Enjoy these photographs by Peter Menzel from the book "Hungry Planet"
Bhutan: The Namgay family of Shingkhey Village
Food expenditure for one week: 224.93 ngultrum or $5.03
Family recipe: Mushroom, cheese and pork
Great Britain: The Bainton family of Cllingbourne Ducis
Food expenditure for one week: 155.54 British Pounds or $253.15
Favorite foods: avocado, mayonnaise sandwich, prawn cocktail, chocolate fudge cake with cream
Mongolia: The Batsuuri family of Ulaanbaatar
Food expenditure for one week: 41,985.85 togrogs or $40.02
Family recipe: Mutton dumplings
Egypt: The Ahmed family of Cairo
Food expenditure for one week: 387.85 Egyptian Pounds or $68.53
Family recipe: Okra and mutton
Poland: The Sobczynscy family of Konstancin-Jeziorna
Food expenditure for one week: 582.48 Zlotys or $151.27
Family recipe: Pig's knuckles with carrots, celery and parsnips
China: The Dong family of Beijing
Food expenditure for one week: 1,233.76 Yuan or $155.06
Favorite foods: fried shredded pork with sweet and sour sauce
Kuwait: The Al Haggan family of Kuwait City
Food expenditure for one week: 63.63 dinar or $221.45 Family recipe: Chicken biryani with basmati rice
Chad: The Aboubakar family of Breidjing Camp
Food expenditure for one week: 685 CFA Francs or $1.23
Favorite foods: soup with fresh sheep meat
Japan: The Ukita family of Kodaira City
Food expenditure for one week: 37,699 Yen or $317.25
Favorite foods: sashimi, fruit, cake, potato chips
Germany: The Melander family of Bargteheide
Food expenditure for one week: 375.39 Euros or $500.07
Favorite foods: fried potatoes with onions, bacon and herring, fried noodles with eggs and cheese, pizza, vanilla pudding
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ReplyDeleteWhat an neat post... it is intriguing to see all the different cultures, what they serve their families and how much they spend in comparison to the US.
Interesting! I do wonder sometimes what other people might be eating or cooking for their families sometimes.
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Really interesting to see how some have a lot of packaged goods, while others don't. The poor people of Chad have nearly nothing. :(
ReplyDeleteThis is so interesting! I saw a couple of these a while back, but some are new to me.
ReplyDeleteThe picture puts things in such a good perspective. You see the rural part of the world eat more vegies, maybe that's why they're healthier.
ReplyDeleteOh wow! hehe
ReplyDeleteLove, love, love, love, love this post! Amazing how diverse - in both the foods we eat, and the cost. Sobering as well when you realize just how lucky some of us are!
ReplyDeleteGreat post. I love seeing how other people/cultures eat. That why I love the travel channel and Andrew Zimmerman..lol
ReplyDeleteThat is so interesting!!
ReplyDeleteYou always have such neat stuff :)
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I love that book, but it's SO eye opening! It really puts things in perspective, doesn't it?
ReplyDeleteI have seen this or similar before. It really makes you appreciate how good we have it and how other families must go hungry.
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't seem fair does it sometimes, and we complain we are hungry !
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My children were very interested in the different types of foods other families eat... they even offered to try a few after seeing this post.
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