We say in Japan “One umeboshi a day keep the doctor away.” Pickled plum, umeboshi, which is salty and extremely sour, has many health benefit. Umeboshi is an alkaline food and rich in citric acid. One umeboshi a day maintains our blood pH at neutral. Citric acid in umeboshi dissolves lactic acid and helps our body to regain energy. My sister, Yoko, is now enjoy making umeboshi, pickled plum in Tokyo. She began this annual ritual several years ago. Here in New...
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Once upon a time there was a humble snack in Japan – chopped umemoshi (pickled salty plum), mixed with little sugar and wrapped in a dried bamboo husk. This is the snack which my mother made for us from time to time when I was small. How to enjoy it is to suck the edges of triangle shaped bamboo husk packet and get the super salty, tart and sweet flavor of the inside mixture little by little which seeps through slightly sweet and fragrant bamboo husk. This humble...
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