A friend sent this to me in an email. I found it so striking that I thought I would post it. I don’t know where it originated, or even if the facts are accurate. However it seems right.
(revision 12/21: it turns out that this post has been very popular. Thanks to a recent blog comment, it appears we have found out where this originated – go here. It looks like a wonderful book and the author deserves credit. You can also see more pictures here)
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Germany : The Melander family of Bargteheide, Germany
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
United States : The Revis family of North Carolina
Food expenditure for one week : $341.98
Favorite foods : spaghetti, potatoes, sesame chicken
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
Italy : The Manzo family of Sicily
Food expenditure for one week: 214.36 Euros or $260.11
Favorite foods: fish, pasta with ragu, hot dogs, frozen fish sticks
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
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
Mexico : The Casales family of Cuernavaca
Food expenditure for one week: 1,862.78 Mexican Pesos or $189.09
Favorite foods: pizza, crab, pasta, chicken
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
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
Egypt : The Ahmed family of Cairo
Food expenditure for one week : 387.85 Egyptian Pounds or $68.53
Family recipe: Okra and mutton
Mongolia : The Batsuuri family of Ulaanbaatar
Food expenditure for one week: 41,985.85 togrogs or $40.02
Family recipe : Mutton dumplings
Ecuador : The Ayme family of Tingo
Food expenditure for one week : $31.55
Family recipe: Potato soup with cabbage
Bhutan : The Namgay family of Shingkhey Village
Food expenditure for one week: 224.93 ngultrum or $5.03
Family recipe: Mushroom, cheese and pork
Chad : The Aboubakar family of Breidjing Camp
Food expenditure for one week : 685 CFA Francs or $1.23
5 Comments
Having had a very good look at all that was potrayed in the pictures I think a lot of the money spent on certain food items is a complete waste. I think you can spend a lot less and focus on more tasty nutritious products which are more healthy and you could save a lot more money and spend it on going out or clothes or something.
Our family is very close the expenditure dollars of Egypt. I think that’s pretty good considering I probably look like I spend more on food each week than Germany
Here is a link http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1645016,00.html on Time magazine to some pics – these are from the book
Hungry Planet:
What the World Eats, by Peter Menzel
and Faith D’Aluisio
WHO IS THE PHOTOGRAPHER?
THEY ARE SO POOR THAT THEY CAN’T AFORD FOOD POOR PEOPLE