Weenie Royale; The Impact of the Internment on Japanese Cooking in America
From: The Kitchen Sisters
Series: Hidden Kitchens
Length: 09:18
This historical Hidden Kitchen comes from the memories and kitchens of the Japanese Americans uprooted from the west coat and forcibly relocated inland after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. In camps like Manzaner, Topaz, Tule Lake some 120,000 internees lived for four years in remote and desolate locations—their traditional food replaced by US government commodities and war surplus—hotdogs, ketchup, spam, potatoes—changing the traditional Japanese diet and family table.
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This historical Hidden Kitchen comes from the memories and kitchens of the Japanese Americans uprooted from the west coat and forcibly relocated inland after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. In camps like Manzaner, Topaz, Tule Lake some 120,000 internees lived for four years in remote and desolate locations—their traditional food replaced by US government commodities and war surplus—hotdogs, ketchup, spam, potatoes—changing the traditional Japanese diet and family table.
Intro and Outro
INTRO:Hidden Kitches takes us back to a corner of America's past — the WWII internment camps where more than 100,000 people of Japanese descent, most American citizens, were incarcerated without trial for the duration of the war. The Kitchen Sisters, producers Nikki Silva and Davia Nelson, explore the impact of the internment on Japanese cooking and culture in America in a story they call "Weenie Royale".
OUTRO:Hidden Kitchens is produced by The Kitchen Sisters and mixed by Jim Mc Kee.
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Posted on November 24, 2010 at 06:44 AM | Permalink
Effect of War on Japanese Diet
Great documentary work! Consider for a follow-up story: How did WWII and the American occupation of Japan effect the Japanese diet? Japan was once a basically vegetarian and pescatarian country, but now beef and pork seem to be in everything. McDonalds is overflowing with customers on Sunday morning. I've been eating bread and cheese for the past couple days from a recent shopping run to Costco. Ever tried spam or hamburger sushi? I hadn't until I came to Japan. In short, the American influence on the diet seems vast. It would be very interesting to obtain some interviews in Japan on this topic to see how the diet has evolved.