{"id":2477,"date":"2017-01-02T23:33:29","date_gmt":"2017-01-03T07:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/?p=2477"},"modified":"2022-12-29T10:06:31","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T18:06:31","slug":"have-a-mochi-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/have-a-mochi-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Have a Mochi New Year!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/main.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2478\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/main.jpg\" alt=\"main\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/em><span class=\"s1\"> <br \/><\/br>I can actually remember visiting my grandfather during New Year\u2019s when I lived in Japan, and watching him make <i>mochi<\/i> the old fashioned way\u2014by pounding the heck out of it. He was a strawberry farmer in rural Hiroshima, so maybe he did a lot of things the old fashioned way. But sometimes tradition beats technology every time, and even though you can buy <i>mochi <\/i>anywhere these days, you can\u2019t celebrate the New Year without it if you\u2019re Japanese.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>Mochi <\/i>is for good luck, a long life and is the symbol of an auspicious new beginning to a fresh calendar year. Yikes! With 2016 trashed, we need all the help we can get this year\u2014<i>yoroshiku onegai shimasu, mochi!<\/i> The stack of <i>mochi <\/i>you see above is called <i>kagami mochi,<\/i> which you\u2019ll find adorning most households during the New Year. Usually two flattened <i>mochi <\/i>cakes topped with a mandarin orange, this is an offering to the Gods to bring good fortune and protection to the household. The orange is supposed to be of a variety called <i>daidai,<\/i> a bitter orange that, once its tree bears fruit, doesn\u2019t drop for 2 or 3 years; hence representing long life. Sometimes the decoration is trimmed with dried sea kelp <i>(konbu),<\/i> dried persimmons, folded ornamental paper and set on a wooden stand, like you see below. The display is usually set up at the family altar in the house, a Buddhist shrine that honors the deceased.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/kagami.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2482\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2482\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/kagami.jpg\" alt=\"kagami\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>Mochi <\/i>appears in so many ways during New Year\u2019s\u2014one of my favorites was my mother\u2019s <i>ozoni,<\/i> a hot soup made of clear <i>dashi<\/i> stock, sometimes with <i>miso<\/i> depending on the regional recipe, and all kinds of possible ingredients including Chinese cabbage, carrots, spinach, fishcakes, etc., but always, always with <i>mochi. <\/i>The <\/span><span class=\"s2\">best<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> <i>ozoni <\/i>IMHO, is the one on the morning of January 1st. You\u2019ve had the one on New Year\u2019s Eve when it\u2019s just been cooked, then the following morning all the <i>mochi <\/i>is soft and gooey and the soup is thick and tasty! On a cold winter morning, it doesn\u2019t get any better!<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/ozoni.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2480\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/ozoni.jpg\" alt=\"ozoni\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">There are variations of simple grilled <i>mochi<\/i> cakes called <i>yakimochi,<\/i> where lightly charred pieces are dipped in soy sauce, or topped with grated <i>daikon<\/i> radish and soy sauce,<i> <\/i>or boiled and dusted with <i>kinako, <\/i>a sweet roasted soybean flour. The best part of grilling <i>mochi? <\/i>Watching it heat up until it magically expands, swells, and breaks open with a puff of steam as the insides burst out in a bubble. That\u2019s when it\u2019s done! Check out this excellent video by the ladies of <\/span><span class=\"s3\">Japanese Cooking 101<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0as they explain how to <i>yakimochi.<\/i><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=C5C8GQnI7C0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2481 noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2481\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/yakimochi.jpg\" alt=\"yakimochi\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">And there\u2019s dessert! The warming, sweet soup of <i>oshiruko,<\/i> a red bean and <i>mochi<\/i> dish, is a New Year treat that is a favorite of the girls and anybody with a <i>very <\/i>sweet tooth. The red bean paste <i>(anko) <\/i>can be either <i>koshi-an<\/i> (completely smooth) or <i>tsubu-an<\/i> (partially mashed) and the <i>mochi<\/i> is often toasted or grilled before adding it to the <i>oshiruko<\/i> soup. It\u2019s a very simple, comfort food that is easily made these days just by diluting canned red bean paste in hot water. <i>Mochi<\/i> is what makes it a New Year!<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/oshiruko.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2479\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2479\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/oshiruko.jpg\" alt=\"oshiruko\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">One thing about Japanese culture\u2014it\u2019s always been about the old and the new. Pop culture co-exists everyday alongside traditions that are literally centuries old. But the New Year seems to be the one time of year where <i>everyone,<\/i> young and old alike, gets together to celebrate what it really means to be Japanese. For your entertainment, if you haven\u2019t seen this video yet, is the world\u2019s fastest <i>mochi<\/i> pounding man <i>ever.<\/i><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatbigstory.com\/stories\/the-fastest-mochi-maker-in-japan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2483 noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2483\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/bigstory.jpg\" alt=\"bigstory\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em>photo credits: <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/matcha-jp.com\/en\/1400\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matcha Magazine<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/travel.rakuten.com\/campaign\/ranking\/new-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rakuten Travel<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=C5C8GQnI7C0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Japanese Cooking 101<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/pokpokandaway.blogspot.com\/2015\/11\/kinosaki-onsen-crabs-hot-springs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Xin Li&#8217;s Journal<\/a><\/span>, The Great Big Story<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can actually remember visiting my grandfather during New Year\u2019s when I lived in Japan, and watching him make mochi the old fashioned way\u2014by pounding the heck out of it. 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