There are many kinds of pickles and they are served when eatingrice and "ochazuke", which is rice flavored with various toppingsand poured with green tea. They are also served when drinkinggreen tea and alcoholic beverages.
Shiozuke
Shiozuke is salt pickling. This the easiest way of pickling. Slice vegetables, salt them and place them under a weight for varyinglengths of time. The best-known shiozuke pickled for a long timeis "umeboshi". Ichiyazuke,one-night pickles, is one of "shiozuke"which is made briefly. Shiozuke is also used as preliminary step to serve food.
Nukazuke
Make "nukadoko" (pickling bed) by mixing "nuka"(rice bran) , saltand water. Then add them dried kelp and dried chilies to increasethe flavor. Vegetables are buried in "nukadoko" and are kept there for varying lengths of time. You can eat it a couple of days later but the best "nukazuke" is the one which are buried for several months. The best-known examples are takuan (pickled Japanese radish) and kyuuri no nukazuke(pickled cucumber).
Shouyuzuke
Pickle vegetables with salt, soy sauce, sugar and vinegar. It is possible to preserve vegetables for a long time. "Yamagoboo noshouyuzuke" (pickled burdock) and "fukujinzuke" (pickled 7 kinds of vegetables such as Japanese radish, eggplant etc.) are examples of "shouyuzuke".
Misozuke
Add sake to "miso" (fermented soybean paste) and pickle vegetables with them. Misozuke is originated with the fact thatfarmers buried salted vegetables when when they make "miso" for their families.
Kasuzuke
"Sakekasu" is remains of the rice when making "sake" or "minin",sweet rice wine for seasoning. A pickling bed is made by mixing "sakekasu", sugar and salt. Pickle vegetables, fish and meat. It hassweet taste and the best-know example is "narazuke".
Koojizuke
Pickle vegetables with malted rice. It can't be preserved for a long time. One of the famous "koojizuke" is "bettarazuke".
Karashizuke
A pickling bed is made of "sakekasu" and mustard. Pickle saltedvegetables in the bed. The famous "karashizuke" is "karashi-nasu" using eggplants.
SuzukeVinegar pickling. Beni-shouga (pickled gingers) and rakkyo (pickledscallions) are the best-know examples of "suzuke".
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