Famine relief food - Kyuukoshokumotsu

Japanese: 救荒食物 - きゅうこうしょくもつ

These are plants, animals, and agricultural waste that are rarely eaten in daily life, but are temporarily consumed during food shortages such as natural disasters, famines, and wars. Some of these were common foods in times of low productivity, and research into these foods can be used to infer ancient eating habits and how they have changed over time. In addition, short-growing crops such as buckwheat and millet, and potatoes that are resistant to abnormal weather, are sometimes cultivated as a stopgap measure, and these are called famine crops.

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Japanese:

日常はほとんど食べないが，天災，飢饉，戦時などの食糧不足の際に一時的に食用にする動植物，農産廃品などをいう。なかには生産力の低かった時代には一般食物であったものもあり，これらの研究から古代の食生活やその変遷を類推することもできる。また，急場しのぎに生育期間の短いそばや粟，異常気象に強い芋類などが栽培されることがあるが，これらは救荒作物と呼ばれる。

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