If Americans are synonymous with super-sizing, then Europeans have the market cornered on micro-sizing. From grocery stores to restaurants, the amounts here you receive are very tiny quantities of pure perfection. Micro suits me, but I suspect Justin is starving. (evil grin) Not that an entire pot of coffee doesn't have it's place (Sunday mornings, long chats with friends), but a shot of espresso makes my day. The flavor is more intense. The caffeine hits my blood stream more quickly. Espresso is a tiny cup of love. I even love the tiny cups, maybe it is from years of childhood tea parties. Dainty=fun.
Allow me to give some examples and you can compare for yourself the size you would buy in the states:
Packages of tortillas come in two sizes....large (US small) tortillas with 6 or XL (medium) with 4 in a package
Tortilla chips ...only one size 125 grams (@ 4 ounces and some chips are only 3 oz)
bananas LOL you may buy as many as you like, but the only choice in size is small @ 4-5 bites FOR COLT
peanut butter...one size 350 grams @11 0z)
milk ...the largest I have seen is a liter
You get the picture. It makes for frequent trips to grocery store which I prefer anyway because I like looking and it gets me out of the house. Within 3 blocks, I have my choice of 4 grocers: BioMarket, Tegut, Penny Markt, and a Family Farmer Market type place. That is only in one direction. Honestly, I haven't been the opposite direction yet.
The biggest benefit of micro-sizing is my change in attitude. It has no relationship to cost or quality. Small quantities make the three of us savor every bite. It's a miracle. Even though I enjoy grocery shopping, it is a chore with a two year old. Carrying or rolling two bags of groceries three blocks in the cold is hard! The less everyone eats, the less it feels like a chore. A 4 inch jar of PB is tiny, but I swear it last the entire week just like the 26 ounce jar I used to buy. Every one gets a thin layer now instead of globs.
Have I lost weight in two weeks? Hell, No! lol The one thing that is the same size is wine. 750ml of beautiful Bordeaux and we get to drink a bottle every night! All of my clothes do fit the same though and I now indulge in bakeries! I even wished I had a scale this morning. Micro-sizing has it's perks! All of the working out I used to do, seems so silly now. Weights for 15 minutes and day and a little yoga for my sanity and I'm done!
Oh the Bakeries in Germany will have to be a three part series! I am trying to stay out of them because everything is micro here cars, toilets, beds, etc. :)
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