Li hing mui
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Li hing mui, known as huamei in mainland China, is salty dried Chinese plum. It has a strong, distinctive flavor and is often said to be an acquired taste, as it has a combination of sweet, sour, and
Li hing mui
Li hing mui powder from Taiwan.
Hoshiume, Japanese-style sweet and sour dried Chinese plum
Japanese-style dried Chinese plums, comfortably sour (left) and sweet (right)
Umeboshi
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Umeboshi are pickled ume fruits common in Japan. Umeboshi is often translated as 'salted Japanese plums', 'Japanese plums' or 'preserved plums'. Ume is a species of fruit-bearing tree in the genus Pru
Li hing mui
…hing" is "traveling" and "mui" is "plum" in Cantonese. Li hing mui is called hoshiume (Japanese: 干し梅, dried plum) in Japan, where the salty and sour umeboshi is also popular. Li hing mui, along with li hing powder, is extremely popular as a snack in Hawaii. Li hing mui powder is made of ground plum skin that…
Umeboshi, dry pickled
Umezuke, wet pickled
Umeboshi being dried in the sun
Plate of umeboshi