Comments on: Shojin’s Seitanic Majesty

By: FoodEater

FoodEater — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:47:28 +0000

alienation: All of the information that I posted about the mochi comes directly from the people at the Fugetsu-Do Sweetshop who make them. I’m certainly no expert on the topic, I just love eating them… but I can tell you that anywhere I’ve ever had these types of desserts, at least here in California, they’ve been referred to as mochi. Considering that’s what the folks who make it are calling it, I’ll stick with that name.

I’m not sure what you are referring to about it being “unfair to compare them”, as I don’t think I was comparing anything, only noting that they were all delicious.

By: alienation

alienation — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 07:43:14 +0000

Different Asian countries have different types of manju. It’s not really fair to compare them, because they use different types of rice and sugar. When the filling is dark, it’s azuki. When it’s white, it’s lima bean. I’m not kidding. It’s lima bean with a whole lot of sugar. The red bean has a lot of sugar too.

Also, I thought these were called manju, and the rice ones were mochi or mochigashi. (Mochi being the pounded rice, with or without sugar added.) So I had to look it up, and found they’re called wagashi (or kashi is what I’ve heard, too — in reference to sweets as well as sembei). The rice ones are mochigashi, and the wheat based ones are manju. (But they always seem to have red beans in them…) The red bean paste is called “an”, as in an-pan, a bean filled roll. Also, I think the leaf is a cherry leaf, not shiso, which is delicate and aromatic. (It’s like the whole sush-and-sashimi naming problem all over again.)

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Weekend Roundup « Small Space Sweets — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:22:59 +0000

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By: Nina

Nina — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 06:58:00 +0000

Mochi as baby testicles? Hmm, I could see that. I’ll have to keep that in mind next time I get invited to a Bataille-themed potluck. Although in my mind, inari has always reminded me overwhelmingly of adult-testicle skin (if it were sweeter and more delicious).

By: Vegan Tickles

Vegan Tickles — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 15:40:34 +0000

Hey, I just wanted to thank you for posting about Hugo’s Tacos in a previous post.. My husband and I were helping my sister-in-law just move to the valley last night. We were hungry and I remembered reading about Hugo’s Tacos on your blog.
We LOVED it!!!
We all ordered the soy chorizo tacos and they were out of this world. We can’t can’t wait to go back. You’re awesome!!! Thank you so much.
We use to frequent KING TACO back in our meat eating days and we always wanted to find a vegan equivalent. And THANKS to you, we just did.