Countdown to Ration Challenge

So the Act for Peace Ration Challenge approaches.
 https://actforpeace.rationchallenge.org.au/
A chance to gain an inkling of understanding about how it is to eat like a refugee with a barely adequate and basic diet. I know that like many others I eat because it's nice to eat and I certainly enjoy a range of foods. The Ration Challenge food for a week consists of lots of rice, some beans, lentils, flour, chickpeas, sardines and oil. A small portion (170g) of vegetables may be earned by fund raising.  With this in mind I am savouring fruit and veg. At the moment in our our own garden we have pumpkins, capsicums, silver beet, lemons and mandarins, so just right now I am enjoying them in a way I haven't previously.
I am contemplating eating the same things for breakfast, lunch and tea - as do many in the world. My daughter talks of staying with families in rural India where the same dishes were served for many meals in a row - 3 times a day. 'What would you like for tea tonight, Dear?' Rice and rice...
It should be an interesting week. Certainly we won't starve. I may feel grumpy (What else is new?) as my system reacts to the changes. If we raise $1000, and we are close, then we can add a treat to the value of $5. I think I might choose a kilo of apples. Funny how your idea of a treat changes. I think there may be withdrawal symptoms from no coffee (No, Dear, coffee is not included in the one allowable flavouring for the week. In fact I think salt may be our choice. Just a little for the rice.) My local coffee shop will maybe miss me. Do you serve hot water, my friends?
So maybe I'll post a blog each day to keep you updated. Feel free to skip the gory details if you wish but I hope this week will help to highlight how it is for so many people in our world and to help them know that they are not alone.