There was once I saw in a Discovery magazine, they took pictures of families from different countries and the food each family consume in one week. One picture per family, all the food was displayed on the table or chairs around them and they took the picture. It was interesting to see how each family/country has their own preference and distinctive difference.
For americans - a few bottles of coke per week, cheese, bread, as usual, for middle eastern family, rice, meat...etc, for chinese, suprisingly mostly vegetable and rice, so little meat. As I read through the pages, I was imagining myself in the way they live and eat.
As I flipping and reading, when I reach the last page, it was a picture of a family in africa, I was in disbelief seeing how little it was displayed. With a family of one mother, two teenagers, 3 small kids, the food for one week is only two half full packets of beans or flour (size of the small rice pack sold in kedai runcit), 10 small packets of dried food (ikan bilis,dried chili,beans,...) and half ounce of water bottle. That's ALL !
For us, we can go out at anytime, anywhere to get food, not just food, but good food; not just good food, but cheap food; not just get full, but more than enough; not just more than enough but throw them away..... They don't even have meat, we can eat KFC and emperor chicken anytime as much as we want.
I'm now starting to appreciate all that I have, especially food, makan makan !
