#plum syrup

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[morethansalad]

Crunchy Edamame Peanut Salad (Vegan)

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Rement: Hinata’s Favourites

Another Hinata’s Favourites! Time to guess:

What did I get?

I got this one! The home preserving theme fits well with the generally nostalgic feel of this set, but I hear the Japanese are big into pickles in general. Maybe everybody makes their own pickles, not just saintly embodiments of family spirit! Who knows, probably the Japanese. Not me, though.

I do not know what these say. If I could pluck up the courage to watch more March Comes in Like a Lion (it’s great, it’s just emotionally taxing) I would probably find out. If I were to guess, I would say that dumplings soaked in plum syrup was traditional food for a particular festival and these are banners for said festival.

Here is the syrup jar and its lid. You can see that the label is supposed to be hand-written, probably by Hinata.

You can’t see very clearly, but if you hold it up to the light, there are round things in the ‘liquid’ that I presume are either dumplings or plums. Strangely, the green stuff is not fixed and if you tip the jar upside down it moves. As a very plastic-looking lump.

There is a dipper to get plums and dumplings out of the jar. Very useful.

Here it is out of the jar, with the oven tray and four rice dumplings. The thought occurs that this set and the Making Rice Dumplings set would go great together.

There are two bowls and two spoons. The spoons definitely don’t have Totoro on the top. Definitely not. No way.

Here’s the glass bowl in the green one so you can see the pattern better, and also a spoon so you can be absolutely sure that’s definitely not Totoro or any other Ghibli character.

And everything together on the table! I would tell you what’s in those bowls but the fact of the matter is that I don’t know. I would appreciate it if someone would tell me, with all these Rements I have really been feeling my ignorance of Japanese cuisine.

[morethansalad]

Maesil Cherry Tomatoes (Vegan)

[morethansalad]

Steamed Perilla Leaves / Kkaennip Jjim (Vegan-Adaptable)

opt for plant-based fish sauce instead of anchovy sauce

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1,500円で梅シロップ作り。

凍った梅と氷砂糖を交互に入れて、時おり金平糖も撒いて。

金平糖のアイデア可愛らしい。

梅、砂糖、容器、梅シロップジュース一杯付きで1,500円はお得では⁈

[oniwabanryoko]

昨夜の梅仕事。

アールグレイの梅シロップ。

一度冷凍した梅とアールグレイのティーバッグを煮込んだ即席シロップ。普通の梅シロップよりすっきり甘さ控えめで好きな味。梅の実は潰さない程度にしか煮てないからかなりすっぱいけどw

梅シロップと梅サワー。

梅の実が大きいのと冷蔵庫のスペースの都合で、これ以上大きな瓶は無理で、他に使える瓶がインスタントコーヒーの空き瓶しかなかった。ま、自家消費分しかないので問題ないですw　ヘルシオで殺菌したし。

ちなみに、後ろが私の相棒SHARPのヘルシオ。2015年製で当時の最上位機種だったので、まだまだ現役バリバリ。

たまに『ヘルシオ良さそうだけど高いから安い下位機種買おうかな』って言う人いるけど、ヘルシオは最上位機種しか買う意味ないと思う。

で、梅漬けの今朝の様子。

更に梅酢が上がってる。赤紫蘇まだかなぁ、待ち遠しいなぁ。

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Kōhaku Ume Daikon and Uzura

Kōhaku Ume Daikon and Uzura

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