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Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Offered to the Harvest Moon
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- obachan
- Muroto, Kochi, Japan
- "OBACHAN" means a "middle-aged woman" or "aunty" in Japanese. .*************************. Having moved back to my hometown in April 2009, I live in one of the desperately underpopulated areas in Japan now. Let me share my life in a real countryside with aging parents living in the same house. And here in Muroto -- the place where I chose to live -- you can hear the heartbeat of the Earth! ;)
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5 comments:
obachan;
lovely photos...great descriptions....What kind of dumplings?
Posted by carlyn
Lovely pics..Obachan..! and thank you for sharing |!
Posted by Big BoK
carlyn
Dumplings for moon-viewing are usually made from either joshinko or shiratamako, or mixture of both.
Joshinko is a powder form made from non-glutinous, short-grain rice, and shiratamako from glutinous rice. You mix the rice powder with sugar and hot water, knead, make into small balls and steam/boil. Or more popularly, the dough can be microwaved to skip the steaming/boiling process. You can either fill each dumpling with sweet bean paste or put plain ones on skewers and eat with salty-sweet sauce.
Big Bok
You are welcome. BTW, my favorite sake is the 3rd one from the left.
Posted by obachan
Bachan! This is my first visit to your blog. I like it very much!
Are the dumplings known as shiratama dango? Also what is the difference between mochiko and shiratamako?
Posted by Glutton-Rabbit
Welcome to my blog, Glutton-Rabbit :D
Shiratama dango can be used as moon-viewing dumplings as well as other kinds of dumplings. The point is their shape, so as far as they are round to symbolize the full moon, the type of flour used does not matter too much, I guess.
About the difference between those powders:
According to several Japanese websites I went through, they are both made from glutinous rice. The only difference is the manufacturing process.
Mochiko…The rice is washed with water, then milled and dried.
Shiratamako…Finer flour than mochiko. The rice is soaked into water and milled as in water (not drained), pressed to get the water out and dried into solid, then made into powder.
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