未分類 Making Kiriboshi Daikon: My First Attempt on an Apartment Balcony!
Last month, I was given three beautiful daikon radishes, so I decided to try making kiriboshi daikon (Japanese dried dai...
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未分類 Enjoying Vegetables Simply: Easy Recipes with Organic Vegetables
It's been a while since my last update.How have you all been?The other day, I got my hands on some fresh organic vegetab...
未分類 Root Vegetables for Beating the Summer Slump: Lotus Root and Burdock for Hot Days
This happened to me the summer before last.When summer came around, I loved eating seasonal vegetables like tomatoes, cu...
未分類 Making Hoshigaki: My First Attempt at Making Dried Persimmons on the Balcony
I finally made the dried persimmons (hoshigaki) I've been wanting to try for years!The main ingredient is these astringe...
未分類 Sun-Drying Umeboshi: How to Dry Ume for Three Days and Three Nights on an Apartment Balcony
I finally dried my umeboshi in the traditional doyōboshi process.I was nervous when a sudden rain shower came along, but...
未分類 Pickling Umeboshi with Red Shiso: How to Make Red Shiso Pickles with 2 kg of Ume
I was able to get some pesticide-free red shiso leaves, so I added them to the ume I had already started pickling.For 2 ...
未分類 Making Umeboshi: The Basic First Pickling Process with Pesticide-Free Plums
It’s ume season again!I was able to get some pesticide-free ume (Japanese plums), so I started the first stage of pickli...