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Subject: [nafex] Umeboshi
Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 21:08:51 -0400
Once again, I have a bumper crop of ume plums on my tree. I've never eaten
any because they won't ripen to sweetness and it took me a few years to
realize that. Does anyone know how to tell when they are ready for picking
to make pickled umeboshi plums? One reference I found said the 2nd half of
June, but I'm not sure what climate that was in. . Any advice, recipes,
ideas would be appreciated. I wouldn't mind making something sweet out of
them too. From the looks of it, I'm going to have A LOT of plums.
Thanks,
Mike Levine
Ann Arbor, MI
Zone 5b (USDA changed us to 6, but I'm not convinced)