Satou's here. Speaking of new year's day, it's all about new year's food, mochi, and new year's gifts. Shrine visit and new year's card are also the standard of new year. As a child, I ran to buy toys and games while grasping the new year's gift tightly, but I only remember lazying around with sake when I had become an adult. Work? There's no work during the new year's day you know?
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"Arisa's cheeks sure can stretch like mochi."
"Oufh, refease, mfee--"
I wonder how are they this springy even though they're thin.
"What is mochi nanodesu?"
"Stretch~?"
Pochi and Tama who caught notice of 'mochi' word came asking.
"Mochi you see, is--"
"Umm, master, please Arisa's punishment is..."
Lulu interceded reservedly when I was going to explain about mochi. When I look below, Arisa is looking up with teary eyes. Sorry, I forgot.
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I immediately prepare the wooden mallet, and the traditional mortar for mochi making. Unfortunately the glutinous rice has to be soaked in the water for one night, so we can't pound the mochi right away.
Even though there are ripening magics, there's no magic to speed up mochi soaking, I think magician bunch are negligent.
It's probably of water type magic, I'll try experimenting some things tonight.
Mia seems hesitant since she doesn't like memorizing, but if I let her eat some delicious mochis, she will most certainly help in making the magic for the sake of easier mochi-making.
The azuki beans and black soy beans for the mochi fillings also have to be soaked in the water for a night. I've already mass produced red bean jam for the muno roll back then, but I can't use it unless for mochi daifuku.
I continue preparing the ingredients while thinking about more ideas.
Adding things like cheese or strawberry sounds good other than traditional Japanese ones.
That's right, for this occasion I should try preparing various odd ones.
Since I don't know which ingredients would be well received after all.