Mochi-tsuki
January 3, 2010
Posted by AnnaTheRed in Everything else Tags: mochi-tsuki, rice cake
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My boyfriend has been taking a Japanese class for almost 4 years now. At the end of every year, his school has a “mochi-tsuki” (rice cake pounding) event. We went there at the end of last year, and had a lot of fun! So I decided to share it with you.
Rice cakes are made with mochi-rice (stickier than the regular sticky rice) made soft by soaking it in hot water for a while then mushed and pounded in a wooden or stone mortar with a wooden mallet.
When I was little, my grandmother used to make it every year, but she had a “mochi-tsuki machine” because it’s so much easier than pounding to make mochi, and it’s still a lot fresher than store bought mochi.
“How hard can it be to make rice cake?” you ask.
Probably harder than you think.
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non-bento #6: “real” rice cake
February 28, 2009
Posted by AnnaTheRed in bento blog (all), bento blog - non bento Tags: rice cake, sushi
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This isn’t a bento, but I really liked how it turned out and it was easy, so I’m going to post it!
Like I mentioned, my bento caught up with my blog, and I didn’t make bento for Saturday… So I was thinking about doing a dinner blog. But I got up earlier than usual for a Saturday morning and went to the city to shop for a new game (“Tatsunoko VS Capcom for Wii 
) today, so when I came home, I was pretty tired and decided to take a nap.
Not a good idea. orz
I wanted to cook salmon, but the fish market was already closed. So I got online and looked for an easy recipe for the dinner and found this!
non-bento #4: Real Rice Cake
Created and eaten on: 3/1/2009
