Kevintsheehy wrote:

> The mortar is a usu. The rice is beaten with a thekine. I saw an
> episode about this on one of the cooking shows a long time
> ago and found more information at:
>
> http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/fo...Wong/home.html

Thanks. Too bad they used preground rice, instead of the
traditional tools

What I'd really like is an electric usu/thekine. :-)
I've seen mochi being made from rice, and it looks like
a lot of work.