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masuda@fcs280s.ncifcrf.gov (Michiaki Masuda) writes:

>A raw egg is another example. It is
>essential for sukiyaki, but some Japanese restaurants here are rather 
>reluctant to serve it.

This reminds me of a time when I was with a friend at a Korean
restaurant, and he freaked because the Bi Bim Bop (sp?) came with an
egg that had (oh my god!) a liquid yolk.  I tried to point out
afterwards that it was no different than the way a lot of people
(myself included) eat fried eggs.  His reaction was something like "Oh
yeah, I think I've heard of that." as if the very idea of eating an
egg in any condition but hard-boiled was something unknown to him
except in legend.

Granted, there are real risks such as salmonella, and for all I know,
they might be worse in the U.S. than Japan.  But I think what's really
going on is that Americans are growing progressively more neurotic
about the food they eat.
-- 
"To survive in this fascist police state, he thought, you gotta always be 
 able to come up with a name, your name.  At all times.  That's the first 
 sign they look for that you're wired, not being able to figure out who 
 the hell you are." Philip K. Dick, _A Scanner Darkly_ 
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