I have read that before about French food. Tastes so rich and good you eat less from the flavor rather than just eating until you are stuffed. Now I want a strawberry. From the local farm.
When McDonalds cooked their fries in beef tallow most customers were satisfied with a small or medium sized portion. Now that they use they dis-whatevered-vegetable oil a “supersized” order still leaves you feeling hungry.
You are so right. I’m old enough to remember when there was only one size. It was small, but so rich you really didn’t want more.