Everyone eats hyper processed meat-based products. I don’t think of Belgians as a meat eating nation. The meat here sucks ass compared to what you can find in other countries. The beef is too lean and tasteless. It’s cheap af but crap. You can buy a kilo of lean ground beef for 10€ but it tastes like nothing. Some butchers and gourmet grocery stores carry better quality meat but it’s not what the average Joe eats.
Belgians love their fried foods and carbs much more than meat.
99 kg, that’s 270 g per day. Average… The fuck.
I’m really surprised when comparing to Switzerland where meat is so expensive. Many Swiss people I know do not eat that much meat because of that. BTW we still eat too much meat.
Beer has proteins.
Enough said.
Being vegetarian is not a big deal here. We even have the days withouth meat thing. Loads of vegan restaurants even! most other countries barely have this
Doesn’t surprise me. You go to any average belgian restaurant and you will always have at least a handful of different sauces to go with your tasteless belgian blue steak. It’s ill advised to pass on the sauce. You will regret it with the first bite.
Then you have Portugal and Spain where you can easily find the tastiest pork and beef at any supermarket, let alone butchers…and always reasonably priced.
“Blanc Bleu Belge” meat is low in fat, so not super tasty and great to eat.So people turn to other types of beef for example, but try living on a diet of Angus Beef or Irish beef with the median Belgian salary and see how that goes…
Compare that to Spain where most of their highest quality meat is still Spanish in origin – of course they’ll eat meat more often…
TBH I’ve been gradually been going into vegetarianism and it’s surprisingly easy overhere. Lots of options and veggies are quite cheap in general.
Down to about 2 times a weak eating meat coming from every day and I barely notice. It’s been a general trend as well around my age category I find.
Who the fuck knows what’s in a Bicky burger
Without reading, I thought it was a map on Internet speed
Meat is expensive, how do i buy a steak with these gas/electricity bills
Definately not a vegan/vegetarian; but in my adult life, I do consume a lot less meat & fish than when I was young & had mostly traditional mama cuisine.
Loving Belgium ❤️
Our bodies are 90% Potato
Ofcourse, the meat has to compete with beer and potatoes,
Am I the only one surprised about Turkey land of doner kebab to be so low in meat consumption?
Belgian living in Ireland here; Maybe I’m wrong, but I believe that in Belgium it’s much more normal for a decent portion of the plate to be taken up by vegetables. Kids might complain they don’t like vegetables in Belgium, but in many countries vegetables are just not part (or only decorative, to be sent back to the kitchen afterwards) of many meals.
I also think Belgians eat a lot more bread, which even if you put meat on it will still not contain that much meat.
I quit eating meat after realising that what I ate was utter garbage and was going to put me in an early grave. And well I never liked fish. Nor any of the “good” meat in Belgium.
Not trying to say meat is bad, you do you and all. I liked the taste of certain veggies, platters, curries and pastas a lot more without the “forcefully” added flat meat. Just because I was told it should be added.
It’s amazing how dietary patterns change in a relatively short period of time.
About 50 years ago Spaniards ate much less meat than the average northern European and ate proportionately more eggs and fish.
It’s the work of Eva Vzw, introducing ‘veggi thursday’ and other initiatives. There is also plenty of alternative for meat compared to other countries (Alpro, etc). You can go to a restaurant as a vegetarian without thinking twice, there will always be something on the menu. Impossible to do that in e.g. France.
Its all the doings of pascale naessens
I tried Hello Fresh about a 1.5 years ago and kept doing it because of how nice it turned out to be. One of the positives of doing so is that my meat consumption went from 5/6 times a week down to only 1/2 times because of how much Veggie or Fish based recipes they offer.
I used to be one of those stubborn people who said he couldn’t live without his piece of meat each day, quite funny how quickly that changed.
German who moved to Belgium here. I can not explain where the big difference comes from. The eating habits between the countries aren’t that different from my experience. But I can agree that the vegetable portions in homecooked meals in Germany appear to be smaller. I am not sure though if that explains the big difference already. But my personal experience is ofc not enough to prove anything anyway lol. It makes me kinda happy though I moved to a country with less meat consumption.
Edit: just saw in the original post that seafood/fish is not included. I think there we have the cause of the difference. Most parts of Germany don’t eat much fish.
Belgians are potato eaters. General plate inn Belgium have a lot of 🥔. That’s why they are full quicker.
Used to do a diet , could not eat nightshade. It is ridiculous how empty I used to feel.
That’s why they can skim on the meat.
Also a lot of my friends/ppl I know (and myself) only eat 3 days/week meat.
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frituurvlees is geen echt vlees
Too many pattat’n
This map seems like bs.
Everyone eats hyper processed meat-based products. I don’t think of Belgians as a meat eating nation. The meat here sucks ass compared to what you can find in other countries. The beef is too lean and tasteless. It’s cheap af but crap. You can buy a kilo of lean ground beef for 10€ but it tastes like nothing. Some butchers and gourmet grocery stores carry better quality meat but it’s not what the average Joe eats.
Belgians love their fried foods and carbs much more than meat.
99 kg, that’s 270 g per day. Average… The fuck.
I’m really surprised when comparing to Switzerland where meat is so expensive. Many Swiss people I know do not eat that much meat because of that. BTW we still eat too much meat.
Beer has proteins.
Enough said.
Being vegetarian is not a big deal here. We even have the days withouth meat thing. Loads of vegan restaurants even! most other countries barely have this
Doesn’t surprise me. You go to any average belgian restaurant and you will always have at least a handful of different sauces to go with your tasteless belgian blue steak. It’s ill advised to pass on the sauce. You will regret it with the first bite.
Then you have Portugal and Spain where you can easily find the tastiest pork and beef at any supermarket, let alone butchers…and always reasonably priced.
“Blanc Bleu Belge” meat is low in fat, so not super tasty and great to eat.So people turn to other types of beef for example, but try living on a diet of Angus Beef or Irish beef with the median Belgian salary and see how that goes…
Compare that to Spain where most of their highest quality meat is still Spanish in origin – of course they’ll eat meat more often…
TBH I’ve been gradually been going into vegetarianism and it’s surprisingly easy overhere. Lots of options and veggies are quite cheap in general.
Down to about 2 times a weak eating meat coming from every day and I barely notice. It’s been a general trend as well around my age category I find.
Who the fuck knows what’s in a Bicky burger
Without reading, I thought it was a map on Internet speed
Meat is expensive, how do i buy a steak with these gas/electricity bills
Definately not a vegan/vegetarian; but in my adult life, I do consume a lot less meat & fish than when I was young & had mostly traditional mama cuisine.
Loving Belgium ❤️
Our bodies are 90% Potato
Ofcourse, the meat has to compete with beer and potatoes,
Am I the only one surprised about Turkey land of doner kebab to be so low in meat consumption?
Belgian living in Ireland here; Maybe I’m wrong, but I believe that in Belgium it’s much more normal for a decent portion of the plate to be taken up by vegetables. Kids might complain they don’t like vegetables in Belgium, but in many countries vegetables are just not part (or only decorative, to be sent back to the kitchen afterwards) of many meals.
I also think Belgians eat a lot more bread, which even if you put meat on it will still not contain that much meat.
I quit eating meat after realising that what I ate was utter garbage and was going to put me in an early grave. And well I never liked fish. Nor any of the “good” meat in Belgium.
Not trying to say meat is bad, you do you and all. I liked the taste of certain veggies, platters, curries and pastas a lot more without the “forcefully” added flat meat. Just because I was told it should be added.
It’s amazing how dietary patterns change in a relatively short period of time.
About 50 years ago Spaniards ate much less meat than the average northern European and ate proportionately more eggs and fish.
It’s the work of Eva Vzw, introducing ‘veggi thursday’ and other initiatives. There is also plenty of alternative for meat compared to other countries (Alpro, etc). You can go to a restaurant as a vegetarian without thinking twice, there will always be something on the menu. Impossible to do that in e.g. France.
Its all the doings of pascale naessens
I tried Hello Fresh about a 1.5 years ago and kept doing it because of how nice it turned out to be. One of the positives of doing so is that my meat consumption went from 5/6 times a week down to only 1/2 times because of how much Veggie or Fish based recipes they offer.
I used to be one of those stubborn people who said he couldn’t live without his piece of meat each day, quite funny how quickly that changed.
German who moved to Belgium here. I can not explain where the big difference comes from. The eating habits between the countries aren’t that different from my experience. But I can agree that the vegetable portions in homecooked meals in Germany appear to be smaller. I am not sure though if that explains the big difference already. But my personal experience is ofc not enough to prove anything anyway lol. It makes me kinda happy though I moved to a country with less meat consumption.
Edit: just saw in the original post that seafood/fish is not included. I think there we have the cause of the difference. Most parts of Germany don’t eat much fish.
Belgians are potato eaters. General plate inn Belgium have a lot of 🥔. That’s why they are full quicker.
Used to do a diet , could not eat nightshade. It is ridiculous how empty I used to feel.
That’s why they can skim on the meat.
Also a lot of my friends/ppl I know (and myself) only eat 3 days/week meat.