News Entertainment Movies & TV Showbiz Sports Community Weird

What These People Have On Their Plates Might Seem Strange To Us. The World Eats So Differently.

By Michael Avery in Life Style On 1st February 2016

Have you ever wondered what other people have on their plates? This photography team took a culinary trip around the world and looked into the different kitchens along the way. Doing so, they photographed families from each country with what they would consider their 'normal' weekly food. They also asked the families about their favourite foods, and an approximate average cost for their weekly spend. The results are fascinatingly different. Food brings people together, but it also shows very clearly the differences around the world.

France: $420 per week. Favourite food: Apricot tarts, Thai food and spaghetti carbonara.

Canada: $345 per week. Favourite food: Narwhal, polar bear, extra cheese stuffed crust pizza and watermelon.

Mali: $26 per week. Favourite food: Natomo family rices dish.

Mexico: $189 per week. Favourite food: Pizza, crab, pasta and chicken.

USA: $342 per week. Favourite food: Spaghetti, potatoes and sesame chicken.

Chad: $1.23 per week. Favourite food: Soup with fresh sheep meat.

Germany: $500 per week. Favourite food: baked potatoes with onion, bacon and herring, fried noodles with egg and cheese, pizza, and vanilla pudding.

Guatemala: $78 per week. Favourite food: Turkey stew and soup with sheep meat - both family recipes.

India: $39 per week. Favourite food: Rice flatbread - family recipe.

Italy: $260 per week. Favourite food: fish, pasta, hot dogs, and fish sticks.

Japan: $317 per week. Favourite food: Sashimi, fruit, cake, and potato chips.

Kuwait: $221 per week. Favourite food: Chicken biranyi with basmati rice.

Mongolia: $40 per week. Favourite food: mutton dumplings.

Turkey: $146 per week. Favourite food: puffed pastries, sweet deserts.

Poland: $151 per week. Favourite food: Pig knuckles with celery, carrots and parsnips.

Egypt: $69 per week. Favourite food: Okra and mutton - tradition recipe.

England: $253 per week. Favourite food: avocado, mayonnaise sandwiches, prawn cocktails, and chocolate fudge cake with cream.

Greenland: $277 per week. Favourite food: polar bear, narwhal skin, and seal stew.

China: $155 per week. Favourite food: fried shredded pork with sweet and sour sauce.

Butan: $5 per week. Favourite food: mushrooms, cheese, and pork - old family recipe.

If you found this intimate glance into the kitchens of the world fascinating, then share this post with all of your friends.

Crazy, just how differently people eat. These photos impressively show just how different and, at the same time, the same people are. Would you be happy to eat seal stew? Perhaps not. But it's just the same for people in other places, when they hear about what we eat on an everyday basis. A few more examples can be found at Time Magazine or in the book Hungry Planet.

Categories

More