I hope everybody ok during this hot and humid days.
My parents delivered a lot of plums this year as an annual event.
There are three splendid plum trees in my parents’ house, and they bear a lot of fruits every year. Actually, I heard that these tree were planted when I was born!
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.moffy.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/20210712_1.jpeg?resize=680%2C907&ssl=1)
I usually make them into syrup.
I got about 10kg this year. As they mature they tend to ferment when pickled, so I pickle them as soon as I receive.
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.moffy.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/20210712_2.jpg?resize=680%2C510&ssl=1)
They are supposed to carefully be wiped one by one and shouldn’t to be soaked in water. But I can`t be bothered wiping one by one so I wash them with water.
I learnt this from my mother and I can`t betray her!
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.moffy.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/20210712_3.jpeg?resize=680%2C907&ssl=1)
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.moffy.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/20210712_4.jpg?resize=680%2C510&ssl=1)
I wiped bottles with alcohol to disinfect them.
Actually, I used to sterilize bottles by boiling, but this year I couldn’t boil because of an accident.
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.moffy.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/20210712_5.jpeg?resize=680%2C602&ssl=1)
The bottom of the bottle has cracked silently…
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.moffy.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/20210712_6.jpeg?resize=680%2C753&ssl=1)
This is the rock candy I used this time. 5 bags of 5 kg.
I put the processed plums in a jar. Pack plums, sugar, plums, and sugar without any gaps.
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.moffy.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/20210712_7.jpeg?resize=680%2C907&ssl=1)
When filling the jar, I perforate the plums so that the extract comes out faster than the rock candies melts….. I continue to work silently and simply.
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.moffy.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/20210712_8.jpeg?resize=680%2C907&ssl=1)
We watch a baseball game during dull work.
Come on Dragons!
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.moffy.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/20210712_9.jpeg?resize=680%2C393&ssl=1)
Accomplished! We will consume them over a year. (The one in the back was pickled last year.)
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.moffy.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/20210712_10.jpeg?resize=680%2C420&ssl=1)
After 5 days. The extract is coming out smoothly. Fermentation seems to be okay for now.
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.moffy.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/20210712_11.jpeg?resize=680%2C485&ssl=1)
After two weeks. If it has had fermented on the way, the extract would become cloudy, but this year it looks pretty good. I think I can drink it around August.
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.moffy.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/梅リンゴ酢と金魚.jpeg?resize=680%2C907&ssl=1)
This year, I pickled 1kg in apple cider vinegar. You can drink it without sugar.
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.moffy.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/20210712_13.jpeg?resize=680%2C510&ssl=1)
Natsu came to see saying `is that edible?`
There are other things I make every few years. Plum + soy sauce … I put that cold tofu, grilled meat, and vegetables. It’s refreshing and delicious. Plum + brown sugar + white liquor ・ ・ ・ Brown sugar plum wine. When you put it on vanilla ice cream, it tastes like ram raisins.