At the right is a link to my favorite blogs, including My Money Blog, which today has it's own link to a Time photo essay: What the World Eats. Here's the link: Time
Very interesting from a foodie POV. Although one family does not a country represent, I think the magazine tried to find consumers who were average for their areas of the world. Here's some things I noticed as I clicked through the photos:
1. All the world loves pizza.
2. And Coke.
3. Americans don't eat nearly enough fresh fruit and vegetables.
4. Britons do love their sweets.
5. The bigger the economy, the more prepackaged foods.
6. If you have two teenage sons you go through a lot of chips.
7. Germans pay an uber lot for food, and a good deal of it is in drink form.
8. Wherever you go in the world, a lot of people don't smile for the camera.
The most shocking thing was seeing the scant items laid out for the family of four from Chad. Outside of some bags of gain, they barely had the equivalent what might fall off of a Food Lion truck during packing.
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Unfortunately as our net wealth increases it is very easy for our wants to become needs.
As a single parent with 2 kids (remember those days?) I could house, clothe and feed ourselves and keep a roof over our heads on a gross income of $700/month of which $315 was rent. Chicken giblet stew, liver, pork hocks, all made for cheap meals.
Now our grocery bill for me and Chris over that because there is so much he WON'T eat unless its expensive - no marinated steaks for him - must be T-bone or NY Strip.
Many days I wish for the simpler life again
Amen to that.
Really enjoyed this photo essay - thanks for the link. One family had like 10 bottles of soda - that was crazy!
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