Here is fine for the moment, azulparsnip!
It's more than 20 years since I last made mochi and since I did not do it regularly, I forget what my entire process was.
I have made ohagi when visiting Rosanna Martella, and
here is her newsletter containing the mochi recipe that she uses often.
If you want to have a public discussion with her on this subject or any other appropriate one, please visit
macrosy7 and post, there!
Thank you, very much.
Bruce Paine