I bought two turnips online. They were from Kanazawa. They are white and beautiful.

They are big enough to pickle. I peeled the skin, sliced them, sprinkled the salt on them, and squeezed them after 10 minutes. While I was waiting for 10 minutes, I prepared the seasoning mixed with sugar, vinegar, a little bit of salt, a piece of kelp, and a little of red chili pepper. I put the slices of turnip in the seasoning after washing and squeezing them. Then I kept them in the refrigerator for four hours.

Actually I wanted to make Senmai-zuke which is famous pickle in Kyoto. “Senmai” means that they slice a turnip into one thousand of slices. It was very hard for me to slice one thousand. I could slice only sixty-five. My pickle is Sixty five-Zuke.

We enjoyed the fresh crisp at dinner. Also we got a lot of vitamin C.