What do you want for dinner?

For a bit of google fun tonight, I thought I would take a little look at food. Yes, googling food does not fill my belly but does satisfy my curiosity a little.

I was interested in what a basic country food search would bring up based on colour and content and see if it is a good representation or a generalised one.

What do you think?

American:

The American one is pretty spot on. Burgers and hot dogs but weirdly, no apple pie. My assumption is that Americans have realised apple is a fruit.

Australian:

My home tucker. Yep, again spot on. Meat pies, sausages on a grill, baked beans, lamingtons and a pavlova. All with tomato sauce on it.

French:

Google is amazing. Again a brilliant representative collection. Snails, pastries and baguettes.

Chinese:

Google seems to have trawled the local Chinese restaurant website for these picks. Not a chicken foot in sight.

Finnish:

Lots of basic fare here, this is the food of my wife's country. If you notice in the middle, there is black sausage ;)

English:

Fish and chips, fish and chips, fish and chips and all vegetables cooked until they are the same grey. And Devonshire tea of course (scones with cream and jam)

Indian:

My dad's quisine. Lots of colour, lots of range, probably hot as f*ck. Awesome.

Japanese:

Sushi cut into the shape of cute animals, spot on again google. A good mix of colour, probably healthy.

Mexican:

Is Mexican food all the same just wrapped differently? Looks delicious though.

Middle East:

Not a country, but representative? Lot's of spicy lamb rolled into balls and dips. Good work google.

Nigeria:

Africa has too many countries and a very wide selection so only Nigeria here. I am not sure what most of it is but I would give it all a try.

Spanish

Paella, paella, paella and tapas. Looks fresh and local. Brilliant.

It is definitely an 'as expected' google view. I am sure that none of these pictures is truly representative especially since there has been a massive mix of people, culture and ingredients. For example, the top 2 cities with the most Michelin stars are Kyoto and Tokyo in Japan. Paris is third.

It is interesting though to look at the range and see the extent that processing of the food takes place or how much of the ingredients come precooked. The Western countries definitely seem to consume a lot more processed, factory sourced food. The french seem to only eat dessert.

I love food, and will try anything. So far anyway. As a kid, we had a rule to eat what we were served. There was none of this different foods for children that I see some people doing now. Oh, and I was raised vegetarian other than seafood and eggs, yet eat all kinds of meat now.

For my family, I would like to steer clear of processing, chemicals and added sugar as much as possible yet it is getting increasingly difficult and expensive in Finland. I wouldn't mind seeing a sugar tax where every dollar collected reduces the cost of raw ingredients by a dollar. I am not sure if it will help the obesity epidemic that is consuming the world, but it will make my meals cheaper.

What looks the best set to you and how far is it from your everyday diet?

Now I have to go and eat macaroni casserole my wife made.... yum.

Taraz
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The images are all google searches.