Thursday, April 22, 2010

Kashiwa mochi (NOT!)

The package said 柏餅 (kashiwa mochi).

But kashiwa is the Japanese Emperor Oak, Quercus dentata, and this obviously has no teeth. I've seen this growing in formerly cultivated areas that are now overgrown. It's a vine. My wife thinks probably her mother will know the name. We'll check and update this page.

My daughter didn't care, she just ate the mochi inside anyway.

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