Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A salty, tart condiment made from pickled Japanese plums.
Etymologies
- Japanese : ume, Japanese plum + hoshi, dried (from hosu, to dry). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The Japanese plum called umeboshi also helps to maintain the blood's alkalinity as well as adding flavor to many dishes.”
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“A proper Japanese liquor cabinet will include all of them, as well as Midori (a Japanese melon liqueur), yuzu juice and maybe a jar of umeboshi, which is pickled ume fruit (similar to plums).”
“They each contain three pinkish "umeboshi" (salted, dry plums), but those on one of the plates have been preserved for just one year; the ones on the other plate - whose skins are a little more wrinkled - are three years old.”
“I would say that it did translate very well for an American audience, even while being riddled with talks of green tea, umeboshi eating contests, and samurai jokes … if you are looking for something to read for fun over the summer, pick up All You Need Is KILL.”
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“Onigiri with umeboshi furikake, microwave egglog, carrot flowers, grapes and an English mint biscuit.”
“Sushi, takoyaki, yakitori and umeboshi as well are favourites, but otherwise, I have mostly been introduced to nabe, yakiniku, sashimi, fisheyes and a lot of different - don: s.”
“I read a bunch of books and cookbooks, but so many of the ingredients were unknown to me umeboshi paste, burdock root, daikon radish that I found myself tied in knots.”
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“My first language was Spanish and my favorite food was umeboshi, a pickled plum stuffed into a rice ball then wrapped with sea weed, courtesy of my childhood best friends who were grandchildren of Japanese concentration camp survivors.”
“Two plain rice balls, one covered in egg furikake and one in umeboshi furikake.”
“In clean glass jars, we store healthy condiments such as high quality sea salt, shoyu soy sauce, umeboshi plum, miso, and bulk foods such as grains, whole-wheat pastry flour, beans, seeds, and nuts in all their abundant variety.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘umeboshi’.
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Fictional music genres
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Condiments
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There's a sucker born every minute
Confections to sweeten the breath.
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known words
words wot i already knew
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Favorite Foods
From around the world. They may or may not exist. Yet.
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More fun than a barrel of pickles
Pickled foods.
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Tweets
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Prolagus Sad and beautiful. Jun 12, 2009
chained_bear I remember these from watching "Grave of the Fireflies." (Incidentally, the saddest movie ever made.) Jun 12, 2009
yarb They're one of those special foods with something extra to them, which leave you feeling exalted, like oysters or good scotch. Jun 12, 2009
madmouth pickled plum (with the pit still in). unexpectedly briny. Jun 12, 2009
asativum But what is it? Jun 12, 2009
garyth123 I desperately need to improve my vocabulary; can you recommend any good internet resources;) Jan 4, 2009
yarb It is weird. A strange kind of hollow pleasure, like the weightless feeling you get immediately on being thumped in the belly. And at the same time that astringency, that sourness, that feels so pure and palliative. Jan 2, 2009
garyth123 The weirdest taste. Jan 2, 2009