What a week's worth of groceries looks like around the world (freezer, vegetables)
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one of my fav food scenes in a movie of two different food lifestyles,,,was my big fat greek wedding-when the parents were finally meeting each other,,
his parents brought over a bundt cake,,,while her greek parents were roasting a lamb on the front yard..
That cake has a hole in it!!!
Cool photo essay, though. I cringed when I saw all the junk food in the American photo - I was hard pressed to find much in the way of fresh fruits/veggies in that family's diet.
I love all the produce the Egyptian family had. I think I'd like to go visit them for dinner.
Interesting 4 sure..... also Ok now you all see what an average family around the world consumes good or bad in about a week, Right.... well a few years back I started a back up food storage system in my basement for times of emergency, just cause one never knows, well funny thing was when my Wife saw me putting back food, (storage wise) she gave Me some grief, like that's a lot, to much we will never use that much, or the best by date will pass before we use it, ect,ect..
well the next week when she went and came back from weekly food shopping, I walked out to her SUV and popped the hatch, then I had her look at how much food there was, and stated what if the store was gone, Poof'' .... and that's when it sunk in, when she stood back and looked at what all she had just brought home for 1 week..
since then she has been on board with emergency food storage and helps me quiet a bit, funny some times we joke were going to the store, which can just be a run to our basement..
The OP's link obvious had a small agenda to slam Americans.
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Originally Posted by CaliDude1
Unfortunately, the American household featured here is more common than many of us want to admit. But the reality is A LOT of Americans eat like that. Our nation's obesity rate is no accident.
Sadly, I have to agree. When I look at other people shopping baskets, that's what I see. Lots of toast bread, frozen or prepared food, sodas, sweets, canned food, chips, and only little of fresh produce. Easy stuff like lettuce, tomatoes, but rarely things that has to be peeled, cooked, seasoned ( cauliflower, beets, fresh green beans, cabbage, kohlrabi, zucchini etc.)
Of course that's not what EVERY person here eats, but in an average, yeah, that what they buy. Researcher "mapping the food genome" of what Americans eat - CBS News 11 Facts About American Eating Habits | Do Something
Interesting 4 sure..... also Ok now you all see what an average family around the world consumes good or bad in about a week, Right.... well a few years back I started a back up food storage system in my basement for times of emergency, just cause one never knows, well funny thing was when my Wife saw me putting back food, (storage wise) she gave Me some grief, like that's a lot, to much we will never use that much, or the best by date will pass before we use it, ect,ect..
well the next week when she went and came back from weekly food shopping, I walked out to her SUV and popped the hatch, then I had her look at how much food there was, and stated what if the store was gone, Poof'' .... and that's when it sunk in, when she stood back and looked at what all she had just brought home for 1 week..
since then she has been on board with emergency food storage and helps me quiet a bit, funny some times we joke were going to the store, which can just be a run to our basement..
food for thought''
good post hickory
we also have an emergency cache in the basement..... i have woods across the street, with plenty of deer..also live on a pond,,with plenty of fish,,,have a lawn full of geese and ducks now,,,
we had a severe ice storm ,,15 or so yrs ago..we lost power for 4 weeks...most of maine did
in the winter!! so no furnace/boiler,, i didnt have a back up generator (now i do) but thank god i had a woodstove,,,we boiled melted snow and ate alot of pasta,,had alot of canned goods in the basement,,also,,it was cold,,so we kept alot of meat from the freezer outside
we got by pretty good- had a good supply of venison, and canned goods-came in handy
This family lives in the remote north, all food is flown in. Prices are very, very high there.
Thanks for clearing that up for me. Boy those prices are unreal.
In states where you can buy liquor and cigarettes and diapers and formula at the grocery store I can understand spending that much a week. I had no idea cigs cost that much now. I wonder how anybody can even afford to smoke. And if you have an infant in the house diapers and formula will break the bank. I was shocked to know formula is under lock and key now because of shop lifting problems. We don't drink and I buy wines to cook and might poor a tiny bit to sip while cooking but I have a bottle of red in the frig now which is about 3 months old! I only use it for stews.
Hmmm, I live in Australia and our grocery bills never came even close to $428 per week (for a family of 4).
Average shopping trip for the week usually ends up around $200-250
Oh well no Teenagers in our house yet!
Not sure how typical the Aussie Family is? The kitchen would indicate the family are not well off (as does all the processed meat!), and they are clearly of some kind of mixed islander heritage.
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