by Michelle Kathleen Beckett
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Researchers from Cornell University studied eighteen recipes in “The Joy of Cooking”, one of America’s most published cookbooks. They found that, since the 1936 edition, fourteen of the eighteen recipes had significant increases in calories.
The total number of calories in the recipes increased by 35% from 1,922 to 2,489. Researchers say about 38% of this increase is because of more fattening ingredients and 62% is because of larger portions.
In the 1975 edition, one recipe made thirty brownies. The identical recipe in the 1997 edition made only sixteen brownies. Each brownie was almost twice as big.
The average dinner plate has increased in diameter roughly 40% since World War II. It seems logical that if plates are bigger, portions are bigger, too.
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Posted on http://www.weeklyletter.com at 2008-10-08 14:00:00 +0200
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My favourite food is…the chocolate Brownie.
I like brownie a lot, although I try to eat more fruit and less sweets.