT a fast food burger, not even remotely.
All the “secret menu” at In-N-Out is is special names given to popular custom orders (In-N-Out is particularly good among fast food establishments for customizing orders.) The names developed organically among customers and workers at In-N-Out and eventually became some sort of fun little “secret handshake.” They were never real menu items to begin with, but became so via the customer base. I think it’s brilliant that instead of adding them to the menu, In-N-Out just let them stay as sort of an oral tradition. That adds to the mystique, the brand, and the loyalty of the customer base.
Wow, an hour? That’s fucked up. It doesn’t usually take that long here. The longest part is doing a group luncheon when someone else has decided to do a group luncheon, and 100 people show up at 11 am.
The nice thing is usually (just about anywhere) the cashier will walk you through your order.
Burger, what size? How would you like that done? On white or wheat? Do you want cheese on that? Is that the meal or just the burger?
I used to think that, but lately I’m encountering more that aren’t that way. The Medium drink at Firehouse is what I think of as Large, 32 oz.
Those are theoretically for sharing as a group, like a dozen kids (stuffing their grubby hands in the same bucket and fighting over it). Or throwing at the screen. (No, I’ve never been to a place that does that.)
Actually, the usual process starts with asking the server
“So on the Big Kahunaburger, what comes on that? Mustard, ketchup, and mayonnaise?”
I like Fudd’s.
Rotondo’s is like that. The sandwiches are all listed on a blackboard, but the numbers are all over the place. But the layout has hot sandwiches in one list and cold sandwiches in another list.
New Zealand had embraced the metric system pretty comprehensively by then and at the time I was in my mid-teens and therefore not old enough to be in the pub drinking. I knew a pint was about 600ml because the milkie would still deliver milk in bottles that size, but it was not a size I would associate with any beverage besides milk, soft drink and beer. Certainly, if someone said “We can sell you a pint of coffee” I would have thought they were having me on since that is clearly too much coffee to be good for you. At least until my first visit the US, that is…
I’d never have worked that out, not in a million years.
Re mens’ / womens’ toilet indications – just plain “other languages”, not cutesy / clever stuff – I’m sometimes briefly thrown-off in Irish-themed pubs which use the Irish-language words: men / women are “fir” and “mna” respectively. Counter-intuitive for an English-speaker, with “male” and “female” in their head. Confusion can also occur in Poland, where the signs read respectively “dla pań” and “dla panów”.
The lettuce is torn by hand rather than shredded by machine. Doesn’t turn brown or dry out as fast as machine cut.
Alton Brown explained why with bubble wrap. Has to do with not cutting cells but tearing between.
Besides the volume corrections, it’s worth noting that this “single serving” may be consumed over the course of an hour or three. The majority of people don’t sit down and chug a half-liter of coffee on the spot. This is why we have so many insulated, disposable to-go cups, and travel mugs/thermoses. I make up a 20 oz (~600 ml) travel mug of coffee in the morning for my commute and work, and that lasts me until close to noon, but some people might have a refill or two during that time.
I gathered it was something like that, I just hadn’t heard “leaf” as verb. I would have gone with “hand torn,” or, if the lettuce leaves are left big, “whole leaf lettuce.”
We ate at a place like that in Sydney. It was okay since we were in vacation-mode, but on a regular basis, no, I wouldn’t want to have to run around standing in various lines to collect my meal.
At another place, people were meant to choose their own table, then armed with the table number you went to a counter to order and pay (or a different counter for booze). Then someone would eventually bring the food out.
The main reason I don’t like Subway is because I have to supervise every step of my sandwich’s creation. I’m not that picky, just give me a #3!
But the layout has hot sandwiches in one list and cold sandwiches in another list.