Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Wednesday the 30th of January

Today I received a newsletter from Higher Nature that told me about a few things for the winter and stress but most importatnt of all it discovered something good for me and might be good also for you; its is like an apricot but it refers to like a plant than like a fruit more often than not, its name is UME but its usually put in pikles and it becomes something called UMEBOSHI and rather that me telling you what is good for (energy booster therfore fights fatigue, immune system booster there for its used a lot against colds, ...) I think its better if you look in the wikipedia for it .

Umeboshi (Japanese: ; literally "dried ume") are pickled ume fruits. Ume is a species of fruit-bearing tree in the genus Prunus, which is often called a plum but is actually more closely related to the apricot. Umeboshi are a type of tsukemono, or traditional Japanese pickled food, and are very popular in Japan.
Umeboshi are usually round, and vary from unwrinkled to very wrinkled. They taste salty, and are extremely sour due to high citric acid content – they have been known to corrode their way through aluminium lunch boxes if kept in the same spot every day.
Umeboshi are often cited in Japan as being extremely healthy. The standard Japanese folk remedy for colds and flus is okayu (Japanese congee) with umeboshi.
The central area of Wakayama prefecture is known throughout Japan for the number and quality of its ume and umeboshi. The town of Minabe, Wakayama, in particular, grows more ume and produces more umeboshi than any other town in all of Japan.

I bought it already and I am going to use it (without knowing how but I will try it anyway twice a week with the supper for Monday and Sunday, wish me luck !)

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