What caused pickled plums to be referenced with kanji indicating dryness?
Could it be that the word itself holds some form of seniority over the kanji?
My quick Wikipedia skimming does not seem to imply that 梅干 are dried and then
pickled, or pickled and then dry- although I have missed simple technicalities
like this is the past.. So what gives? Shouldn't they be called 漬け梅, or some
similar term?
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Why are pickled plums 梅干 and not 梅漬, etc?
As a matter of fact, there is a food called 梅漬. The difference between 梅干 and
梅漬 is that 梅干 is made by drying the plums in the sun and then pickling them in
salt, while 梅漬 is made without any drying in the sun.
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