I like to consume meat.
On average, American's consumed 222 lbs of meat each in 2007. That's 87 lbs of chicken, 66 lbs of beef, 51 lbs of pork, 17 lbs of turkey, 1 lb of veal, and 1 lb of lamb.
222 lbs! That's almost 10 oz / day. Plus you have to consider vegetarians. So, if you ate any meat at all, you probably ate on average more than 222 lbs. Probably on average.
In 1950 Americans ate only 144 lbs of meat each, but we each ate 7 lbs of veal. Talk about quantity over quality these days.
On that same page you will find a link to egg consumption. We each ate 259 eggs in 2007, but in 1950 our ancestors ate 380 eggs each. Butter consumption fell from 11 lbs each to 5 lbs, and cheese consumption practically quadrupled from 8 lbs each to 31 lbs.
I definitely like cheese.
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Apparently, I mostly eat like someone from the 1950's (but with less meat and more cheese).
I eat a lot of good quality beef now that I can. But we probably have veal once a week too.
Cheese is the food of the gods.
Veal once a week?! You must be friends with some gods.
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