I always wanted to know what ume- Japanese plums- which are actually apricots but not what we call apricots- they're anzu (confused yet?) - taste like when they're ripe. All the recipes I know use them while they're still green. Curiosity piqued I ripened a kilo of them.
And?
Ummmmm.... Well, juicier than an apricot but not really plumlike. And still so sour I only managed one bite.
One bite out of one ripe ume out of one whole kilo. Hmmm...
I see jam on the horizon again!
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We have a ton ripening here. I LOVE the sourness (Japanese fruit is always too sweet) but Tomoe insists on preserving them so I am not alowed to eat them raw., Of course, maybe she is less worried about the ume and more worried about what will happen in my bowels after I finish 3 kilo of fresh fruit for lunch.
mmmmm... apricot preserve...
A neighbour of mine has gone away for a year and the fruit is all over the garden - I'm very tempted to go and 'tidy up' for them!
Yum! Jam!
Will you call it plum jam, or apricot jam though?
Jam sounds yummy!!
I can't wait to try out some of your homemade stuff this fall!!! I hope it will give me some inspiration to do my own :D
bastish- apparently they are slightly toxic so if you start feeling woozy or seeing that big eye-eating chicken you posted about you might wanna take an ume break for a while!
anchan- we have heaps of that around here. The remaining neighbours feel it's our responsibility, our duty, our obligation to help out the absent neighbours by stripping their fruit trees and bamboo forests bare. Sigh, we are so darn generous, aren't we?
Sara- September is an amazing time of year here, you're going to have a blast. We may have to roll you home...
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