Food and Family

Earlier this week we looked at various pictures of families around the world and the foods they purchase each week. We noticed that the families that spent more on money tended to purchase more processed goods rather than raw ingredients for their weekly food expenditure. However, there was something else that came to mind as I looked at the pictures. Is there any correlation between weekly food expenditure and how close each family is? I think there is, and the families that spend less are probably closer together. Take the family in Chad for example, they probably work together each and every day just to get the food they need to survive. But, for me, food is something I always take for granted. I always just expect there to be food for every meal and snacks lying around the house (ironically though even if the fridge is full there never seems to be any food in the house). Also, because the families that spend less have to actually make their food, it's probably likely that the kids also help cook, and it's a time of family bonding. However for me, other than the very few occasions that I helped cook when I was younger, I never bothered to learn how to make anything; I always preferred the easy to heat up Hot Pocket or bag of trips. Embarrassingly, I'll admit that the only things I currently know how to make without instructions are scrambled eggs and a good peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Maybe if I had tried a little harder to learn how to cook with my parents, it would have created another thing that we could've bonded over, and we would closer than we are now.