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I thought it was interesting to see what others around the globe eat and what they spent to do so...


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




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




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




United States: The Revis family of North Carolina

Food expenditure for one week: $341.98
Favorite foods: spaghetti, potatoes, sesame chicken




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




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




Ecuador: The Ayme family of Tingo

Food expenditure for one week: $31.55
Family recipe: Potato soup with cabbage





United States: The Caven family of California

Food expenditure for one week: $159.18
Favorite foods: beef stew, berry yogurt sundae, clam chowder, ice cream





Mongolia: The Batsuuri family of Ulaanbaatar

Food expenditure for one week: 41,985.85 togrogs or $40.02
Family recipe: Mutton dumplings





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





Bhutan: The Namgay family of Shingkhey Village

Food expenditure for one week: 224.93 ngultrum or $5.03
Family recipe: Mushroom, cheese and pork





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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ngdawg

The family in Mexico could save a third if they didn't buy all that soda.
Is that all beer in the German household?
Interesting...I have a family of four and maybe spend $100 a week...then again, fast food gets eaten about 2-4 times a week here too, but it's cheaper to feed us some Wendy's....

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Charlatan

You'd have to calculate all that fast food as part of the food and the expenditure, dawg.

That was a really cool series.

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kurty[B]

There needs to be a follow up. At the end of the week, how much of that food just gets tossed out?

ngdawg

At about $15 a day, figure $45 a week on fast food and I average about $80, maybe less on groceries(we don't buy steaks and mostly meats or fish on sale), we don't buy soft drinks and things like side dishes and snacks I buy on sale and/or with coupons. I can usually knock about 20-30% off a $90 bill easy. I can't imagine what they're spending $200-300 on!!!

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Jetée

Whoa, I don't spend more than $60-80 every three weeks.

The American household was so colorful.

I found the article by looking at image address, and does seem as though there will be a floow-up, considering the name of the article is titled "What the Word Eats, Part I".

Here it is on Time's site: http://www.time.com/time/photogaller...626519,00.html


The story is adapted from the book Hungry Planet, so if you would like it in full detail, you can always seek it out.

Very interesting indeed.

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