A slide-show from Time, showing photos and monetary amounts for what a family eats in a week.

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1626519,00.html

thanks tam, that was cool! i was shocked to see all the packaging in the japanese family...not sure why, i guess being surrounded by water they have to import...i like the mexican diet (though too much pop) and the ecuadorian diets best i think...they look nice and simple.

What no cabbages? Ulaanbaatar is the only one I noticed.

i love cabbage! check out the polish family, they must eat cabbage, no?

I played where's waldo on the Polish one but couldn't spot a cabbage haha

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1626519_1373724,00.html

I gained ten pounds in two months in Ulaanbataar.  Lots of butter. 

I love how organized the German family is.

I liked seeing random boxes of Corn Flakes in a few non-U.S. households, among all the fresh fruits & veggies...haha

I'm surprised rice wasn't on there. I eat rice all the time.

I thought the Mexican's drank too much pop too! Ha Ha They would probably think that I drink way too much coffee!

The German family had a lot of alcohol I thought. Party at the German house! Be there!

It just made me happy to see all of them. I wish that we had recipes for their dishes. The Bhutan family listed mushroom, cheese and pork. That sounds like something I would love.

Hmmm I sure don't eat like the US folks pictured there, or like any of the developed countries. Have almost no packaged food, luckily. No red meat, no soda or juice, very little bread, only nice fresh loaves like the Italian family but not as many.

I eat most like the Bhutan & Ecuador families, if you take away the rice & substitute a little seafood & the beer & wine that the Germans had. Except my beer & wine is homemade

It was jarring to see just how much of developed countries' food was prepackaged like that on an average weekly basis.

Nice find btw, Tam.