son of soy » fruit http://www.sonofsoy.com things i've seen : rick elizaga Fri, 07 Oct 2011 11:07:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Ume http://www.sonofsoy.com/2008/07/12/food-and-drink/ume/ http://www.sonofsoy.com/2008/07/12/food-and-drink/ume/#comments Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Rick http://www.sonofsoy.soybox.com/2008/07/12/uncategorized/ume/ These ume, a type of apricot, had a wonderful light, fruity fragrance. The delicious smell was deceptive, though, because ume are too sour to eat raw. Mari boiled some of these and added sugar to get a tangy juice and jam. Others are now sitting at the bottom of a ceramic-coated bucket, weighted down and pickling in salt. After we add purple shiso (perilla) leaves and wait a few months, the ume will have transformed into soft, red, wrinkly, salty-sour umeboshi.

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In the bamboo-filled lot just down the street today, Mari and I noticed that the kaki (persimmon) tree was heavy with ripe fruit — juicy-looking bright orange and tomato-red sweets hanging just a few feet out of reach. There’s space for a ladder — a small parking lot sits underneath — but a storm drain runs right in front of the tree like a moat. We discussed whether we could make a fruit picker with a pole and string.

Reminded me of Fallen Fruit, the project that mapped free fruit in Los Angeles, encouraging people to take advantage of a law that says, according to the project statement, “if a fruit tree grows on or over public property, the fruit is no longer the sole property of the owner.”

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