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Dining on KFC Christmas Day. I only just learned this today. Read how this got started and has endured.


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I believe even KFC fried chicken wouldbe preferable to turkey, IMO.
 
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Thanks, that was very interesting.

Seeing the title, thought it was going to be about "Christmas cake."




 
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Thanks, that was very interesting.

Seeing the title, thought it was going to be about "Christmas cake."


Make that 'Christmas Keiko'.
 
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I believe even KFC fried chicken wouldbe preferable to turkey, IMO.


True story. I've always said if turkey was so damned delicious, we'd eat it more than twice a year. Good turkey is pretty tasty, but turkey is easy to screw up and bad turkey is just...bad. Chicken is easier and tastier.

I used to do Cornish Hens for holidays for just me and the wife. Turkey's only advantage is it is large enough to feed a family gathering with a single bird.
 
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Harlan Sanders made many trips to Japan to support his business partners there. It's a fascinating aspect of how American culture has influenced another.

 
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I believe even KFC fried chicken wouldbe preferable to turkey, IMO.


Golden brown juicy turkey is awesome! It's easy to over cook and dry out.




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Thanks, that was very interesting.

Seeing the title, thought it was going to be about "Christmas cake."


Make that 'Christmas Keiko'.


Well, iffin we're gonna git all phonetic-like, it would be: "Kurisumasu ke-ki" Razz




 
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I didn't realize they celebrated Christmas in Japan... Big Grin
 
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I didn't realize they celebrated Christmas in Japan... Big Grin

Not in the traditional sense, it's a cultural excuse to have a party, buy things and join other parts of the world in celebration. You should see what Valentine's Day is like over there... Roll Eyes
 
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Japanese versions of American fast food sometimes are very different. I had to spend 5 months in Osaka many years back. It took me that long to teach them, at the local DQ, how to make the American version. I was working in a steel mill at the time. If you ordered a banana split the girl at the desk would hop on her bike and ride down the street to the market and buy 1 banana.
 
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You should see what Valentine's Day is like over there... Roll Eyes


I don't see why this gets a "rolleyes". Flipping the tables on Valentines Day and making it a day where the female must be overt about her feelings doesn't seem so bad, especially in light of how Valentines Day has become so one sided in the west. Unless, of course, you're giving it a "rolleyes" because men must reciprocate on White Day. I like how the Japanese handle Valentines Day.



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Perhaps, Corsair was implying how it has evolved from just Valentine's Day to that and white day and why ?

At first, guys would just regift the chocolates they received, so to stem that tide, they made it a day for white chocolates (and such) to keep 'em honest Wink




 
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Maybe its not KENTUCKY fried chicken

KOREAN fried chicken?


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An interesting bit of trivia is that every KFC in Japan has a life size likeness of Colonel Sanders standing out front and the eyeglasses have lenses in them ground to exact prescription that was worn by the actual Colonel Sanders.


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An interesting bit of trivia is that every KFC in Japan has a life size likeness of Colonel Sanders standing out front and the eyeglasses have lenses in them ground to exact prescription that was worn by the actual Colonel Sanders.


Very, very believable.


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There’s all sorts of funny holiday shit in Asia...children’s day, teachers day (teachers still have to work) women’s day, singles day etc.
 
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I didn't realize they celebrated Christmas in Japan... Big Grin


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You should see what Valentine's Day is like over there... Roll Eyes


I don't see why this gets a "rolleyes". Flipping the tables on Valentines Day and making it a day where the female must be overt about her feelings doesn't seem so bad, especially in light of how Valentines Day has become so one sided in the west. Unless, of course, you're giving it a "rolleyes" because men must reciprocate on White Day. I like how the Japanese handle Valentines Day.

The roll eyes was in reference to the silliness that occurs on Valentines day, a day where affection is 'to be confessed' through cultural compunction amongst the younger gen. Yes, there's White Day, and that balances things out, whereas in the West it's 'lavish me with all the material things and I'll think about your proposition'.
 
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I didn't realize they celebrated Christmas in Japan... Big Grin


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