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    @Tycho'sNose Have you treated them to a full-blown mediterranean dinner and observed how they reacted? That might tell us a lot.
    – AllTheKingsHorses
    Commented Nov 23, 2017 at 9:42
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    @AllTheKingsHorses Yes, my mom and I did a few times. My grandmother has survived a few wars and even though she didn't like wasting food, the portions were always generous. I have experience with both cultures and I consider both ways a bit extreme...Another time, my mom and I were both invited for dinner and my mom had to split a meal with someone else so that there is seconds for the husband. Stuff like that made me wonder if this was cultural (English-American) or if this is the specific family's "microculture".
    – Tycho's Nose
    Commented Nov 23, 2017 at 16:27