The Harvest Moon eclipse:where and when to see the last eclipse of 2016

[Rob L 3,811]

Not black enough for me. That patty is suspiciously brown, as brown as the Mexican'ts Trump will keep out with his big beautiful wall.

Why Japanese People Aren’t Grossed Out by That Black Burger King Burger

http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2014/09/why-black-burgers-dont-gross-out-the-japanese.html

I emailed Eva Hyatt, a marketing professor at Appalachian State University who studies food preferences, to see if she had any thoughts on why Burger King would have gone this route.

She explained:

There are definite cultural differences in color meanings and associations between the U.S. and Japan. Here we associate black with death (unlike the Japanese, who associate white with death) and might think that black food is molded or spoiled (i.e., dead and inedible), or else associated with the flavor licorice.

The Japanese, on the other hand, are used to eating black seaweed, fermented black bean-paste-based foods, black walnut powder, squid ink, and a lot of gray, muted-colored foods, so a black burger bun and cheese would not seem too alien to them. In fact, they reserve subtle, soft grays, blacks, and muted hues for packaging for their own local Japanese-made foods, and associate bright, loud, primary colors (reds, yellows, oranges, blues) with foreign, Western food packages, whose people they consider to [be] brash and loud. So the black Kuro burger would be novel and attention-getting (since it’s made by a Western company), but not unappetizing. Also, young people (which is Burger King’s primary market in Japan) are a better market to introduce novel food colors to since they are not as set in their ways and like novelty and excitement.

Cultural relativism!

[Ban Hammer 12,837]

Not black enough for me. That patty is suspiciously brown, as brown as the Mexican'ts Trump will keep out with his big beautiful wall.

stop complaining about the meat isn't dark enough for you........

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

I am a huge fan of food for the soul if that helps.

That is real food. Add some lacey corn bread fried pork chops. Peach cobbler.. slap your momma

[Jacque67 7,328]

That is real food. Add some lacey corn bread fried pork chops. Peach cobbler.. slap your momma

What's the brown stuff in the front?

[CarlosAndSveta 808]

What's the brown stuff in the front?

Looks like black-eyed peas.

[CarlosAndSveta 808]

What's the brown stuff in the front?

Looks like black-eyed peas.

[Jacque67 7,328]

Why Japanese People Arent Grossed Out by That Black Burger King Burger

http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2014/09/why-black-burgers-dont-gross-out-the-japanese.html

I emailed Eva Hyatt, a marketing professor at Appalachian State University who studies food preferences, to see if she had any thoughts on why Burger King would have gone this route.

She explained:

There are definite cultural differences in color meanings and associations between the U.S. and Japan. Here we associate black with death (unlike the Japanese, who associate white with death) and might think that black food is molded or spoiled (i.e., dead and inedible), or else associated with the flavor licorice.

The Japanese, on the other hand, are used to eating black seaweed, fermented black bean-paste-based foods, black walnut powder, squid ink, and a lot of gray, muted-colored foods, so a black burger bun and cheese would not seem too alien to them. In fact, they reserve subtle, soft grays, blacks, and muted hues for packaging for their own local Japanese-made foods, and associate bright, loud, primary colors (reds, yellows, oranges, blues) with foreign, Western food packages, whose people they consider to [be] brash and loud. So the black Kuro burger would be novel and attention-getting (since its made by a Western company), but not unappetizing. Also, young people (which is Burger Kings primary market in Japan) are a better market to introduce novel food colors to since they are not as set in their ways and like novelty and excitement.

Cultural relativism!

The black one is for Hallowe'en period only, I think.

Yeah, I'll try anything once.

Overcast here atm...still hoping to get a good view this evening. Gotta buy some dango, too!

Happy harvest moon, folks!!!

Looks like black-eyed peas.

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I've read about these but never eaten them. What are they like?

[CarlosAndSveta 808]

I've read about these but never eaten them. What are they like?

My mother used to cook them on New Year's Day for good luck and prosperity. I never liked them after eating them once. Its been such a long time since I ate them that I have no idea what they taste like.

[TBoneTX 43,058]

This black-burger business brings back memories of the brief period in the U.S. when things had to be "clear" -- clear colas, clear gravy, et al. I paid little attention to that fad.