The Last All-You-Can-Eat Buffet
Did ya'll see this?
"This is my body. Dig in! It's finger-lickin' good, ya'll!"
Nutrition experts have determined that food portions grew significantly over a millennium of depictions of The Last Supper.
From the 52 paintings, which date between 1000 and 2000 A.D., the sizes of loaves of bread, main dishes and plates were calculated with the aid of a computer program that could scan the items and rotate them in a way that allowed them to be measured. To account for different proportions in paintings, the sizes of the food were compared to the sizes of the human heads in the paintings.The Last Supper? The Last Bacchanal is more like it! I know I always have a big appetite before my Lord and Savior is crucified for my sins. Yo, Judas! Pass the curly fries!
The researchers' analysis showed that portion sizes of main courses depicted in the paintings grew by 69 percent over time, while plate size grew by 66 percent and bread size grew by 23 percent.
How the hell did you find that?! Better yet, what caused someone to look in the first place?
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