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  Mochi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
While eaten year-round, mochi is a traditional food for the Japanese New Year and commonly sold and eaten at that time.
Kusa mochi is a green variety of mochi flavored with yomogi (mugwort).
Warabimochi is not true mochi, but a jelly-like confection made from bracken starch and covered or dipped in kinako (sweet toasted soybean flour).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mochi   (679 words)

  
 Mochi Tsuki 2004
The mochi is pounded to a smooth, molten blob then brought inside.
Mochi Tsuki is also time to socialize and catch up with old friends.
After the mochi is formed it is spread out on tables to cool.
homepage.mac.com /dawnnakashima/mochi_tsuki04/PhotoAlbum5.html   (244 words)

  
 Making Mochi – Traditional and Modern Methods
The mochi is pinched off in small balls of dough, and usually either filled with or coated in various tasty things, such as kinako (roasted soy flour), adzuki (a sweet bean paste), shoyu (soy sauce) or even pan fried in butter.
Two round, disk-like mochi cakes are stacked, the top one being slightly smaller than the bottom, and then a citrus fruit, usually uzu, or small orange is placed on top, and placed as an offering at the family shrine, or in some other prominent location for households without a shrine.
Aside from the men who pound the mochi, another job is the “mixer”, who sits or squats by the usu and reaches in to flip and move the mochi glob in between strikes of the hammers.
home.hawaii.rr.com /mooncrow/mochiweb.html   (1562 words)

  
 Mochi's World
Mochi was born July 11, 2004 (7/11!) This makes him 17 months old this month, effectively in doggie adolescence, but for us he's still a toddler.
Mochi's living room bed is right in front of the fireplace and he made the most of it, stretching out in front of the fire and not having to curl up to stay warm.
Mochi is an American Lo Sze Pugg™ (ALP) his breeder Rebecca Manns saw pictures of pugs in China, both ancient and at the turn of the century and wondered why they looked so different from the Black and Fawn varieties we have today.
www.mochithepug.com   (839 words)

  
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The rice cake is served in Zoni - a kind of stew containing mochi with vegetables and fillet of fish, meat or chiken.
Mochi for New Year celebrations is made during the final week of December.
Mochi is available around New Year holidays at food-stores, supermarkets or rice dealers.
mothra.rerf.or.jp /ENG/Hiroshima/Things/61.html   (815 words)

  
 Japan Photo - Mochi Making - W. Dire Wolff
Mochi is a delicious food made from rice.
Making mochi is an old fashioned Japanese traditional that can be a rewarding community activity.
The mochi serves as a reminder that spiritual growth requires nourishment.
www.wdirewolff.com /JapanM01.htm   (238 words)

  
 Artzar - Ugo Mochi: Poet of Shadows
Mochi is represented in public and private collections including The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Berlin Museum of Natural History.
Mochi related another story to early interviewers: One afternoon at Berlin’s Thiergarten Zoo Mochi was studying and modeling a lion, a common practice of both students and masters.
To cut the paper Mochi used a device of his own construction, a thin blade fixed to a handle, often described as a lithographer’s knife, a small, half-moon shaped blade sharpened on the narrow side.
www.artzar.com /content/mochi/index.html   (1523 words)

  
 glossary of ingredient
Mochi is steamed mochigome rice that has been pounded to a sticky mass.
Namako Mochi is common in the southern and Kansai regions while noshimochi is popular in the Kanto and Northern regions.
A flat ball of mochi is placed on top of a larger piece to form kagami mochi.
www.bob-an.com /recipe/dailyjc/dic/ingr.html   (2589 words)

  
 Broiled Mochi with Nori Seaweed - Allrecipes
Mochi is commonly used to make rice cakes, for which it is pounded in large tubs until it becomes extremely sticky.
Mochi is also used in confections and rice dishes.
If you are new to mochi, please be aware that it can be dangerous if not chewed properly, and that frankly it isn't for everyone.
allrecipes.com /recipe/broiled-mochi-with-nori-seaweed/detail.aspx   (429 words)

  
 Mochi Rice-Cake 餅 もち おもち
Another of my favorites is to bake the mochi, flatten it, place a piece of "cheese" (I use a vegan cheese, a substitute to animal-milk cheese) in the middle, then fold the mochi around it.
Mochi is a Japanese food, made by pounding glutinous rice to a paste, then drying it in slabs.
Japanese mochi is made of white rice, but American health-food mochi is made with brown rice, and sometimes raisins and cinnamon.
www.geocities.com /scocasso/mochi/mochi01/mochi01.htm   (3927 words)

  
 Features Mochi Ice Cream   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Mochi Ice Cream after all calls for, quite literally, melding the traditional, well-loved Japanese delicacy or dessert known as mochi -- and the classic American favorite, ice cream.
Mochi -- preferably -- is a very fine, exquisitely grained, chewy rice cake dough.
Marriage to Friedman in 1972 and the birth of sons, Bryan (25) and Ryan (23), and many mochis after, Mikawaya now boasts of five retail outlets: two in Little Tokyo and one each in Gardena, Torrance and in the island of Kauai in Hawaii.
www.sushiandtofu.com /sushi_and_tofu/features_mochiIceCream.htm   (1418 words)

  
 mochi italian artist and sculptor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
From early childhood, encouraged by his devoted affluent parents, Mochi, at age 10 was enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence.
As a recipient of numerous awards and scholarships Mochi was spurred on to leave Italy to further his studies at the Academy of Art in Berlin.
In 1922, Mochi was invited to hold a major exhibition of his art in outline.
www.mochi.com /biography.htm   (356 words)

  
 Mochi - Cybermacro - Macrobiotics + Macrobiotic Food Forum
Widely used in Japan as a medicinal food, mochi is easy to digest and is excellent during convalescence; it is used for anemia, for strengthening weakened condi.
Mochi is made by pounding 'sweet' or 'glutinous' rice; it is necessary to use an unbreakable bowl (e.
Mochi is a versatile food that is easy to prepare and may be eaten every day.
www.cybermacro.com /forum/showthread.php?t=805   (1405 words)

  
 Grainaissance
Mochi is all-natural and without additives, preservatives or colorings.
Mochi gradually hardens but becomes soft and edible again when you take it home and bake it.
It is said that Japanese farmers eat Mochi on cold winter days to increase their stamina.
www.grainaissance.com /mochi.html   (353 words)

  
 Mochi rice   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
In its homeland of Japan, this glutinous rice (mochi gome in Japanese) is used primarily to make confections, to make a special rice dish used for celebrations (sekihan), or to make mochi, a soft, gooey rice cake that is served around the New Year.
Mochi, which has an extensible texture like taffy but more so, is considered auspicious, for the word also means "to have," and thus connotes prosperity for the new year.
Our favorite treat is mochi ice cream balls, in which a ball of ice cream is wrapped with mochi dough so you can hold it in your hands while you eat it.
www.jamesbeard.org /events/words/mochi_rice.shtml   (167 words)

  
 eG Forums -> mochi
The mochi in clear soup is what usually almost kills me. It's sticky as hell, difficult to cut with chopsticks and hence tempting to try to swallow whole- a dangerous mistake.
Tengu (the izakaya) used to have mochi chiizu--mochi with loads of melted cheese on it.
Gohei mochi is another type of mochi, made from uruchi mai (ordinary rice), not mochi gome (glutinous rice).
forums.egullet.org /index.php?showtopic=16333&st=0   (2356 words)

  
 Japanese rice
Cooked mochi rice is more sticky than conventional Japanese rice, and it is commonly used for sekihan (cooked mochi rice with red beans) or pounded into rice cakes.
Mochi (or omochi) are small rice cakes, produced by pounding mochi rice.
Mochi rice cakes are usually grilled and then served in a soup or wrapped in nori seaweed.
www.japan-guide.com /e/e2043.html   (377 words)

  
 shikoku -- ++ Mochi Nage Festival
Mochi fulfills many other roles in Japanese cultural life, and every village or town has its own special ways of using mochi in its religious rites and customs.
The idea behind Mochi Nage is disarmingly simple: people turn up at the local Shinto shrine, some shrine workers come out with bags of cooked and (I assume blessed) mochi rice cakes, wrapped in plastic for hygiene, and proceed to hurl them at the assembled crowds.
Mochi Nage celebrations are also held to bless the construction of a new house, according to some reports I have read on the Internet.
www.angelfire.com /id/croon/mochinage.html   (852 words)

  
 KODA FARMS - All About Mochi
One of the most common ways of consuming Sweet Rice is in the form of “mochi.” A traditional Japanese preparation, mochi is made by pounding steamed sweet rice in a large mortar (an “usu”;) with a heavy mallet.
Mochi is very mild, and the variations for preparation are numerous.
The air-dried form of mochi is sometimes roasted over a brazier before being added to soup preparations or dipped in a mixture of soy sauce and sugar, or other dipping sauces.
www.kodafarms.com /recipes_mochi.html   (475 words)

  
 Ties Talk Archive - Omochi Thread   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
I've been told that the rectangular mochi - the mochi is flattened and cut with a knife - is a Kanto feature - the Tokyo region, whereas the rest of the country tends to pull the mochi (like taffy) and shape them into little rounds.
My wife likes to heat the mochi in the toaster oven so that it becomes slightly puffy before she puts it into her special ozoni soup base (which I think is the best I've ever had; she mixes the usual veggies with ground walnuts and it is fantastic).
Fry mochi in a generous amount of olive oil (medium heat) until it gets puffy and crispy on the outside and is soft and gooey on the inside.
members.tripod.com /runker_room/tiestalk/omochi.htm   (1643 words)

  
 The Seattle Times: Local News: Mochi-making tradition alive on Bainbridge Island   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The making of mochi is "to celebrate the harvest and to welcome the new year," said Arima, 58, the president of the Lake Washington chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League.
Yesterday, five mochi makers were lined up on a counter, producing the bulk of the dough that fed an estimated 500 people.
Though technology has changed, Mochi Tsuki is still about giving thanks and gathering as a family, said Matsudaira, who, like her mother, was born on Bainbridge Island.
seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/localnews/2001824869_mochi28.html   (770 words)

  
 Grainaissance
Mochi is delicious and satisfying eaten just this way.
Mochi breakfast waffle: Use Raisin-Cinnamon or Cashew-Date Mochi and top with maple syrup or preserves.
Boil Mochi pieces in water for 5 minutes, dip in honey or maple syrup, and roll mochi in roasted soy flour.
www.grainaissance.com /recipes.html   (571 words)

  
 MOCHI || Meetings & Events
MOCHI meetings are open to the public, but we encourage participants to join and become involved in their local SIGCHI.
MOCHI will look at current thinking about the nature of trust, present CREW research on why trust is more difficult at a distance, and examine possible treatments that can overcome this persistent barrier to effective distant collaborations.
MOCHI is pleased to announce that human-computer interaction luminary Donald A. Norman will be the invited speaker at its November meeting.
www.mochi.org /meetings.php   (5884 words)

  
 Kagami mochi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Further to this, it may have a sheet of konbu and a skewer of dried persimmons under the mochi.
Contemporary kagami mochi are often pre-moulded into the shape of stacked discs and sold in plastic packages in the supermarket.
The three layered kagami mochi are placed on the butsudan or on the kamidana.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kagami_mochi   (476 words)

  
 artnet.com: Resource Library: Mochi, Orazio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
This misconception lingers, even in many modern publications, and is doubtless due to the fact that he did indeed have a sculptor son called Francesco Mochi (1603–49), but—like his brother Stefano Mochi—he was a minor figure, and his work is virtually unknown.
Mochi trained in the early 1590s with the Mannerist sculptor Giovanni Battista Caccini and later in that decade collaborated with him in Pisa on a set of bronze doors for the Porta Regia of the cathedral.
Mochi’s works typically blend hints of Baroque naturalism with a Mannerist precocity that well suited the tastes of his patron.
www.artnet.com /library/05/0587/T058737.asp   (315 words)

  
 Honolulu Star-Bulletin Features
At the heart of Urakawa's sweet concoctions is a simple microwave mochi recipe consisting of mochiko (rice flour), water, sugar and a pinch of salt.
As each batch of mochi finished cooking and cooled a bit, Urakawa worked with deft speed to assemble her little morsels.
The mochi was cut into pieces, then flattened into a circle and wrapped around a pre-rolled filling, using a skillful pinching technique.
starbulletin.com /2002/08/07/features/story1.html   (956 words)

  
 Honolulu Star-Bulletin Features
Mochi mandate No. 1: Order at least one day in advance.
Later, she and her aunt will repeat over and over the ritual of pinching off a plug of mochi dough, dusting it with cornstarch, then folding it twice to achieve a manageable mass.
Uchida nestles balls of sweet-bean or lima-bean paste inside, followed by a berry; then she closes each with a tuck and a pinch.
starbulletin.com /98/09/02/features/story1.html   (1253 words)

  
 Butter Mochi Cake - Allrecipes
Traditional Japanese mochi is made from sweet rice flour mixed with water, steamed, and formed into small patties filled with sweetened red bean paste and lightly dusted with confectioner's sugar.
This butter mochi cake is a westernized version of the traditional mochi, for it incorporates butter, milk, eggs, and vanilla and is baked."
Very much like Japanese mochi so I wouldn't recommend it for everyone (the very sticky nature of it is probably not to many North American person's tastes).
allrecipes.com /recipe/butter-mochi-cake/detail.aspx?fcLgin=1   (423 words)

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