*** Quoting George Pope from a message to Carol Shenkenberger ***

 CS> GP> I was serious, do you grow them in Japan, or just import them
 CS> fresh?
 CS>
 CS> We grow them here.  No reason not to!

GP> They need a lot of real estate, and Japan is rather short on that! (sa
GP> reason why you don't have your own beef ranches, but rather import)

Um, George, we export beef from Japan.  Every heard of Kobe Beef?  As to
¨watermelons, they grow easily on terraced hillside so it's not a problem.

 CS> Humm.  That ongiri rings a bell for a completely different dish.  Not
 CS> sure
 CS> though.

GP> The problem being the transliteration into romago! :)
GP> I'm sure it'd all make wonderful sense in Kanji! :)

Probably!
                                       xxcarol

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