So Cheryl and I decided to made Bachan's Takuan.  We had this for the recipe.

It looks like it started with Auntie Es' recipe and several iterations by Bachan. So, here we are in Cabo.  We get the daikon, which that in itself is amazing!  Now we get the daikon and the su ready.

Note Bachan's recipe says in red, "USE THIS MEASURE" so we did.  Boiled the ingredients, which got very thick.  Hmmmm.  Maybe water comes out of the daikon.  So we put this very thick sticky su over the daikon.  It promptly started to harden!  Ack!  Had to peel it off the sliced daikon!

Then we notice in Auntie Es' list of ingredients has 1 cup of WATER!!!  Ok, another batch of su.  Cheryl peeled off all the candy su and I made another batch.  Well, then we decided maybe to taste it before pouring it over the daikon.  Hmmm, a bit salty and needed more vinegar?  Added more vinegar.  Still needed more,  and then more.  What's happening?  Tasted the vinegar.  So here in Cabo, vinegar is somewhat watered down.  Not Heinz. Finally get it tasting right, then we have to add the food coloring, amarillo.

Jelly Color?  Oh well, like 10 drops later and it's sort of yellow.

Now we let it sit on the counter for a couple hours.  Then bottle it!  Tasted it first and its pretty good!

Thank you, Mommy!  Love, Cheryl and Gayle  April 12, 2015

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Joopy

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Trying to figure out how to manage this but in time this is going to be great! :) Bear with me...

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I've decided to start this blog to share the wonders of my Mother, Ruth Fukumoto. The name of the blog is because in Japanese, Bachan means Grandmother, as she is so dearly recognized as. In this blog, I am going to share over time the things that she has taught me over the years. Not only in life but around the house, hygiene and cooking! Some may be hysterical, but in the end you will probably find very useful to remember as all of us five children have. The blog will also contain information passed down from my Father, Aki Fukumoto who passed away in 2008. Since I am new to blogging, please bear with me as I figure this out but in the meantime, please feel free to comment whenever and if you know Bachan, share moments, teachings, funny stories, love, etc....

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Joopy

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