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gurdymonkey ([personal profile] gurdymonkey) wrote2009-07-22 03:27 pm

Turning manure into mochi


In feudal Japan, the masu was a measure of rice that would feed one person for a day, not something to swill sake out of.

I. Am. Having. An Idea.

Forty masu. Feeding people who REALLY need it.

Watch this space.





[identity profile] didjiman.livejournal.com 2009-07-23 04:32 am (UTC)(link)
Hey, this is the lord's idea of how much peasants should get, not the Surgeon General's recommendation daily allowance :-)

Besides, poor peasants eat millet :-(

[identity profile] takadai-no-tora.livejournal.com 2009-07-23 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
That's true--and millet is actually more nutritious than rice anyway, even if the daimyo wouldn't eat it.