TastyMistake: November 2008

Hi Folks!

Here is a great email that I received a couple of days ago, very thought provoking especially around Thanksgiving time.

I just ordered the book that it was based off of, which is "What the World Eats" as I think it's good to have around the house just to have my children have a good understanding of the world around them.

Hope you find it as interesting as I did. Feel free to pass it along, and perhaps by passing it along it could do a lot of good virally. I'm always interested to see how these emails can proliferate, so feel free to put me in the cc column if you do.

I hope each and everyone of you have a fantastic Thanksgiving and wish you and your families best wishes as we enter this holiday season.

The email actually comes from a book called "What the World Eats"

Here was a news article on the book:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5005952&sc=emaf

Thanks for passing that email along, very thought provoking.

What is eaten in one week around the world.
Take a good look at the family size & diet of each country , and the
availability & cost of what is eaten in one week

Germany: The Melander family of Bargteheide
Food expenditure for one week: 375.39 Euros or $500.07

United States: The Revis family of North Carolina
Food expenditure for one week $341.98

Italy: The Manzo family of Sicily
Food expenditure for one week: 214.36 Euros or $260.11

Mexico : The Casales family of Cuernavaca& amp;n bsp;
Food expenditure for one week: 1,862.78 Mexican Pesos or $189.09

Poland : The Sobczynscy family of Konstancin-Jeziorna
Food expenditure for one week: 582. 48 Zl otys or $151.27

Egypt : The Ahmed family of Cairo
Food expenditur e for one week: 387.85 Egyptian Pounds or $68.53

Ecuador : The Ayme family of Tingo
Food expenditure for one week: $31.55

Bhutan : The Namgay family of Shingkhey Village
Food expenditure for one week: 224.93 ngultrum or $5.03

Chad : The Aboubakar family of Breidjing Camp
Food expenditure for one week: 685 CFA Francs or $1.23