[mf2012] onigiri force

[Atau Tanaka]

Hi Matsuko, SL,

I have a 6 cup (I think) rice cooker, but I need to get it out of storage, and it needs a japanese 100V transformer.
It has an "oisogi" (hurry up) mode, and can probably cook 6 cups on 40 minutes.
Water supply and drain (to rinse the grains) important. Measurement cups important

ASDA has 5kg bags of korean sushi rice that's very good and reasonable price. There's an asian market next to ASDA on Old Kent Rd also that will have bigger bags

If we have time, it could be good to locate a Japanese food shop and buy onigiri presses for the triangular shapes.
(I can also make round kansai-style ones by hand)

:-)
Atau


Atau Tanaka
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Professor of Media Computing
Goldsmiths Digital Studios
University of London
a.tanaka at gold.ac.uk 
tel: +44-20-7919-7861
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On 20 Jun 2012, at 10:17, matsuko wrote:

> Hi shu lea and all
> 
> Good to be back in UK and see mf is booming!
> 
> I understand that I was appointed to be part of ‘onigiri force’ on the  
> 4th, along with YoHa’s do. (Is there any other Japanese in the list?!)
> 
> Practical questions; are we willing to make 500 onigiri on the day?  
> I’ve just brought back a brand new rice cooker from Japan. I also have  
> an old cooker which lost function of quick cook mode, but can cook  
> rice fine.
> 
> Both of cookers has capacity of 5 cups rice to cook – I believe 1 cup  
> can make 5 onigiri – it’ll be very small one – therefore max 25  
> onigiri per cooker. (mine is, if you have 10 cup cooker then 50)
> It takes more than a half hour to cook rice, so I say 50 onigiri per  
> hour is max with my two cookers. We obviously need more people and  
> cooker. Also we need rice, it has to be Japanese style rice (sticky)  
> otherwise we can’t make balls.
> 
> Please come to help making onigiri on the day (I can teach how to make  
> it) or bring your rice cooker.
> 
> Or please donate Japanese style rice. You can get it in many Asian  
> shops in London. There are 250g to10 kg different size bags to choose.
> 
> 
> I’ll get bunch of ‘nori’ (black sea weed paper for wrapping onigiri).  
> Let me know who is taking part on this please?
> 
> 
> Matsuko
> 
> 
> On 20 Jun 2012, at 07:33, shu lea cheang wrote:
> 
>> anna, this is great....
>> Please write to me to coordinate any technical needs.
>> 
>> yes, post an event...
>> lovely to have MzTEK force!!
>> 
>> thanks
>> sl
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> Dear forest list,
>>> 
>>> I'd like propose a following contribution for the insurgency in act4
>>> in cooperation with MzTek:
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>>> itself will be textually based on Matthew's 500 slogans. In the end
>>> we would leave the space and spread the embroidered pieces around
>>> the area (lamp posts, trees, fences, etc). If it turns out to be too
>>> tricky, we can still spread them on the Rootstein Hopkins Parade
>>> Ground.
>>> I will create an according event on the MF website.
>>> 
>>> Looking forward!
>>> Anna
>>> 
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