[sumo] [spoiler] Kotooushuu diet

[Earle Jones]

On May 24, 2008, at 11:55 PM, Barbara wrote:

> Also mentioned in the English commentary...
>
> Apparently, Kotooushuu finds eating large quantities of rice  
> unappealing unless he covers it with lots of cheese.  Is this a way  
> for him to gain weight? Or just a personal preference? The  
> commentators, speculating about the ways this basho might change  
> sumo in the future, wonder if rice with cheese will become a popular  
> new dish.  Japan has been known to have a weakness for fads, so who  
> knows.  I wonder if this is the kind of eccentricity which for  
> Kotooushuu would be called a brilliant innovation but if it were  
> Asashouryuu it would be called outrageous behavior. I don't know...  
> as far as I'm concerned, it depends on the type of cheese...
>
> Barbara Murasakihana
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And speaking of Japanese fads, who remembers the 'erimakkitokage' (not  
sure about the romanized spelling -- it translates to 'frilled lizard'.)

Possibly from:  eri = neck;  makki = deep red;  tokage = lizard

This little Australian creature was all the rage in Japan in about 1980.

There's a nice picture at:

    http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/reptiles/frilled-lizard.html

yosakoiboi
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