Got a refrigerator?
Reading Butter cake creaming method reminded me of something I was taught in school, more years ago than I care to admit, but long enough ago to make it relevant... In many Asian cultures having a refrigerator was (at the time) 'rare'. Not for lack of infrastructure (electricity) or due to economic circumstances but culturally people in Japan (if I recall correctly) preferred to go to market daily and get whatever they needed fresh. Is this still the case?
Best Answer
The Economic Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture says household ownership of refrigerators in Japan in 2008 was 99.6%, so I would guess no.
Here's the data in an excel file.
It's worth noting that lower income countries in Asia have significantly lower numbers, but your question specifies reasons unrelated to wealth. High income Asian country households overwhelmingly own refrigerators.
Microwave Ovens, on the other hand, do seem to follow a pattern only loosely based on income.
None of this is to suggest that people in Japan don't do their purchasing in the manner you suggest. They might just use their fridges for other things, like keeping drinks cold.
Pictures about "Got a refrigerator?"
What does refrigerator mean in slang?
show \u25bcto gratuitously kill, disempower, or otherwise remove (a character, usually female) from a narrative, often strictly to hurt another character (usually male) and provide him with a personal motivation for fighting the antagonist(s)Is fridge a slang?
The OED describes \u201cfridge\u201d as a colloquial abbreviation for \u201crefrigerator,\u201d a much older term that showed up in the early 1600s.What do you do when you first get a refrigerator?
Let it stand In transit, your appliance gets shaken around, so it's best to let everything settle before you plug it in. If it was transported upright, give it at least an hour before you plug it in. If it was transported on its side, turn it the right way up and leave it for at least four hours.What is the difference between fridge and refrigerator?
Fridge is just a smaller name for a refrigerator that is a cooling device used in households all over the world. Though fridge can be referred to as slang and a casual word, it has become so popular that more people make use of this word than those who take pains to call out refrigerator which is a rather long word.Dire Straits - Money For Nothing
More answers regarding got a refrigerator?
Answer 2
In Japan more than other Countries. Many lady's in Japan do enjoy there shopping group. 3 or 4 in a group that shop together every day. Mine in the Philippines pulls this about once a week. With the neighbor lady. Watch the kids while we go shopping for a few hours. Neighbor lady always gives me a big smile when they pull this. We have a large fridge & shop together every Monday. So no need for this. In Asia refrigerators are often small by U.S. standards. So need to shop every 2nd to 3rd day. Many have a U.S. student size one. You find apliances are smaller in Asia for the most part. Then were I live there is the over 50% who do not yet have electric. But that is not in Japan. But Japan does have electric restiction's. So size matters here. Think small size for most in Asia. So shop more often there.
Sources: Stack Exchange - This article follows the attribution requirements of Stack Exchange and is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Images: Gustavo Galeano Maz, Mark McCammon, Prateek Katyal, Mark McCammon