April 2010 archive

Week 14: Umeboshi

Umeboshi are pickled ume fruits, often called plum but are actually closer in relation to apricots. The little orange-pink fruits are round and wrinkled and pickled into umeboshi by using salt and vinegar. Umeboshi is common in Japan and are considered to be a sort of super food – good for digestion, preventing nausea, helping […] Read more…

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