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From: A decrease in eating barnyard millet in Iwate prefecture: a literature review of Iwate no Hoken (hygiene in Iwate)

Fig. 2

A typical small-scale farmer’s house (a) and a supper (b) in the northern district of Iwate around 1960 [8]. The supper was cooked by the author, referring to the text. The house was made of a straw-thatched roof and wooden board walls without windows. Therefore, the room was very dark even in the daytime. A bowl of mixed millet and rice in a proportion of 1:1 is pictured with the following side dishes: fermented soybeans (natto) with grated radish, boiled rabbit beans in soy sauce, and Chinese cabbage miso soup. In those days, farmers in Iwate prefecture were basically self-sufficient for their food, but this means that their diet was quite simple. They rarely ate animal products such as meat, eggs, and milk. Eating fish as part of daily life started after rationing during the World War II, except for in the coastal area

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