"Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
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> 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. :-)

They exist and a former neighbor had one.

> I've seen mochi being made from rice, and it looks like
> a lot of work.
>