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Turn Rice Balls Into Cute Kitties With This Purrfect Omusubi Kit
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Turn Rice Balls Into Cute Kitties With This Purrfect Omusubi Kit

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You’ve always wanted your rice balls to look like a stylized cat-face, and now they can! Kitchen tool maker Earnest has answered the prayers of cat and rice-ball lovers around the world with ‘Omusubi Nyan,’ their kitty-shaped onigiri kit. The “nyan” at the end of the name is the sound of a cat meowing in Japanese.

Onigiri or omusubi is not a form of sushi. The rice mixture is different, and the filling serves to preserve the rice, whereas sushi originated as a way of preserving fish. This method of storing and eating rice dates as far back as the 8th century; in later times, it is said samurai stored rice balls in a bamboo sheath as a quick meal during times of war.

More info: Amazon (h/t: rocketnews24)

 These rice kitties were made using the Omusubi Nyan onigiri kit

It comes with with a tool to cut nori into whiskers, smiles, and other facial features!

The resulting cut-outs just need to be pressed into the rice ball

The kit has everything you need make your rice balls more feline

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Just press your rice into the mold, and presto! A kitty ball!

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You can use soy-sauce to give the rice cat-like markings

The result is adorable and delicious!

There are even paw-print cutters, too

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And you can even use the punched nori to reverse the kitty color-scheme!

You can buy this cool tool from Amazon

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