Are we reflections of what we eat?

MMmmm, this made me hungry.

It was originally a photoessay and became a book, or vice-versa; I don't think it was originally Canadian.

By the way, the German family were eating a lot of organics. I would too if I could afford it, and for that reason when I have money my grocery bill is on the high side, although I don't buy pre-prepared foods and eat a lot of fresh produce.

Hmm, although I sure wouldn't want to eat some of the first world junque, I would NOT be happy with the Ecuadorean family's monotonous diet, to say nothing of the still poorer people. The Chadian family had a better standard of living when they were farming/keeping livestock and not in a refugee camp - their favourite food is a goat-meat and vegetable stew, and alas I see neither hide nor hair of it in the little they have to eat.

This is interesting. I've seen it before, on television I think. As a single guy, I spend about $100. a week on groceries. $35. of that is on pomegranite juice alone. It really is wonderful stuff. My blood pressure has gone down 22 points since I started drinking a bottle of it every day in July. It tastes kind of weird, like it's alive. This may sound insane, but whenever I'm drinking it, I always picture an anthropomorphic pomegranite family in a dank cell, as jack-booted thugs come to take the baby pomegranites away to the crusher. The parent pomegranites are prostrate with grief as their babies are ripped from their bosom, crying for their mom and dad, until they are fed into the crusher, and the only sound is silence.

AND what has he been smokin' huh?

quote:Dried pomegranAtes?

Yup. Available in South Asian stores. Those who do not prepare South Asian meals can always put in in their bowl of cereal, with milk (like raisins). More sphisticated? Try it with a couscous salad.

The fruit is not exclusive to South Asia. I mentioned S.A. stores because that is where I found dried pomegranate.

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It is a funny name even for North Africans themselves. That is because it is a Berber name. (Berbers, as many know, are the aboriginals of North Africa, thought to be of Nordic descent).

You are probably right that these pictures are older. It seemed to me too that I had seen some of them before, but can not remember where and when.

quote: Hmm, although I sure wouldn't want to eat some of the first world junque, I would NOT be happy with the Ecuadorean family's monotonous diet, to say nothing of the still poorer people.

But the issue is sustainabillity. And the Ecuadorian diet seems to be sustainable. It might seem monotonous to us, but that is probably because we have been living beyond our 'environmental' means.

I like the ecuadorian family picture still the best. A sod building that anyone can make from local materials without having to get a lifetime bank loan. A little wood fired cooking place that does not require electric or gas supply lines and no utility bills. no plastic bottles, no factory packaged goods that require a huge infrastructure. Although the little kid on the right has these blue gum boots that seem out of place.

If they have a few lamas in the back, they have wool for felting their own black hats too. [img]smile.gif" border="0[/img]

Am I the only one who finds that photo essay very disturbing?