Can Japanese late cherry blossoms be eaten?

Pickled cherry blossoms

The requirements for pickling cherry blossoms are very strict. There are many kinds of cherry blossoms, the most common ones are Yoshino Morii and Yang Guifei. , but the most suitable is Ba Zhongying. Cherry with 20% discount has many petals, which is suitable for pickling, especially in water, which is the most beautiful and one of the best edible varieties. The pickling process is also very complicated. First of all, you should choose flowers that bloom for about seven minutes and bring a few branches. After cleaning, remove water. Sprinkle with appropriate salt and leave it overnight. After that, the salt water is squeezed out, and then a proper amount of Bai Mei vinegar is poured in and soaked for about three days. Then spread it out and dry it for three days, and the brightly colored pickled cherry blossoms will become, which can be bottled and preserved. Generally, it can be stored for 2 months at about 5 degrees Celsius. Put it in the refrigerator, you can take it away at any time.

Qiancun, Qinye City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan has been an important producer of preserved cherry blossoms since the Edo period, and its current output accounts for 80% of Japan's total. Qinye, which is known as the hometown of eating cherry blossoms, sells cherry blossom rice balls, and only in this area can you buy cherry blossom rice balls. In Japan, you can buy pickled cherry blossoms online,100g is about 525 yen (about RMB 40 yuan). So it is very convenient to eat cherry blossoms in Japan. Of course, all kinds of seasonal cherry blossom foods can only be eaten in the spring cherry blossom season.

In traditional Japanese wedding customs, this pickled cherry blossom is brewed with boiling water. Those flowers turned deeper pink because they absorbed enough pickled substances. Every flower hangs with its head down, and thin white salt grains cover it evenly, as if it were picked up from the snow. As a ceremonial drink, it is called "sakura soup" or "sakura tea".

Cherry tea

Cherry blossoms are not only used for viewing, but also can be made into traditional cherry blossom tea by soaking and pickling the petals of Bachongying, so as to keep the fragrance and shape of the flowers while making tea. Cherry blossom tea tastes like black tea, showing the unique fragrance of cherry blossoms. There is also green tea mixed with smoked cherry leaves, which tastes slightly salty. And the magic is: cherry blossom tea also has the effect of losing weight! If you want to buy it, there are cherry blossom tea products in the local gift shop in Japan.

Sakura sushi

In the spring cherry blossom season, of course, the most commonly eaten is cherry blossom sushi, which usually includes cherry blossom rolls, fried cherry blossom fish sushi and cherry blossom tuna sushi. The cherry blossom roll is sandwiched with ribbons, sea urchins and fried cherry shrimp, and the entrance is crisp; As for the sushi of roasted cherry fish, sashimi is more fragrant after roasting with fire, while the sushi of cherry tuna is not only shredded, but also sashimi with cherry shrimp and salmon roe, which has a unique flavor. Among them, Sakura lanyu Sushi, a famous specialty in Jinshan City, Okayama Prefecture, should be the most recommended. As one of the most beautiful places to enjoy cherry blossoms, hand-rolled cherry mackerel is full of local characteristics. The color of rice is not only the pink of cherry blossoms, but also the faint aroma of cherry blossoms.