Category: Prunus Mume
Umeboshi making adventures.
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Fruit Updates
An update of the project status. I’ve been busy health issues, and been going into a slow mode. June 2 Updates I checked the ume on May…
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Alcohol Didn’t Fix the Mold
I pulled out the plums from the batch that I tried to “cure” with alcohol, called 3rd 2. It was soaked in weak sake that had been…
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Prunus Mume, lost in translation
All over the web, there are people asking what to do with umeboshi, or the green fruit, prunus mume, aka, ume, aka Japanese plum, aka xi muoi,…
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Umeboshi and Maesil Rot
I opened up the two pressing vessels and repacked them into jars. One was seven days old, and the other was six days old. They both had…
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Umeboshi Misadventures
We had a big crop of ume this year – only around 10-15 pounds, but that’s good to me. Here are the results so far. My mom…