Saturday, 6 March 2010

梅干し~pickle dried ume in brine~


今日は、親戚のおばさんに梅干を頂きました。おばさんのお家には梅の木があって、その梅の木から採れた梅です。大阪市内の梅の木なので、この梅干は大阪産梅干になりますね。

梅干は、日本人なら誰もが知っている家庭の味。おにぎりに入れるもよし、日の丸弁当もよし。
見るだけで、すっぱーい味が口に広がる(>o<)

梅干と言えば、和歌山県のみなべ町や田辺市の南高梅。これは、地元にある南部高校が力を注いだことからこの名前になったようですね。

漬物に挑戦しようと、用具は揃えたものの・・・・・・・。


My aunt gave me umeboshi today. She has ume-tree (Japanese apricot) in front of her house. This umeboshi was made by her ume-tree, so it is made in Osaka.

Every Japanese know umeboshi's taste. We use it when we make a onigiri and  a hinomaru bentou(look below a photo).  Umeboshi's taste is sour!
Like a Japanese flag. This is hinomaru bento!

Speaking of umeboshi, Wakayama is famous as greatest umeboshi. Wakayama is next to Osaka. And Nanko ume which is origin of ‘Nanko high school at Wakayama’ is best.

To make umeboshi and umesyu(ume alcoholic), I bought some cooking tools but・・・・・.


2 comments:

Tonykaku said...

hmmm, i always thought ume was a plum. now i know it is an apricot. thank for educating me.

i think it has gotten colder again for you and Osaka.
here it was quite cool today because of the strong wind from the umi (not ume).

i hope to be in Osaka around the 15th or 16th.
any sakura news?

Nonchanbkk said...

Hi Tonykaku-san,

I heard about sakura's news of Kouchi prefecture today.
Osaka is now so cold again.