Katakana (片仮名, カタカナ or かたかな, Katakana    ) is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji, and in some cases the Latin alphabet. The word katakana means "fragmentary kana," as the katakana scripts are derived from components of more complex kanji.Katakana are characterized by short, straight strokes and angular corners, and are the simplest of the Japanese scripts.There are two main systems of ordering katakana: the old-fashioned iroha ordering, and the more prevalent gojūon ordering.

Simply put, January first is another excuse to eat a large meal. Tradition in my house is to eat Black eyed Peas,(for “Change” in the new year) collard Greens (for money in the new year)and some roasted farm animal, usually either Pig or Turkey (for health) on these festive occasions. Read the rest of this entry after the jump »

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Traditional recipes - mainly British - lovingly written with good photography. Recipes include fig, fennel and date chutney, pot-roasted pig's head, trotter terrine...

Creation Museum founder Ken Ham writes "As a finale for our staff appreciation week, we wanted to do something special for all the dedicated staff who work so hard at AiG/Creation Museum. I contacted a donor who agreed to fund a staff dinner as this donor’s part in encouraging the staff the Lord has brought to us. So we had a pig roast...."

and he says the only reason he does not eat Jews is that they are no longer kosher.