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Umeboshi (Pickled Plum) - Japanese Encyclopedia
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What's one of Japan's staple sides, that can be sweet, or salty, and goes with almost any dish? That's right, umeboshi! Read on to learn more about this food.
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東京生まれ東京育ち東京在住の20歳。大学生をしています。動物とたわむれることと散歩をすることがとっても好きです。世界中の野生の動物に会いに行ったり、世界中の街を散歩しに行ったり、いつかできたらいいなぁ、なーんて思ってます。
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Umeboshi (pickled plum) is one of Japan's preserved foods, which is soaked in salt then hung out to dry in the sun. It has a red color to it.
The depth of the color varies between products, but if you put a perilla leaf in during the soaking process, you can obtain an even more vibrant red in the plum.
Umeboshi's most characteristic features are its strong sour and salty flavors. Its high salt content gives the umeboshi a long shelf life, while its citric acid helps in fatigue recovery. It is also known as a health food, soothing stomach pains and lowering blood sugar.
Umeboshi goes well with cooked rice, and is even known as "rice's friend". It's also a staple filling in rice balls and as a side dish in bento boxes.
There are actually quite a couple of Japanese people who don't really enjoy the sour taste of umeboshi, so there are umeboshi with varying levels of acidity catered to them. Recently you can also find umeboshi which tastes more salty than sour, as well as umeboshi that's been sweetened using honey.
Umeboshi is often sold with the pit intact, so take care not to swallow the pit.
東京生まれ東京育ち東京在住の20歳。大学生をしています。動物とたわむれることと散歩をすることがとっても好きです。世界中の野生の動物に会いに行ったり、世界中の街を散歩しに行ったり、いつかできたらいいなぁ、なーんて思ってます。
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