[writebetterc]

I'm sure that if you went back 100 years you'd be less surprised, but of course the rice would've been replaced with oat porridge or potatoes.

[pjc50]

The old European one would have been bread: the traditional 2lb/900g ish size loaf would have been consumed in a day. Apparently Turkey still has very high levels of bread consumption.

[pjmlp]

Germany as well, it is like bread with everything, sometimes feels like back in the middle age, using bread as plates.

[marssaxman]

Maybe they were on to something we've lost: bread is delicious.