Peanut butter Mochi
Yayoi came home from Japantown today. She was excited. “You must try this new product,” she explained.
It was a flat, pink, gelatinous food substance. Mochi! Mochi is basically a a bland, dry, rice-based(?) wrapper for snacks, like “mochi ice” which is a lump of ice cream wrapped in mochi. (Think of it as a flexible cracker for snacks.)
I bit in to it. A few bites in and I arrived at the payload: crunchy peanut butter. I made my way through the mochi, nonplussed.
“You don’t like it,” asked Yayoi.
“Peanut butter is not my favorite mochi,” I replied.
“I think they are trying to make mochi more American.”
It doesn’t do much for me.
Now, Yayoi is making dinner. My contribution is the “Peanut Butter Mochi Theme Song:”
Peanut butter mochi!
Peanut butter mochi!
Peanut butter mochi!
From my wife, Yayoi!
She suggested that I could blog about peanut butter mochi. I think she’s just trying to keep the tranquility of the kitchen to herself. I humor her.
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Andrew Ho
The best mochi is plain white mochi, with some sweet soy powder sprinkled on it. Mmmm. Also it is good rolled into balls, skewered, grilled, and maybe brushed with some sweet sauce. I’m not big on biting into a big gelatinous ball and ending up with a mouthful of sweet goo.
Disclaimer: all foods I have described have fancy Japanese names, but I just think of them all as mochi.
jason chun
this song is retarted….i dont like it..
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