You Can Pickle That
There are some foods that are just too damn exciting, and not just to the palate. Nukazuke, rice bran pickles, fall into the “I wish I would have done this sooner” category. Not only are they crisp, their flavor is subtle, but with a complexity unique to each vegetable’s qualities. And, just as significant, the fermentation process for making them is very simple and downright entertaining. My own definition of what cures me is any activity or experience, which engages, vitalizes, and catalyzes healing. It might be hard to imagine that a traditional Japanese pickling process could elicit such fizz in me. But it does. I always pay attention when any food processing activity excites, or as my friend Danny says, gives me juice. We all know this…if what we do gives us energy then we must be on the right track.
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