Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!gcd.org!vda-gw!news.moat.net!feeder.enertel.nl!nntpfeed-01.ops.asmr-01.energis-idc.net!216.196.110.149.MISMATCH!border2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Ryan Ginstrom" Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Is it just me... Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 12:49:16 +0900 Lines: 27 Message-ID: <37iihdF5dve51U1@individual.net> References: <3784l9F565ae3U2@individual.net> <420F47BC.ABBE8D93@yahoo.co.jp> <1rc9b4yw1ymyz$.l5fs7xp1d5xl.dlg@40tude.net> <1akvevp8xbb5f.1omm07glbn1v0$.dlg@40tude.net> <8ppakoohl4kg.fule9l21ogx3.dlg@40tude.net> <37fkgtF5d1ossU1@individual.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-2022-jp" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net 5sonKJDQPic5cqvnhQr2RApyWWhzJEf3XF9VjcEBiMxyLv2Huj X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:25269 "Danny Wilde" wrote in message news:cuuh13$h71$1@ml.accsnet.ne.jp... > > "Ryan Ginstrom" wrote in message > news:37fkgtF5d1ossU1@individual.net... > > That's > > why I was so pleasantly surprised when I moved to Okinawa. Here, in just > > about any supermarket you can buy actual, hand-cured bacon, either by the > > side or pre-sliced and sold hakari-uri. And the taste is fantastic -- like > > what Americans used to eat in the 50s or earlier. Piggy bliss. > > That sounds good. I wonder why this only happens in Okinawa. While I'm not a pork historian, I would imagine it's because Okinawa's culture developed largely independently of Japan's for many centuries, until the 1800s when it was annexed by the Satsuma clan; then during the 25-year American occupation, the Okinawans developed a taste for such things as bacon, spam and root beer. -- Regards, Ryan Ginstrom ryang@gol.com