| Place | Asia: Singapore, Changi |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | ART26493 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Overall: 38.2 x 56 cm |
| Object type | Work on paper |
| Physical description | brush and brown ink over pencil on paper |
| Maker |
Griffin, Murray |
| Place made | Singapore: Changi |
| Date made | 1942-1945 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Cooking rice on deep fry stove, Changi
Description
To cope with the requirements of many thousands of men, three large deep-fry cooking stoves were constructed in Changi Goal. Here a round-the-clock staff turned the monotonous rice into more appetising fare. Three prisoners deep-frying rice to increase palatability. With rice the staple ingredient in the mens diet in Changi, the prisoners sought many different ways of cooking it to decrease the monotony.