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What the World Eats

I came across this photo essay earlier this week with pictures of what the world eats and found it fascinating. Things that stood out for me/questions brought to mind/stuff I discovered:

  • Look at how colorful the American’s processed foods are
  • The Germans have some tasty beer
  • The Mexicans drink a lot of Coke
  • The Breidjing Camp in Chad looks spacious and clean. My salad in the canteen at work at lunch costs more than their week’s worth of food.
  • Everyone is eating lots of bananas/plantains. Especially the Ecuadorians.
  • I like the Namgay’s living room better than their toilet. And that is one monster bag of grain.

More Hungry Planet photos here.

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Lettuce

I’m growing three different kinds of lettuce that I got from Lieven, my plant breeding friend in Belgium.

Sherwood:

Sherwood Lettuce

Pinokkio (Pinocchio):

Pinokkio (Pinocchio)

and Doree de Printemps:

Doree de Printemps

I guess pictures of lettuce can only be so exciting, but if you could taste it you would be amazed. Home grown lettuce is so nice!