George wrote:

> "Mark Thorson" > wrote:
> >
> > 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.

Found it, though at $358 it's somewhat expensive just
for a few experiments.

http://www.zojirushionline.com/files...rushi+bs-dac55

By the way, the mallet is a "kine", not a "thekine".
The latter is a mispelling that only appears on
Cynthia Wong's mochi page. Note that there
are many missing spaces on that page.