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[kaiyos]

hi!  I'm new to the community, etc, etc.

the other day I went to a Vietnamese farmers' market in New Orleans East and managed to get a bag full of what I think is ume (a type of Asian plum?).  I thought they were something else, but I didn't know what that something else is called in English (my parents are Indian so I only know the Hindi names for

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[manipul8]

My first thought was umeboshi - a type of pickled ume and ume brandy which I adore but have never come across the fresh fruit to even consider making myself. So I googled for you and discovered this website...

http://www.pickled-ume.com/english/

[_nicolai_]

You can make o-nigiri (rice balls) with ume, or maki (seaweed-wrapped rice with ume in the middle). Of course if you don't have the ingredients for those, you'll need to go back to the Asian shops to get the ingredients, but every slippery slope has to start somewhere.

[yoniyum]

Hey, I can't help at all... but can you please tell me where the farmer's market is in NOE? I've been wanting to check it out.

[qwerty_zxcv]

I'm pretty sure that ume (the plums one uses to make umeboshi) are poisonous when raw - not sure though, and my internet connection is crappy - but you should google it and make sure!