Is Chicken Cheaper Than Daal in Pakistan?

[BABA AGHORI]

The usual portion in a carnivorous country like the United States is one-quarter pound of meat per person.

A kilo of chicken would be good enough for at least eight portions by US standards...it could be stretched to 10 or 12 in South Asia.

Sorry, I never saw 10 people sharing a complete tandoori chicken... can lead to riot among siblings.

 

[RiazHaq]

My own experience with many of my Hindu friends in US is that they are only part-time vegetarians... they're vegetarians at home but carnivores elsewhere

Sorry, I never saw 10 people sharing a complete tandoori chicken... can lead to riot among siblings.

Yes, it's hard to share a whole tandoori chicken among more than 4 or 5 people... two breast pieces, two legs and wings etc. But curry chicken with nan or rice can be shared among more people.

 

[Stephen Cohen]

My own experience with many of my Hindu friends in US is that they are only part-time vegetarians... they're vegetarians at home but carnivores elsewhere

Indians eat a lot of eggs ; eggs are not looked at as Non Vegetarian food

 

[aamerjamal]

In Pakistan we have plenty of dishes with chiken, a salan or qoorma can serve as many people as you want to on lamba or chota pani. make palaoo biryani salan can consume with boil rice or chappati so yes 1 Kg can easily serve 10+ people depend on dish, plus 1KG can easily make 4 different veggies dishes more tasty by adding a minor quality, so yes they can even use as flavor booster ,also even in daal people add chicken or chicken cubes.
So Chicken is every where.... and cheaper too...

 

[Mav3rick]

Chicken is cheaper than Daal in India . Dal ~200 per Kg Chicken around 120-140 .

Still, 1kg of chicken cannot feed the same number of hungry mouths as 1kg pulse.

 

[Soulspeek]

@RiazHaq Please get out of your thinktank, analyst mode. You sound funny with your chicken and daal measurement mumbo jumbo.

This much ounces for this much people blah blah. When you need to know what is the weather outside, you do not need to open meteorological website. You just need to open your window and look outside.

Most Pakistanis and Indians would agree with me that 1 kg is hardly enough for 4 people.

What do you mean by I dont eat balanced diet? I eat chicken with naan/roti or rice including salad and curd. Come back to real world and stop playing farzi dietician.

 

[ghazi52]

 

[liall]

The usual portion in a carnivorous country like the United States is one-quarter pound of meat per person.

A kilo of chicken would be good enough for at least eight portions by US standards...it could be stretched to 10 or 12 in South Asia.

Not really. A family of 4 the average size would consume a kg of chicken in 2 servings, No? Dal is like rice it lasts a lot

 

[RiazHaq]

35% of what #Indians eat today is of `foreign' origin. #India #food http://toi.in/AefC9b57 via @timesofindia

Most of us know exotic new veggies and grains like kale and quinoa are "imported" but even ordinary staples like potato, onion, tomato and chilli came from elsewhere, reports Subodh Varma.
A study of 177 countries by scientists from the International Center of Tropical Agriculture has found that in India, more than a third of all food items derived from plants -grains, vegetables, fruits, spices, oils, sugar etc. -originated and developed elsewhere, and came to this subcontinent by trade or migration over centuries.

In terms of calorific value, such `foreign' origin foods make up 45 per cent of the national food production. It's not just India. At the global level, 66 per cent of calories consumed are derived from foreign origin foods on an average as was 71 per cent of production.
Onions and wheat have their origins in West Asia, potatoes and tomatoes came from South America, while mustard seeds came from the Mediterranean. Likewise, chillies came to India from Central America, while garlic and apples found their way from Central Asia.
Stay updated on the go with Times of India News App. Click here to download it for your device.

 

[Stephen Cohen]

35% of what #Indians eat today is of `foreign' origin. #India #food http://toi.in/AefC9b57 via @timesofindia

Most of us know exotic new veggies and grains like kale and quinoa are "imported" but even ordinary staples like potato, onion, tomato and chilli came from elsewhere, reports Subodh Varma.
A study of 177 countries by scientists from the International Center of Tropical Agriculture has found that in India, more than a third of all food items derived from plants -grains, vegetables, fruits, spices, oils, sugar etc. -originated and developed elsewhere, and came to this subcontinent by trade or migration over centuries.

In terms of calorific value, such `foreign' origin foods make up 45 per cent of the national food production. It's not just India. At the global level, 66 per cent of calories consumed are derived from foreign origin foods on an average as was 71 per cent of production.
Onions and wheat have their origins in West Asia, potatoes and tomatoes came from South America, while mustard seeds came from the Mediterranean. Likewise, chillies came to India from Central America, while garlic and apples found their way from Central Asia.
Stay updated on the go with Times of India News App. Click here to download it for your device.

That is TRUE for the ENTIRE World

And all Humans evolved from Monkeys and originated in Africa

So what is the Big deal

 

[RiazHaq]

That is TRUE for the ENTIRE World

And all Humans evolved from Monkeys and originated in Africa

So what is the Big deal

Does the Sangh Parivar not believe that Hindus are entirely indigenous to India?

http://www.riazhaq.com/2013/08/harvard-genetics-study-finds-most.html

 

[Stephen Cohen]

Does the Sangh Parivar not believe that Hindus are entirely indigenous to India?

http://www.riazhaq.com/2013/08/harvard-genetics-study-finds-most.html

May I REQUEST you turn your FOCUS on Pakistan's problems of
RISING External debt

That would be the Correct use of your Talent and Time
Please read this

http://www.brecorder.com/editorials/0:/59436:rise-in-external-debt/?date=2016-06-23

 

[RiazHaq]

May I REQUEST you turn your FOCUS on Pakistan's problems of
RISING External debt

That would be the Correct use of your Talent and Time
Please read this

http://www.brecorder.com/editorials/0:/59436:rise-in-external-debt/?date=2016-06-23

There's nothing alarming about Pakistan's foreign debt to gdp ratio of less than 25%. Most countries have much higher ratios.


#Pakistan repaid $4.3bln in foreign #debt July-March. But external debt to GDP ratio up to 24.6% from 23.3% last yr. http://www.thenews.com.pk/print/127855-Govt-pays-off-43bln-in-foreign-debt-repayments-in-July-March …

It's only marginally higher than India's external debt to gdp ration is about 24%


http://articles.economictimes.india...g-term-debt-debt-service-ratios-external-debt

 

[Stephen Cohen]

There's nothing alarming about Pakistan's foreign debt to gdp ratio of less than 25%. Most countries have much higher ratios.


#Pakistan repaid $4.3bln in foreign #debt July-March. But external debt to GDP ratio up to 24.6% from 23.3% last yr. http://www.thenews.com.pk/print/127855-Govt-pays-off-43bln-in-foreign-debt-repayments-in-July-March …

It's only marginally higher than India's external debt to gdp ration is about 24%


http://articles.economictimes.india...g-term-debt-debt-service-ratios-external-debt

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http://dailytimes.com.pk/opinion/13-Jun-16/unsustainable-debts-of-pakistan-i

http://dailytimes.com.pk/opinion/20-Jun-16/unsustainable-debts-of-pakistan-ii

http://www.thenews.com.pk/print/125886-Debt-will-choke-Pakistan

http://www.thenews.com.pk/print/130743-Uncompetitive

https://www.geo.tv/latest/100767-Pak-external-debt-debt-to-GDP-ratio-alarming

http://www.brecorder.com/editorials/0:/59436:rise-in-external-debt/?date=2016-06-23

http://tribune.com.pk/story/1131411/pakistans-borrowing-pattern/

 

[RiazHaq]

#India's external debt to gdp ratio has increased to 23.8% in 2015 (vs #Pakistan's 24.6%), up from 17.5% in 2006. http://finmin.nic.in/the_ministry/dept_eco_affairs/economic_div/ExternalDebt_Dec15_E.pdf …