Interviews with Japanese in Utah: Grace Oshita

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OHI Grace Oshita 5-30-85 sl:4 GO Oh.I guess, well, sometimes it was fun to eat with your friends, you know. I think it wasuentioned that a family -what is it - ah, it was just - family was justbeing broken up. That the children were eating more with friends rather than family. And - seeing that, maybe, that was one reason that the others also would take their food home. Especially those with younger children.IT wouldbe easier to control hem. LK Were there disputes in be carefteria between families and groups? .GO Not so much disputes. There were always complaints about the kind of food. But the chefs tried to prepare food - palatable or enjoyable to Japense taste. Ah, with the ingredients that they do have. You know, I thi nk Topaz is one of themo~e fortuna.te camps that enjoyed fresh vegetable - and fresh food. Becuase I found rut later that we were able to raise a ht of the food, there, because .. LK At the area .•. GO Ah, yes. Ahuh. Well, I'm telling you, it wasnot a fertile land at all, but I guess there were good farmers. L K Who managed to get somethingout of it. GO YEs. We were required. AFter I graudated and started working, able body people -you know, adults were required tohelp onfue farm, volunteer once a year or once a season. ;of something. And I remember going to the farm on the truck. Andour job was not to dig the ground, we couldn't do that anyway. But it was to cut up the potatoes to get them ready for planting.