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Post by Jaga on Dec 11, 2007 22:45:02 GMT -7
Very interesting article with pictures of different families with their weekly food supply. Look at the quality of food and prices. I am a bit suprised that Polish food is relatively cheap. I am also a bit surprised that I do not see any bread on Polish table. But please, keep going to the very end, see the Sudanese refugee food supply in Chad for a week: www.everybodygoto.com/2007/10/12/what-people-eat-around-the-world/ |
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Post by livia on Dec 12, 2007 2:23:52 GMT -7
Great link. The Bhutanesee and the Japaneese seem to have the most healthy diet. The refugees diet in Chad make me feel guilty and sorry. The Poles are just too hungry and will destroy their stomachs with pet-food. At 8 o'clock, just above the elephant.
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Post by valpomike on Dec 12, 2007 7:56:45 GMT -7
Jaga,
Looks like the German family had several bottles of beer on the table.
Michael Dabrowski
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Post by valpomike on Dec 12, 2007 7:57:46 GMT -7
Jaga,
With the Polish family, wheres the beef?
Michael Dabrowski
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Post by suzanne on Dec 12, 2007 9:22:01 GMT -7
Pretty eye-opening isn't it?
Those of us living in developed nations certainly eat a lot of packaged stuff! And not a whole lot of fresh fruit and vegetables.....
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Post by Jaga on Dec 12, 2007 10:23:30 GMT -7
Guys,
it seems that everybody noticed the same thing. I also felt guilty seeing Sudanese. I also saw the bier in German family and unhealthy packaged food around Europeans except Italians which had loafs of bread which looked so good.
I was wondering about this pet food in Polish family, is it really a pet food on the picture?
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Pawian
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Post by Pawian on Dec 12, 2007 13:02:56 GMT -7
I was wondering about this pet food in Polish family, is it really a pet food on the picture? Yes, it is. The most popular brand is Pedigree pal. Of course it isn`t what people eat. They put this dog food on a seperate table to show what ALL members, including animals, of the family eat. |
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Post by livia on Dec 12, 2007 13:25:58 GMT -7
I was wondering about this pet food in Polish family, is it really a pet food on the picture? Yes, it is. The most popular brand is Pedigree pal. Of course it isn`t what people eat. They put this dog food on a seperate table to show what ALL members, including animals, of the family eat. And the fat&happy doggy is relaxing on the sofa with a girl! |
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Post by Jaga on Dec 12, 2007 20:27:44 GMT -7
And the fat&happy doggy is relaxing on the sofa with a girl! 20-30 years ago dogs ate the same food people did. My dog always ate the same food, maybe some extra bones from our plates. We did not have dog food then. |
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Post by livia on Dec 13, 2007 11:07:49 GMT -7
20-30 years ago dogs ate the same food people did. My dog always ate the same food, maybe some extra bones from our plates. We did not have dog food then.[/quote]
Most dogs in Poland still eat the same food as people do, I am afraid. I wonder which is worse for dogs' health - human food or the packed or dry dog-food?
At the supermarkets in Poland there's fresh dog food available - is it so in the US?
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Post by Jaga on Dec 13, 2007 17:22:06 GMT -7
livia,
what is funny, here in the US you can find animals which would eat only pet food, nothing else. My cat, which had a family some time ago and then ended up in the animal shelter likes just dry cat food, she would not eat anything else.
When I was a student living in the apartment, I used to feed a hungry cat. The cat definitively needed some nourishment but he did not touch anything except cat food cans. So, I had to start buying this type of food so that this kitty would not starve to death!
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Post by livia on Dec 14, 2007 1:56:03 GMT -7
So, I had to start buying this type of food so that this kitty would not starve to death! Jaga, the story is just incredible. I think that if you find time writing down your experience in US would be great to read. You know what I mean "The 'cultural shock' and how I overcame it" kind of thing  LiSt. |
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Post by Jaga on Dec 14, 2007 11:10:59 GMT -7
Hi Livia,
I still think that I do not know enough about the US..... to write some type of memoir, but thanks for your encouraging words!
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Post by joyce on Dec 15, 2007 7:24:47 GMT -7
I was wondering about this pet food in Polish family, is it really a pet food on the picture? Yes, it is. The most popular brand is Pedigree pal. Of course it isn`t what people eat. They put this dog food on a seperate table to show what ALL members, including animals, of the family eat. Depending on your family income and the availability of food items in the area will determine what you eat. Even if you live in a metropolitan area and have the choices of fresh veges & fruits, sometimes you can't afford them. Fresh fruits & vegies are more expensive today that they were years ago. Unless you grew them in your or a community garden. I have seen with my own eyes that when people are hungry enough they will eat almost anything they can afford. I know of a few old people who have eaten canned dog and cat food because pet food was cheaper than people food. Old people who live on fixed incomes can not always go out and buy real food. Even today in the US, there are people who go hungry because they can't afford to buy food. It's pretty bad when people dig in a restaurant's dumpster to eat their nightly meal. Growing up as a child, when my father was unemployed and he was too proud to ask for governmental assistance such as food stamps, we ate blackberries and milk for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The blackberries that we ate were collected in a nearby field. They were free. My mother had flour and made blackberry pie for a treat. Because I was hungry, I went to neighbor's horse farm, sneaked into their barn and ate the sweet feed and rolled oats that they fed the horses. For those who can afford to buy food, they have a true smorgasboard at their fingertips. In my humble opinion, it depends on how one was raised as to buying food for the family. If you were raised to eat healthy things, buying fruits & vegies are the normal. When a family is on the go all the time-such as both parents having jobs and no real time to cook real meals, fast foods-such as microwave meals, processed foods and restaurant take outs show up in the weekly diet. I know that our family's weekly food stuff buying has changed. We bought alot of processed foods when our son was growing up. Today I buy healthier foods-more fruits, vegies and grains. One because we don't have "the extra mouth to feed" and two because my husband makes decent money that I can buy fruits & vegies. And I think we got burned out on all the junk food that is available. It is a shame too, sometimes I throw out food, because I have made too much dinner and then saved it in the freezer, thinking we'll eat it at a later date. Then I "find" it in the freezer and it has freezer burn on it-which alters the taste of food. But I know I am not the only one who throws away food. Several people I associate with also throws away food because of the same reasons. I put myself on a food budget each week-spending under 100 dollars. With good planning, one can eat very good. Of course, sometimes my budget goes over the 100 dollars, especially around the holidays when I stock up on food items, but when you add the other non-food items such as other necessities such as toilet paper or soap, etc. the budget gets shot. As far as the family pictures and their weekly foods, I would eat with the Italians, the Kawaits, maybe the Chinese as long as they didn't have alot of MSG in their foods and maybe the Mexican people as long as they didn't include too many chili peppers  in their meals. |
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Post by bescheid on Dec 15, 2007 9:26:23 GMT -7
Joyce
My good heavens! You lived not a prosperous family!! But a loving family, am I correct?
Yes, as you mention, the food budget. As time passes, so goes also the constant rise of food cost. I think perhaps as you do, it takes pre-planning of meals/cost and purchase of that of your needs.
I have little against pre-pared frozen meals {the TV package dinners} they are convenient for occasional use, then accompanied by a nice salad.
Anna is a professional trained commercial cook {Nursing Home} and is the haus purchasing agent/chief of cooking/planning/and disbursements in all house whole concerns.
I see you are acquainted with the Italian style and Kuwaitis meal preparation. I like them both, actually I like every thing. It is the Latin and Indian {East Indian} cooking though with their use of hottttt spices.
Arab food preparation is very delicious. Very healthful and surprisingly filling. In the family setting {traditional} it is 1st some what strange in at the initial moment. But, surprisingly very sanitary and fun.
Charles
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in their meals.