What the world eats- what country is your house like?

[figwit]

What the world eats

I would like to think we eat like Italy or Mexico, in reality tis more like USA or UK

[MarianneM]

France or Canada.

Britain looks terrible!

[JugglingFromHereToThere]

DD and DS also enjoyed looking at both the weekly groceries and the possessions series. What a brilliant idea from the photographer. Amazing to see the diversity eg of diets, and such few and simple possessions that many families have around the world. It's so easy to forget that. Fascinating and very thought-provoking.

[pourmeanotherglass]

Canada I think - the UK family had very little in the way of fresh fruit and veg.

[shockers]

Most like France, but I'm sure our family of 4 don't get through that volume of food in a week!

There is massive food inequality, with regard to volume and choice, in the world.

[mathanxiety]

Very like Poland here except substitute wine for the Coke. And I make rather than buy bread. Not half as much chocolate bars though. And of course no Marmite in Poland.

[mathanxiety]

Not surprising as I shop a good deal in Polish groceries.

[cuppateaanyone]

Canada and Italy here

[MrsMaryCooper]

Turkey.

I love the French cat. Don't think he is for eating though.

[lljkk]

Wow, Turks do eat so healthy if those pictures are realistic (was true when I lived with them, too; large house full of vegetarians but the carnivorous 2 Turks + DH ate the most veggie-laden diets by a huge margin).

I think France/Germany/Poland/Canada are most like us.
Very scary how little volume of food the Chadean family had. :(

[duchesse]

Juggling, I have to say I'm rather tempted to buy his books. His pictures are very thought-provoking.

[QueenofWhispers]

India--but then again we are an Indian family.

[BigBoobiedBertha]

Britian, sort of.

I notice a few surprising and/or interesting things (to me anyway).

For example Mexico looks balanced until you notice the amount of coke bottles lined up. Australia has loads of meat (their obesity is apparently worse than ours), Japan loads of packets but definitely the most fish (that doesn't surprise me - the packets sort of fit with the high tech image) and Germany seems to have loads of beer, wine and fruit juice.

I am also quite surprised that the Brits seem to have quite a small table compared with some of the Western tables. And not a lot of alcohol or fizzy drinks but loads of milk. We don't get through anything like that amount of milk in our house.

[GrumpyOldHorsewoman]

Most like France, except I buy Coke that I drink myself. The DDs aren't really allowed fizzy drinks, but they're not particularly interested in them anyway. Which is just as well, because I'm addicted (embarrasingly)

[Foodylicious]

Canada or France I think - notice how the German food is the most organised!!

[Rockinhippy]

Very interesting link, really shows up the worlds food inequality well.

I can't really see us, but I suppose a Japan looks the closest due to the predominance of fish & i cant see any meat, but maybe a bit of France & Kuwait thrown in - that surprised me as I'd have guessed at us probably more in common with Greek & italian

[Rockinhippy]

Oh, maybe not Japan either then, I didn't spot all the packets

I feel left out now

[GwennieF]

Closest to France but without the bottled water...

[KatyDid02]

Probably Mexico minus what looks like lots of fizzy drinks plus more bread.

[YoureAllABunchOfBastards]

Canada

[TheYamiOfYawn]

I did the grocery shopping yesterday and took a photo of my own. It was probably the most like Turkey or Italy, although nothing was really an exact comparison.

[goingtobefree]

India

[goingtobefree]

But quite like Guatemala, not a single processes food item in sight

[BlackeyedSusan]

did you click on the other link. they had photos from greenland, with freshly caught sea birds as part of their diet.

[MoelFammau]

Probably somewhere between Italy and Australia. Less meat and no soft drinks - only tea, coffee and water in our house! But a lot more bananas.