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10 Images of What Children Eat Around the World

Syria
Abdul is 10 and he loves Kibbeh. Syria’s second-largest city Aleppo, has over seventeen varieties. Kibbeh is like a type of dumpling made primarily of bulgur with a variety of meats, vegetables, and spices added. Life for children in Syria can be unbearable with many living without shelter, food, or clean water. Abdul is two years overdue for a life-saving heart operation that he probably won’t get. His family lives in a refugee tent city with sixty thousand others.

9 Algeria
While couscous is the definitive national dish of Algeria, Basem pictured here with his face concealed behind a mask of the Algerian f**g, loves shakshouka which is a dish of eggs poached in a tomato sauce. Algeria has a 32% child mortality rate and at least 10% of the childhood populace is unv******ted. Children born out of wedlock are not protected by many laws.

8 Ukraine
The Ukraine has a varied set of national dishes that resemble those of many neighboring nations formally in the Soviet Union. One national dish is holubtsi which is a cabbage roll filled with almost anything you can imagine, though usually beef, lamb, or pork seasoned with garlic, onion, and spices. It is a favorite of Artyom (aged 10), pictured above, who still gets headaches from the shelling in 2014, and has to visit the doctor a few times a month to have his eyesight checked.

7 Brazil
Aberto loves feijoada which is a stew made of beans with beef and pork. It is served with rice and sausages that are sometimes cooked in the stew. Children in Brazil must often work (girls as servants and boys as laborers) and nearly 30% of the entire workforce is child labor. Privileged kids get to go to school for four hours a day.

6 Afghanistan
Fragrant rice dish Kabuli palaw is the national dish of Afghanistan. But Neo, pictured here, prefers Sheer Khurma which is a sweet dish made of vermicelli, saffron, milk, sugar, nuts, dates, and rose water. It is a festive dish with Muslim origins. The average wage in Afghanistan is $960 a month and children (who legally cannot work under the age of 14) are paid even less to work in dangerous conditions.

5 Congo
Moambe Chicken is the national dish of the Congo. It is made by combining chicken, Congolese spices, and palm butter (made from the fruit of the palm tree) to make a thick stew. It is also a popular dish in Gabon and Angola. The Congo has a serious problem with child trafficking and child soldiers. If you are born in the Congo like Dira pictured above, there is a 75% chance of dying before you turn five.

4 Israel
Chasin is thirteen years old and his parents are ultra-orthodox Jews living in Jerusalem. His family follows the kosher lemehadrin laws which are the harshest dietary laws in Judaism. Chasin’s favorite food is lokshen kugel, a type of creamy pudding or casserole made with egg noodles and dairy. It is an old Ashken**i Jewish dish.

3 North Korea
Ji-seok is 10 and lives in North Korea. His father earns $1,000 a year which is the average wage. Ji-seok Loves chatting with friends online which is now possible with the government sanctioned Red Star operating system. His favorite food is mul naengmyeon which is an icy cold noodle soup that is a speciality of North Korea. It is made with buckwheat noodles and slices of beef and pear.

2 Bangladesh
Rubel is 12 years old and he works in a factory that makes metal utensils. He earns $5 per week. He loves learning in school when he gets a chance to go. Rubel’s favorite food is fish curry (Hilsa), the Bangladeshi national dish.

1 United States of America
This is James Charles. He became a Youtube Celebrity at sixteen years of age with a channel focussed on makeup. He lives in Los Angeles and is worth twelve million dollars. His favorite food (judging by his Twitter feed) is junk food—especially French fries!

Kevyn

We are fortunate in the United States that immigrants from around the world have brought pieces of their rich cultures including their culinary traditions to enrich our nation. In my travels within this country I have had the opportunity to enjoy many of these dishes. Food is a great way to begin to learn about our fellow human beings. The article is also a sad reminder of the plight faced by many children around the world. It is a bit perplexing that all of the foreign children portrayed suffered hardships while the young man in the US was very privileged. Sadly in our incredibly wealthy nation 21% of children live in poverty, to be consistent it would make sense to focus on one of them rather than a child of the one percent. After all there are rich spoiled rotten kids in all of the other nations in the article. And as far as James Charles and his favorite food as I recall some politically correct Senator was triggered by the term French Fries and insisted they be called freedom fries from now on.

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Didn't think about that...

I agree...

What do you imagine a poverty stricken child of America would choose for his favorite dish?

Growing up my favorite dish was the thickly basted turkey we enjoyed for Christmas...

Never went hungry... But couldn't afford a lot of the nicer foods... Mostly wh**ever was on sale... Or what we grew or hunted... Lots of canned stuff..

Loved bear jerky and smoked trout...

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Freedom fries... Wasn't that after France refused to back America in invading Afghanistan?

Kevyn

Never developed a taste for bear meat, but love smoked Trout. Sadly most American kids from wealthy to impoverished would likely choose fast food. Fat, sugar and salt scientifically designed to appeal to the pallet at the lowest possible cost and highest mark up and marketed brilliantly. My Mother canned dill pickles that I loved and my grandmother made amazing lemon meringue pie.

Kevyn

The French supported our actions in Afghanistan, it was the invasion of Iraq they wanted no part in, the French did their best to convince the neocons to learn from their experience in Algeria but it fell on deaf ears. What a shame, the world would be a far better place if we would have taken their advice rather than ignoring and insulting them.

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My mistake...

I was quite young at the time...

I agree...

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So did my mother and grandmother...

Except it was asparagus and apple pie