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Default New York Times -- Excess consumption by Americans said to cause food shortages

George Shirley wrote:
> One of my cousins, back in the late forties, when told by my
> Grandmother to "eat it all up", Chinese children are starving,
> replied that he would pay the postage if she would send the meal to
> China. The whole family broke out laughing as my grannie was not
> considered a top cook.


That was a familiar scene in my generation in UK too