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Note to vacationing non-Americans: while it’s true that America doesn’t always have the best food culture, the food in our restaurants is really not representative of what most of us eat at home.  The portions at Cheesecake Factory or IHOP are meant to be indulgent, not just “what Americans are used to.”

If you eat at a regular American household, during a regular meal where they’re not going out of their way to impress guests, you probably will not be served twelve pounds of chocolate-covered cream cheese.  Please bear this in mind before writing yet another “omg I can’t believe American food” post.

Also, most American restaurant portions are 100% intended as two meals’ worth of food. Some of my older Irish relatives still struggle with the idea that it’s not just not rude to eat half your meal and take the rest home, it’s expected. (Apparently this is somewhat of an American custom.)

Opening the fridge the following day and finding delicious, professionally prepared food sitting there waiting for me is one of the greatest joys I know.

WAIT ARE LEFTOVERS IN A DOGGIE BAG NOT A THING IN OTHER COUNTRIES

This leftover quirk would’ve been great to know before going to America because your country confused the shit out of me.

Canada does basically the same thing as America here. Eating the whole dish in one sitting isn’t a faux pas or anything (except maybe if it means delaying the rest of your group while you slowly demolish an enormous dish by yourself) but if you come to a stop while there’s still food on your plate the waitstaff will usually offer to box it up for you, and this isn’t, like, a trick question or anything.

I’m p sure I gained 10kg while in Ohio because I tried to finish my meals at IHOP