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[telophase]

I'm trying to remember the name of a dish rachelmanija and I had in Tsumago. It was a rice disk stuck on a stick, brushed with something that probably included miso, and sugar or other sweet thing, and grilled. I know that grilled onigiri are a typical thing, but there must have been something slightly different or special about it (even if it was just the stick?), because they touted it as a local specialty.

Anyone have any clue? *goes to Googling*

ETA: I think it's gohei-mochi, actually. (recipe linked from that page, too.)

ETA2: Quote of the day, from the recipe link: "Nagano Prefecture is a landlocked prefecture. In addition to eating baby bees, culture in Nagano has a long history with bees that other prefectures do not."

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[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

I think it's a type of dango.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Thanks - that'll help the Googling. I finally have a plot that has pretty much nothing to do with anything we talked about before. XD

ETA: Gohei-mochi, I think! (http://beyondboulder.wordpress.com/category/travel/page/3/) (link even links to recipe!)

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

That's it! And hey! An irori!

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Quote of the day from the recipe link:

"Nagano Prefecture is a landlocked prefecture. In addition to eating baby bees, culture in Nagano has a long history with bees that other prefectures do not."

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

!!!!

I'll say!

[cicer.livejournal.com]

...What kind of history. I mean, how many unusual things can you do with bees, exactly?! Pfft. That's a weird sentence. And it made me think of A Story About the Body (http://crowsperch.blogspot.com/2007/12/story-about-body-by-robert-haas.html) by Robert Haas.

[fuchsoid.livejournal.com]

That sounds rather long-suffering somehow. "Oh yes, we have a veeery long history with bees".

[vestaka.livejournal.com]

So I was scanning my friend's list, to kind of... catch up. And I scroll down and all I read was: ETA: I think it's gopher-milk.

Yeah. Had to reread that a few times.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

It has to do with that long history of bees, I'm sure.