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Antioxidant content and activity are increased during the processing and digestion of Japanese apricots pickled with salted red perilla leaves, new research shows. Shiso-zuke umeboshi, a traditional ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. All you need for pink, salty and puckery umeboshi (Japanese pickled plums) are plums and fine sea salt. (Betty Hallock) I’ve been ...

This video shows how to make wasabi pickled cucumbers. It includes salting cucumbers and seasoning them with sugar and wasabi paste for a simple Japanese pickle. Ingredients: – 300 g cucumbers – 40 g ...

Benishoga (紅生姜) is a type of Japanese tsukemono made with thin strips of young ginger pickled in a red plum vinegar called “umezu” (梅酢). Umezu is the bi-product of umeboshi, another type of pickle ...

Japan has some of the highest life expectancy rates in the world—and that’s no doubt thanks in part to the country’s healthy eating habits. “The typical Japanese diet—as characterized by plant food ...