[lbo-talk] meat

Matt lbo4 at beyondzero.net
Thu Jul 8 05:15:58 PDT 2010


On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 07:27:29AM -0400, shag carpet bomb wrote:


> So how the hell is it that we, in the US, ostensibly eat nearly a lb of
> meat a day? Most people eat a grain-based breakfast. Even if they eat some
> kind of meat sandwich for breakfast (e.g., mcmuffin), that's still only
> adding about 2-4 oz of bacon or sausage to the day. Assuming a 10 oz steak
> at dinner, and 6 oz of lunch meat or something ... WTF?

Mark Bittman, who didn't cite sources, claimed that Americans eat half of a pound of meat a day. This was in a PBS interview when he was promoting his latest book.

Matt

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