I’m delighted that the first Canadian entry I found was from Iqaluit. I find it astonishing that a week’s food costs more in Germany than it does in northern Canada, where food and all other supplies – especially fresh fruits and veg and dairy, which they have plenty of there – are so expensive that there are various special “Northern grants” to offset the costs of living.
I also love the one a few photos later of the family from Greenland, with the freshly killed duck(?) and auks in the foreground.
Yes, I have. My husband stashed some meat in the fridge, hiding it behind something large (I forget what). When I finally got around to really cleaning out the fridge, I found the uncooked roast, which had been quietly plotting the downthrow of human civilization for almost a month. Phew!
I’ve also smelled roadkill, in various stages of decomposition. Double phew!
I think that it’s beef and pork marrow that smells so horrid when it simmers. I only notice the smell when I’m cooking beef bones which have exposed marrow, or smoked ham hocks which also have exposed marrow. I haven’t noticed it when I cook chicken bones and trimmings, but then I don’t crack open the chicken bones as I should.
About the prices - food is quite cheap in the US, and exchange rates can really throw a monkey wrench in the equation. Here in Troll Country, which has some of the highest food prices in Europe, I spend about NOK2000 to 2500 to feed a family of four, including two growing boys, each week. That comes out to something around US$400. That tells me two things: 1) food is too dang expensive around here and 2) the dollar/krone exchange rate is screwed up again…
Heh, an American commenting on British food: the height of irony ;).
I’ve never heard of anybody eating mayonnaise sandwiches in my life. This isn’t a staple. It’s unusual to even put mayonnaise on most sandwiches: butter is the spread of choice, unless you’re eating something like an egg sandwich.