My husband was in the Navy and we were sent to Japan to live for three years. Housing on Base was scarce, so for the first year we lived out 'in town', in a Japanese house... complete with Japanese appliances. When we were shown the house, I asked whether the oven temperatures were in Farenheit or Celsius and the Japanese realtor told me that it was indeed, Farenheit. As had become our tradition, soon after moving in, I made a roast. Do you know how long it takes a three pound roast to cook at 350 degrees Celsius? Twenty minutes, and it was medium well ALL THE WAY THROUGH!

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