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Sup Guys! Tyler Here!
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And today I got something special for you.
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I'm gonna go try and do some Mochitsuki.
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So let's go check it out.
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Mochitsuki is an important end-of-the-year tradition in which you pound rice into little mochi or rice cakes.
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Making mochi is actually pretty easy.
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So apparently before you actually pound the rice into mochi, you're are suppose to eat a little bit of it beforehand.
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So, I'm going to try some of this mochi rice.
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Tastes like rice.
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A type of special sticky rice that's been soaked in water overnight and steamed is placed in an "usu," a large bowl made of wood or stone.
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Then you use a heavy hammer-like "kine" to pound the rice into a paste.
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The kine is heavy.
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So when a family makes mochi together,
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the father usually does the pounding with the mother regularly shifting the rice in the usu with hands moistened to prevent the mochi from sticking to ensure evenness.
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The mother then shapes the pounded rice into small portions with the help of the children.
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It's like a red bean paste soup with mochi inside of it.
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Kinda wanna try some of the daikon, which is like a Japanese radish and soy sauce and seaweed.
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I tried the red bean paste and the kinako, which is... I don't know how to explain that, but it's kind of a sweet, nutty kind of taste.
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The daikon with the nori seaweed and soy-sauce one, I'm really looking forward to.
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Just kinda put that on the top, I guess.
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Grab a piece of nori.
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Pour this on there, I guess?
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I guess I'm suppose to wrap this around the mochi and kind of eat it like a mochi onigiri.
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Or I believe that's what I saw someone else doing, so I'm going to try it.
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I can understand why that's popular.
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That's really, really good.
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So, I just got done doing mochitsuki.
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It was a lot of fun.
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So, that's it for today's video.
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If you want to see me do any other kind of events or experiences, please let me know. Until next time.