More in Food Shortages: Japan Is Running Out of Butter
A sign explains "that the management does not know when the next shipment of butter will come."
Japanese croissant-lovers be afraid: Japan is going through an extreme butter shortage:
Where is the butter? — cry Japanese consumers who have been hunting everywhere for the dairy product. The drastic reduction in raw milk production, complicated by hikes in the price of grain as well as changes in the global patterns of dairy product consumption, have caused a serious butter shortage in Japan. Empty shelves in the dairy section of grocery stores across the country have not seen a shipment of butter for days, and stores are posting signs apologizing for the shortage.
[via Boing Boing]
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My local grocery has one of those signs alongside full shelves of butter. I live right between two dairy rich regions (Takachiho and Aso), so I guess I'm in a unique position.
In my experience, the bread available in Japan tends to be exclusively flavored with butter... so I'm hoping this shortage will prompt some introspection among the nation's bakers. My fingers are crossed for some Pacific sourdough.
DaveRud at 3:18AM on 04/24/08