Wednesday, February 29, 2012

梅干し - Umeboshi

This is a picture of umeboshi, sour/salt/sometimes sweet Japanese food. It's plum.

For those who have tried them before and know what unrboshi is, what it tastes like, an image of it is sour and salty.

No, that's not true. If the kind of umeboshi you get where you live is cheap (usually riiculously red), probably they are all just unbelievablly sour and salty. That, even Japanese can't eat. Well, still some like it though.

However, if you try expensive ones, it's not just sour/salty but it's sweet. Not sweet like sugar, but it's more of sweet/sour.

The one of this picture is not that "expensive" package, but it is not just sour/salty. If you think umeboshi is just sour and you can't eat it, try real ones.


Oh, and I heard that there is the "highest grade" of umeboshi, which is like 500 yen for one body of umeboshi. It's almost as big as 5 cm or so, and it's in a special wooden case individually. Celebrity. lol


Kouhei

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