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What? That's simply not true, I've traveled through almost all of Europe and even lived in some of those places and nowhere it was "normal" to get 2-3 servings.

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Unless you get tapas in Spain. Or do a festive 15-plate all-day gluttony somewhere in France, where one of those is 2 oysters and the next 50g of steak with a potato and the next a piece of Camembert. That's not normal though, only for festivities. So.. one exception.

Maybe the parent comment is counting the salad, the soup and the dessert?

In Eastern Europe you often would get an entree (soup or salad), main dish and dessert.

True. Also in the USA and pretty much all Europe.

But these are not "servings" as the OP was talking about, i.e. for the same dish (main course) that you would get 2-3 servings, something we don't do normally in Europe (perhaps only in big celebrations like Christmas).

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