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The eating facilities in the camps were large mess halls with long lines and crowded tables. Group living tended to erode family solidarity, as teenagers escaped parental authority by eating with friends rather than family. The quality of the food was poor and milk and fresh meat were constantly in short supply. Inexpensive foods such as wieners, dried fish, pancakes, macaroni and pickled vegetables were served often. The diets of the camp inmates improved only after they began growing some of their own food.

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Japanese Americans making tofu (ddr-densho-37-155)
img Japanese Americans making tofu (ddr-densho-37-155)
Original WRA caption: The precipitate is put into forms and pressed. Later it is cut into smaller cakes and kept in water as shown. Tofu is a kind of "bean curd" considered essential to the Japanese diet. Other pictures in this group show the various processes in the manufacture of this product. To preserve it is …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-155/
Mr. Bennett's birthday cake with candles (ddr-densho-37-1410)
img Mr. Bennett's birthday cake with candles (ddr-densho-37-1410)
Included annotation: H-505, Mr. Bennett Birthday Cake, 5/8.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-1410/
Letter to Yuri Domoto from Mitsuko Nakamura (ddr-densho-356-387)
doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Mitsuko Nakamura (ddr-densho-356-387)
Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Mitsuko Nakamura in which Mitsuko tells about how her family is adjusting to life at Crystal City and asks about Yuri's relocation to Boston. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-321 and ddr-densho-356-413.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-387/
Letter to Yuri Domoto from Tomi Domoto (ddr-densho-356-300)
doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Tomi Domoto (ddr-densho-356-300)
Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from her cousin Tomi Domoto in which discusses the first month at Jerome and general news about mutual friends. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-277 and ddr-densho-356-320.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-300/
Memorandum to Community Council from John J.O. Moore (ddr-densho-329-985)
doc Memorandum to Community Council from John J.O. Moore (ddr-densho-329-985)
Subject: Special Housing Needs. Report on accommodations for incarcerees with dietary needs. With attached note to Kaneji Domoto
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-329-985/
Report on Groups Possibly Requiring Special Housing Accommodations (ddr-densho-329-986)
doc Report on Groups Possibly Requiring Special Housing Accommodations (ddr-densho-329-986)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-329-986/
Japanese Americans baking bread (ddr-densho-37-245)
img Japanese Americans baking bread (ddr-densho-37-245)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-245/
Japanese Americans making tofu (ddr-densho-37-156)
img Japanese Americans making tofu (ddr-densho-37-156)
Original WRA caption: The cooked beans are poured into a fine-meshed sack and water is added. Squeezing the sack the fiberous substance is held back and the rest of the precipitate is squeezed into a barrel. Into this strained mash or curd, brine is added to cause it to precipitate. This factory is operated by the …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-156/
Packing mess hall dishes (ddr-densho-37-620)
img Packing mess hall dishes (ddr-densho-37-620)
Original WRA caption: Closing of the Jerome Relocation Center, Denson, Arkansas. Dishes from the center's thirty-three mess halls were carefully packed in straw and put in G.I. cans ready for shipment. Angelo Girardo of the Denver Office is shown supervising the work.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-620/
Japanese Americans preparing lunch (ddr-densho-37-331)
img Japanese Americans preparing lunch (ddr-densho-37-331)
Original WRA caption: Dave K. Yoshida, from Seattle, Washington former Chef for [the] Benjamin Franklin Hotel. Kitchen crew preparing lunch. Menu: Baked macaroni with Spanish sauce, spinach, pickled beets, bread-pudding, tea, bread & butter.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-331/
Camp kitchen crew (ddr-densho-37-619)
img Camp kitchen crew (ddr-densho-37-619)
Original WRA caption: Jerome Relocation Center, Denson, Arkansas. The Block 7 kitchen crew pauses for a picture in the early afternoon.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-619/
Japanese Americans baking bread (ddr-densho-37-243)
img Japanese Americans baking bread (ddr-densho-37-243)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-243/
Japanese Americans baking bread (ddr-densho-37-244)
img Japanese Americans baking bread (ddr-densho-37-244)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-244/
Japanese American cooking (ddr-densho-37-106)
img Japanese American cooking (ddr-densho-37-106)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-106/
Japanese Americans cooking (ddr-densho-37-105)
img Japanese Americans cooking (ddr-densho-37-105)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-105/
Japanese Americans waiting in line for mess hall (ddr-densho-37-812)
img Japanese Americans waiting in line for mess hall (ddr-densho-37-812)
Original WRA caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Ready to pass into dining room at Manzanar, a War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-812/
Decorated table (ddr-densho-37-246)
img Decorated table (ddr-densho-37-246)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-246/
Mr. Bennett's birthday cake (ddr-densho-37-1409)
img Mr. Bennett's birthday cake (ddr-densho-37-1409)
Included annotation: H-506, Mr. Bennett Birthday Cake 5/8.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-1409/
Japanese Americans making bread (ddr-densho-37-241)
img Japanese Americans making bread (ddr-densho-37-241)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-241/
Japanese Americans making tofu (ddr-densho-37-157)
img Japanese Americans making tofu (ddr-densho-37-157)
Original WRA caption: This product called "Age" is made from the bean curd. This is shown in the picture. The curd is fried in deep soy-bean fat until browned. This factory is operated by the Co-op.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-157/
Mary Sakai in a pantry store room (ddr-densho-37-2163)
img Mary Sakai in a pantry store room (ddr-densho-37-2163)
More information included on back of photograph.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-2163/
Japanese Americans making tofu (ddr-densho-37-153)
img Japanese Americans making tofu (ddr-densho-37-153)
Original WRA caption: Note: The markings on the blackboard, upper right, show the Japanese way of counting in fives to show number of buckets of beans processed. The bucket on the lower right contains soy beans which are soaked over night and then poured into this centrifugal "masher" which revolves at comparatively high speed. The white, …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-153/
Three children in a camp dining hall (ddr-densho-37-10)
img Three children in a camp dining hall (ddr-densho-37-10)
Original WRA caption: Christmas 1944.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-10/
Letter to Yuri Domoto from Yoshito Shibata (ddr-densho-356-223)
doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Yoshito Shibata (ddr-densho-356-223)
Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Yoshito Shibata in which he recalls a month long recruitment trip to some of the WRA camps for qualified Niseis to join MIS. His writing includes a mention for being present to an incident at Poston (possibly the Poston Strike or the incidences that lead to the strike). He talks …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-223/
Yuriko Domoto's Mess Hall Pass (ddr-densho-356-863)
doc Yuriko Domoto's Mess Hall Pass (ddr-densho-356-863)
A Mess Hall Pass assigned to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada that was good in any mess hall.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-863/
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