some food for thought

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http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news ... aces-earth
we can and should remember to be thankful for what food we have. the above link refers to present stats on national caloric intake, on average. on thanksgiving day, americans consumed on average roughly 4500 calories per person. in the bulk of the rest of our world, the average caloric intake is less than half of that amount. food for thought.

I don't think they celebrate Thanksgiving in the rest of the world.

that was not the point.

What was the point?

that 1] we should be [as americans] damned thankful that food is not as dear here as it is in many other countries, and 2] we eat too damned much for our own good- that is, the ones of us [middle and upper class] that actually get to eat plentiful AND nutritious food on a regular basis. a little less taking it for granted would be appropriate, a little more humility on this day at least.

Just eat less if you think you're eating too much.

whatever.

Ironically, if people eat good stuff all the time, it becomes just another meal.

You don't appreciate the good stuff as you would if you only had it rarely.

Food for thought.

I appreciate thanksgivings because that is the day I get to EAT something besides the cheapest of subsistence foods.

I know they celebrate Thanksgiving in Korea, calling it Cheusok, and they feast like pigs the same as us. It is not on the same date as our Thanksgiving, theirs being around August 15th and lasting for 3 days celebrating autumn harvest

I consumed less than 1000 calories on Thanksgiving but I know there are places on this planet where people live on less than probably 700 calories a day, everyday of the year. Some people subsist on handfuls of raw grain just like we feed the animals we eat in America. I don't believe in any God to feel a need to be grateful to but I am aware of how very fortunate I am to have been born in a land that has always provided adequate resources for a civilized existence, even if my family nor I had anything to do with where we were brought into this world.

I wonder how many other nations have the local equivalent of a thanksgiving feast?

In Sweden they "eat like pigs" on Påsk, Jul, Midsommar, and Kräftskiva.

I believe a majority of countries have holidays where they feast. This is an age old tradition, it has carried on for thousands of years. There is often a autumn harvest feast in many cultures which give thanks to the gods for the harvest and to eat the food which can not be stored. This tradition of feasting for the gods has passed down in a different form into modern day culture.

It's good, hey?

I kinda feel lucky to be poor as hell. I mean, I still get to eat enough, but when I eat the good stuff, score.

gives me something to look forward to each November. I think in heaven i'll eat like that all the time so it is for me like a little piece of heaven down on earth.