What is eaten in one week

blog ^ | Nov 27th, 2007

[Coleus]

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



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 (I really hope most American
families eat more fresh fruits and vegetables and less junk food than this family.)

Food expenditure for one week $341.98




Mexico: The Casales family of Cuernavaca
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 Zlotys or $151.27



Egypt: The Ahmed family of Cairo
Food expenditure 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

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

 

 

[Squantos]

LOL I WAS a tourist !........;o)

I was on a euro-rail pass vacation with my Wife and Son and France was just a short stop for us to get off the train and eat before we went on to Belgium.

Kids are tough to please and he asked for a burger after agreeing to eat some other stuff in Germany he didn’t like....he saw burgers and burgers it was.

Agree 100% on eating on the economy as we did all the time where we were stationed. Used to listen to tourists in Venice brag as to how cheap their trip was costing them ....only 5k for the week and here we had spent 30$ for a week in pensiones (sp?) with 3 meals a day included as we toured the city.....

I have friends in the Foreign Legion that have invited me to visit yet I think my travel days are over due BS TSA tosses at travelers..... I will not be subjected to such.

Hope yer well, have a merry new year and stay safe !

Rubber side down on the road BTW !!

[Publius6961]

BUMP!

[Alouette]

I would like to see a typical Russian and a typical Israeli family.

And what about Canada, eh?

[Alouette]

The key is to use fresh Fava beans and Greek (or Egyptian, if you can find it) olive oil.

And a nice Chianti.

[Clemenza]

Actually, Hannibal Lechter, a man of supposedly good taste, made a bad recommendation. Chianti is too heavy and tannic to go with liver and/or fava beans. Your only choice among reds for such a combo would be a light Pinot Noir. ;-)

[Clemenza]

Canada= Copious quantities of coffee crisp and Tim Horton’s, followed with Molson aka Canadian Champagne.

[Clemenza]

Last time I was in Paris two years ago, a carafe of "table wine" was 3 Euro, versus 4 Euro for coke at the same restaurant. In Spain, where I was just three weeks ago, soda and wine were equal in price, while beer (even Estrella de Galicia) was pricier.

In Spain, you must also remember to 1. avoid all tourist/fast food outlets, even the local places like VIPs and 2. NOT to eat in the "restaurant" section of a Tapas bar, as they increase the prices for the same food fivefold (in the case of a place I went to in Sevilla). Talk to the locals, or at least the front desk clerk.

BTW: There are excellent reasons NOT to travel with young children to any place besides Disney. Going out to restaurants is one of them.

[Clemenza]

Italians on average have 1.2 children versus 2.1 for the United States.

What alot of folks in the states don't realize is how many Italians, even after marriage, spend time living with their parents in small apartments. The large house with a yard is a rarity in Italy, even moreso than in France.

[Squantos]

Sangria BTTT !

[Clemenza]

My fave drink in all of Spain is Fino (dry) sherry. I highly recommend that anyone who goes to Spain stop in Jerez/Sanlucar/Puerto Santa Maria and hit any of the bodegas in the sherry triangle (illegal to produce sherry outside of these three towns, per EU law). Nothing like a DRY fino sherry with grilled shrimp and calamari.

[BIGLOOK]

Very interesting!

[BIGLOOK]

The last picture is beyond humbling.

Indeed......but their clothes are clean and they're smiling. They manage their needs well and proudly so.

The last thing Chad needs is a MacDonald's.

[Squantos]

Last time I was there was 91.......they closed my Airbase down a few years after that. Madrid & Moron, Cadiz etc were my hangouts. Later I was stationed in the Azores and got a few TDY’s back and forth too Spain but never really traveled as much.......great food and drink in Spain. Never a complaint.

Stay safe and Thanks for the tip on the sherry...... I have given up drinking long ago so will pass on to my Girl Friday who does take a sip now and then !!

thanks !

[Clemenza]

You should also tell her (after she buys some Fino Sherry) that she may want to try Manzanilla. It is a young sherry (must be drank within a year of bottling), which is aged in barrels next to where the Guadalquivir meets the Atlantic in Sanlucar. As a result, the salt water air permeates the pores of the barrels giving it a slightly salty aftertaste. Tastes better than it sounds, especially with shellfish!

[Squantos]

Will do Clemenza .......Thanks for the tips and education.

Stay safe !

[MeekMom]

re: 52, agreed Biglook.
And may the Father bless them immensely.

[Cagey]

BTTT

[potlatch]

Interesting PING!

[dfwgator]

Hey, I still enjoy Ramen noodles.

[grey_whiskers]

My point: no matter where you go, if you eat what the locals eat you eat cheaply and well. Besides, foreign hamburgers are nasty. Eating a burger in Europe is like eating Mexican food north of the Red River: just don't.

That works great on business trips or any other per diem travel in the States as well. I once fed myself, my wife, and two cubs with money left over from a US govt. food allowance by using an ice chest and the local grocery stores.

Cheers!

...oh, and Happy New Year.