A Worldwide Day's Worth of Food
Yemen, The Home Maker
Name: Saada Haidar
Age: 27; Height: 4' 11"; Weight: 98 pounds
Caloric value of food this day: 2700 calories
EARLY MORNING: Qishir (sweet, tea-like coffee made from coffee bean husks), 4.1 fl oz.
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BREAKFAST: Ful (fava beans), cooked with onion, tomato, and ground chilies, 5.6 oz. Khubz (wheat flour flat bread), 3.7 oz. Black tea, 3.4 fl. oz. with sugar, 1 tsp.
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MIDMORNING SNACK: Khubz, 1.8 oz. with tahini, 0.9 oz., and feta cheese, 0.9 oz.
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LUNCH: Saltah (spicy meat and vegetable stew. In this recipe: mutton, eggplant, tomato, and onion stew with hot chilies and hulbah, a foamy fenugreek topping), 8.7 oz. Rice, spiced with cumin and cardamom, 10.6 oz. Fresh tomato relish, 4.4 oz. Lahuuh (a fermented flat bread, similar to a pancake), 3.9 oz. Salad of cucumber, onion, carrot, tomato, cilantro, parsley, and lime juice, 5.8 oz. Green onion, 1.3 oz. White radish, 1.8 oz. Black tea with sweetened condensed milk, 3.2 fl. oz.
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DINNER: Scrambled eggs with tomato and onion, 3.8 oz. Maluuj (bread made from millet and wheat flours), 5 oz. Black tea, 3.4 fl. oz., with sugar, 1 tsp.
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SNACKS AND OTHER: Mango, 8.7 oz. Banana, 4.1 oz. Cantaloupe, 3 oz. Honeydew, 3.2 oz. Papaya, 4.1 oz. Qafuu'a (bread made from wheat and lentil flours; one-third of the full round shown is eaten), 4.1 oz. Calf meat on bone, 9.2 oz. (not included in calorie total as this is eaten only once a week) Bottled water, 1.6 qt.
The caloric value of Saada Haidar's day's worth of food in Yemen's capital city — 2700 — is much more than she used to eat in her rural village six hours south.