Country Flags Made from That Country's Favorite Foods

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Morgan Clendaniel

September 30, 2009 • 7:30 am PDT
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Does "you are what you eat" apply to nation states? If it does, these are there new flags. They were produced by the agency WHYBIN for the Sydney International Food Festival. Above is Italy (pasta, tomatoes, basil), and below is Greece (olives, feta), and India (curries, rice, pappadum wafer). They seem to have not ventured an attempt at the U.S. flag, probably because they didn't want to offend. What could it be made out of? Red meat and mayonnaise, perhaps?

You can see them all the flags here.

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