麻糍

今天参加童子军家长会，会中大家说到一个很好吃的日本食品，叫“Mo Qi”（音）。后来我和那个日本裔的家长（估计是美国长大的）说，这个东西应该是从中国传过去的，因为我小时候就很喜欢吃，而且发音也很像。听完我描述了中国麻糍的制作方法后（和日本的很像）人家

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Maci

> By Duan Yongping · his NetEase blog (nteswjq.blog.163.com, now closed; read from web archives) · 2010-10-07 · [Original link](http://nteswjq.blog.163.com/blog/static/12699812010970102883/) ([archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20191015010042/http://nteswjq.blog.163.com/blog/static/12699812010970102883/))

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Today I went to a Boy Scouts parents' meeting, and during it people talked about a delicious Japanese food called "Mo Qi" (by sound) [Translator's note: presumably mochi.]. Afterwards I told one of the Japanese-American parents (probably raised in the US) that this thing must have come over from China, because I loved eating it as a kid, and the pronunciation is very similar too. After hearing me describe how Chinese maci [Translator's note: 麻糍, a glutinous rice cake.] is made (very similar to the Japanese way), the parent said it was very possible, and finally added: Japanese things all came over from China.

Sino-Japanese relations look a bit tense right now, so I won't comment on anything, but thinking about it, this "maci" is rather interesting.