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Comment on Induldge Yourself! by Patty

Patty — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:30:34 +0000

where can I buy this cup? I have been looking all over for it?

Comment on Our Favorite Heart Shaped Teacups and Mugs…. by jflairhomestyles

jflairhomestyles — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:18:50 +0000

Hi Nadia,

Unfortunately, we can no longer get the heart shaped cups. Our vendor has stopped carrying them….

Comment on Our Favorite Heart Shaped Teacups and Mugs…. by Nadia

Nadia — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:56:26 +0000

Hello, will you have the heart shaped cups for the upcoming valentines again?

Comment on Mochi Feast! by jflairhomestyles

jflairhomestyles — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:15:06 +0000

Hi Rick,

Thank you for your comments! I just want to point out that after you soak the sweet rice over night, you’re not supposed add any water when you transfer it to a rice cooker. Each grain needs to be puffy like regular cooked rice when it’s done. Another person had a similar experience (please see our older comments from 09) and her dough was too soft. When she tried again without adding extra water, her mochi turned out great. So give another try and see how that goes, but steaming might be good too.

Your sesame ice cream sounds great! We’ll have to try that Thank you for sharing!

Comment on Cute Japanese Rubber Stamps!! by jflairhomestyles

jflairhomestyles — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:57:52 +0000

Thank you for your message! Unfortunately, we don’t wholesale our products and don’t carry tags… Hope you’ll find them somewhere else. Best of luck with your business!

Comment on Mochi Feast! by Rick

Rick — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 05:52:19 +0000

What I forgot to mention above was that it was a little bit…not runny really…but just a little too soft when cooked in the rice cooker. Trying to form into firm balls wasn’t very successful. They’d all blah all over the place, melting into cookie shapes Still tasty, just not perfect. That said, they were still good and soft a day or two later, so maybe that’s a plus.

Comment on Mochi Feast! by Rick

Rick — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 05:47:49 +0000

Hi Everyone!
Thanks so much for this blog. It inspired me to give it a try with my bread maker while in Japan recently. We soaked the rice over night, then cooked it in a rice cooker before beating it with the knead cycle of a bread maker. What we found was that even using the amount of water the rice cooker suggested for sweet rice, and even though it came out like normal rice, my Japanese mother-in-law felt convinced that the only way to cook rice for mochi is to steam it. I wondered if a bit less water in the rice cooker would do the trick, but she was adamant. So hey, I’ll try it her way tomorrow and we’ll see how it goes There is a meshy towel they use in Japan for steaming rice; not sure if it’s sold in the US. I’ll wrap the rice in that and place it in a steamer for 40 minutes or so, I guess! We’ll see.

Thanks again for the confidence!

(random side note: another thing from Japan I like that I’ve recently made on my own is roasted sesame ice cream. Maybe doesn’t sound [or look] good, but it’s a wonderful [acquired?] taste. I recently bought some suri-iri-goma (ground black/roasted sesame seeds) and in a mixer, blended a few tablespoons with a couple cups of vanilla ice cream. Refreeze and enjoy! It’s great!)

Rick

Comment on Cute Japanese Rubber Stamps!! by Allegra Dayan

Allegra Dayan — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:03:46 +0000

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Comment on Heart Shaped Tea Cup & Saucer by Carina Saunders

Carina Saunders — Mon, 02 May 2011 00:38:32 +0000

Is there any chance you will start making these again?

Comment on Heart Shaped Tea Cup & Saucer by jflairhomestyles

jflairhomestyles — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 20:05:15 +0000

Unfortunately, the teacup set has been discontinued