Hiroyuki's Blog on Japanese Cooking

I have made ume syrup and ume jam for six years in a row. This year, I have come up with a recipe that I think is the best. Ingredients: ...

As I mentioned briefly, I started to make low-salt umeboshi on June 18, following my father's recipe,  described here . ちょっと述べたように、6/...

I made another attempt to make ume syrup in a rice cooker. This time, I reduced the heating time from 8 to 4 hours. 625 g of ume 300 g ...

Today, I made my first attempt to make ume syrup in a rice cooker. 590 g of ume 300 g of sugar Put them in a rice cooker and press th...

On April 21, my father sowed 1 kg of buckwheat seeds on a plot measuring 23 m x  8 m. On May 7, I helped my father put up a net over the pl...

These pieces of fruit are not ume but apricots. この果物は梅ではなく杏（あんず、アンズ）です。 My father picked them from the apricot tree in the yard around...