JAPANESE INTERNEES
CATERING IN AUSTRALIA
Rice with the husk still on, instead of the polished rice preferred by Western palates, is the main item on the diet of many Japanese internees in Australia. The Minister for the Army, Mr F. M. Fordei, said that the question of providing a diet to suit Japanese—mostly internees from Allied countries in, the Pacific —had been closely studied by an Arm}* expert. It was interesting, he said, that mcst of the nutritive properties of rice were contained in the husk. That explained the significance of the savingt that "Japanese can live on a handful of rice." Dried fish, dried fruits, root vegetables, and soya beans wcrs other items in the diet being supplied to Japanese internees, said Mr Fordo. In Japan surprisingly little milkwas used.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 33, 25 March 1942, Page 6
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131JAPANESE INTERNEES Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 33, 25 March 1942, Page 6
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