The New Year is over, so let's make some zenzai with the leftover mochi!
So I prepared the red bean paste, but when I went to make it, I realized I already had no rice cakes left!

...I've already eaten it. I've finished eating all the mochi.

But my stomach is craving zenzai.
So I decided to make some dumplings and put them in the zenzai.

This time, all I had at home was joshinko.
The rice dumplings I had bought to make someday have finally arrived.
I learned how to make it from a farmer's wife in the neighborhood.

1. Add hot water and knead until it becomes as hard as an earlobe. 2. Form into a ball.
③Boiling is enough!

My mom said, "It's fine as long as it tastes good."
I'll try the method my mom taught me right away.

Then, children of an age who love working with clay asked, "What are you doing?" and "I want to do it."
The dumpling seeds were snatched away in an instant.
The finished products also have original shapes.
Apparently it was made to resemble a snake, but the taste is perfect!
Boil the red bean paste in hot water and the soup is ready.
Zenzai is complete with creative dumplings and simple soup.
Now, let's eat! So...

"I want ice cream" "I'm eating ice cream"

The wave of defection eventually led to the kids eating zenzai with ice cream by themselves.
Well, kids end up liking commercially available products.
But I guess it's okay because we got to have the memory of "making it together," and I also got to eat the zenzai that I wanted to eat.
Will "I love my mom's homemade snacks" ever come true?