Noodles and Rice

Conventions on Culinary Compatibility

by Tom on January 17th, 2008

I expected a fair bit of incompatibility when I moved from Australia to Japan.  I expected to find difficulties with the language, the customs and even the relationships.  But I didn’t expect to have to confront incompatible food sizes.

I guess I was asking for it.  On the weekend I got a pizza from a Costco outlet.  Fir those who don’t know, Costco is an American warehouse style store that sells things cheap, but unfortunately also quite American size. 

When I tried to cook the pizza at home I found that it wasn’t even coming close to fitting in my oven.  I decided that I would think about the issue for a while, so I tried to jamb it into my fridge but had the same problem.  My oven and my fridge are “family” size in Japan, but I’m afraid not big enough for American food.

Does anyone in Japan have equipment big enough to deal with this sort of food without cutting it up?  I don’t think so.  Does Costco realize this?  Probably not.

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