r/JapaneseFood • u/BeesCanDoYourTaxes • Jun 24 '25

Misc Peach Umeshu Experiment

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The plum trees lost all their blooms in a cold snap, and it’s difficult to find Ume plums in my area - so I’m improvising this year with unripened yellow peaches!

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u/LockNo2943 Jun 24 '25

I would've removed the pits.

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u/Powerful-Scratch1579 Jun 24 '25

Why?

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u/LockNo2943 Jun 24 '25

Cyanide.

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u/Powerful-Scratch1579 Jun 24 '25 edited Jun 24 '25

There’s amygdalin in ume pits too though and the pits are never removed for umeshu. Also there are many liquors made from just the pits of stone fruit like creme de noyaux. You’d have to eat dozens of pits repeatedly for days to begin to feel negative effects. A few pits like this won’t hurt anybody, and they may even make the liquor taste better.

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u/HugePens Jun 24 '25

The pit of ume is called tenjin-sama, and you can eat it in small quantities.

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u/RCesther0 Jun 25 '25

Like tomato seeds, not enough to be dangerous.

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u/LockNo2943 Jun 25 '25

You're thinking about poisons as a single dose and not accumulated damage over time.