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My host mother in Japan used to keep a jar under the sink. It was full of viscous liquid and little green balls, so I never touched it. Who knows what could have developed under that sink.
One night at dinner, she hauled the jar out from under the sink, and unloaded it into ice-filled glasses for my friends and I.
So I, who will try anything, ventured a sip.
Lord, was it delicious. A tiny bit sour, syrupy, tangy, and alcohol...y
It was homemade Umeshu, a liqueur made from Japanese sour plums (they're kinda like crab apples), rock sugar (kouri-zatou 氷砂糖, or ice sugar in Japanese), and shochu (Japanese vodka).
