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Vegetables from Niigata

Izekomi-na / yudekomi-na and sunana-zuke (unsalted greens pickles of Niigata and Fukui)いぜこみ菜

Izekomi-na or yudekomi-na in Niigata and sunana-zuke in Fukui are named as salt-free greens pickles like Kiso's sunki, and are now hardly made. No account of how they are made was found, so this entry records only their names and their kinship with sunki.

A short entry: the sources we found record only what is said here about Izekomi-na / yudekomi-na and sunana-zuke itself. Its own sources do not record how it is made, so the steps and scenes below are those of Sunki (salt-free turnip-leaf pickle), the closest documented vegetables ferment, shown as a guide to the method, not as a record of Izekomi-na / yudekomi-na and sunana-zuke.

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Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedNo recipe found.
greens (not named in the sources read)
no salt

Total time across the steps of Sunki (salt-free turnip-leaf pickle): 24 h

Start
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What changes: Starting material: red turnip leaves picked after the first frosts

Step 1 of 6 · steps of Sunki (salt-free turnip-leaf pickle)
Pick the red turnip leaves after frost
Time
Not documented
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented
Which microbes the steps name, step by step
Lactic acid bacteria

Two or three frosts on the turnip fields in late October to November are said to matter; batches made too early fail [gi-sunki]. Output: frosted turnip leaves and stems.

Flavour
Not documented
Texture
Not documented
Colour
Not documented

Microbes at work in this step

Not documented for this step.

Method

Measured measured in a studySet fixed by a specification or tested recipeReported one source reports itTypical a general value, not sourced for this fermentUnconfirmed not yet checked against a source

At a glance

Izekomi-na or yudekomi-na in Niigata and sunana-zuke in Fukui are named as salt-free greens pickles like Kiso's sunki, and are now hardly made. No account of how they are made was found, so this entry records only their names and their kinship with sunki.

What makes this one different

These are among the very few Japanese pickles made with no salt at all, like sunki.

Related ferments

History and sources

Every number is labelled with how it is known. How this atlas is made

  1. [s1] Japanese Wikipedia, すんき漬け (解説 section, citing Miyao S. 2005, 漬物と微生物, Japanese Journal of Food Microbiology 22(4):127–137), read 2026-10wiki