How to Make Mom’s Fukujinzuke Japanese Pickles

[@Scriptor13]

I love your beautiful mother, Shinichi. I'm so very happy to see her cooking, eating well, and enjoying her time with you and Satoshi. The love in her eyes is clear...she must be so proud of her handsome, successful, loving son. I'm sure Satoshi's kindness, respect, and good manners please her and help make her feel relaxed and at home. She has the same indomitable spirit my mother had. I wish her many more happy years and trips to Japan. 🥰

[@Selloutsatirist]

There's something about family cooking together that's really heartwarming

[@donnabotelho2195]

Mom cuts da veggies so thin

[@gky7170]

NO ONE cooks better than moms! I think the love that they put into their meals for their families is the secret -

[@MaNkYmInX]

I just love when Your mom is with you. You two work so well together and you always put a twinkle in her eyes. You can tell she is so happy doing just about anything with you.

[@samtani278]

My grandma and mom didn't use cucumber when they was made fukushinzuke. But I've loved the recipe. Nice to see you Mom healthy and happy Shinichi!

[@sarahkorus994]

Your mom is so adorable! I’m so happy she got a chance to make her pickles. She looks so happy visiting you in Japan.

[@tamara4557]

Great to see your mother cooking again :) I love fukujin zuke, but only made it once since I cannot get renkon easily. I really don't want to leave out the renkon, because i like the crunchy texture. Here in the netherlands you cannot fined thin cucumbers; we simplu have a thicker variety with more seeds. same with eggplants. But it still works in Japanese dishes :) Sometimes the eggplant can be somewhat bitter,so I soak them in water for a while before adding teh salt. That dissoves some of the bitterness. I sometimes have trouble sqeezing out the water from vegetables because of my hands, I add them to a plastic bag, cut a small corner from it and use the bag tho squeeze the water out. It is a bit easier that way. I still try to do it most with my hands but when I don't have a choice it's a handy trick.

[@Neerepha]

You can use a ricer too!

[@madaug4389]

That looks so delicious. I am so happy to see you and your mom cooking together.

[@sandyrothman2430]

Okaasan ga ryori o shite iru video o motto onegai shimasu. More of Shinichi's mom's cooking please! And Satoshi's camera work is so good.

[@TruckerDiary]

Your mom is lovely 😊. I miss japan very much as well as the food. I learned several dishes while i was there. These days i wanted to learn several tsukemono, i will try your moms ❤ arigacho!

[@mindysmom6132]

SUGOI! Sister Aineesan has the best recipes ever! I love that your mama tweaked the recipe to make it her own. I hope you had kare gohan to go with that yummy fukujinzuke. Gary will not eat kare without it. Now, I have a new healthy-without the red dye version to try! Domo arigatou gozaimashita brother Shinichi noh okasan! ❤ I’m so happy that you’re genki!

[@samrutster]

Thank you for this recipe! One of my favorite things when dining in Japan are the many pickled veggies!!!

[@nyoko2926]

What a heartwarming video. I am so glad that your mother can visit you in Japan, with her age. This brings a big smile to my face. Please stay healthy, Shinichi, mama Shinichi and Satoshi!

[@shanonniles8620]

Your mom is beautiful! Love seeing you two cook together! 💛

[@mojoyaris]

My mother loves watching videos with your mom in it (they're about the same age). So she will watch your sisters channel quite often. However Mom has been excited to see your mom in Japan. It makes her feel like she could go back to Japan and recently kept talking about it.

[@mojoyaris]

Your Mother is kinda like a celebrity for my Mom. :) 🥰

[@ThePiperrox]

Oh ShinChan, I have to say, watching you and your mom making yummy food is my favorite kind of videos on your channel! I want to try making these pickles! I think we have an Asian market to get lotus root. At least I hope we do. I hope to see more cooking videos! Love to you and your dearest Mama. ❤❤

[@debracantrell1058]

Love when Mom share her recipes Thanks mom So glad she doing great God bless thanks for sharing 😘😘😘❤️🌈🥰😍😍💯🌹🌹🌹

[@lauras8674]

Hi Shinichi. I had to let you know I made your Mom's version of the pickled vegetables. I couldn't find the lotus root but it was so good! A wonderful refreshing side dish. Thank you! 😊

[@SmtSmtDarkside]

This is so beautiful to watch! The music is so calming and hearing you to talk japanese makes me wanna study it again. Thank you! Def gonna try this as soon as I find some fresh renkon here!

[@brianhollenbeck8633]

Cooking with a loved one is awesome. Thanks for sharing.

[@PrrstonWillian]

I'm glad you still have a mom living in Honolulu. She looks young and lobely for her age. Such a great cook. Such a pleasure to have such a mom.

[@esther848]

Hello Shinichi. So good to seen your mother cooking again😊.

[@esther.f.g]

Thank you for sharing, very sweet video with your mom, is a pleasure to see how our moms cook

[@marcomorosino6081]

This recipe look super yummy and your Mom she's so sweet gentle and sharp

[@tammyellison735]

I love your moms cooking

[@krissykriss328]

Shinichi your mom is adorable, thank you for sharing!❤

[@lauramiyashiro5202]

Thank you for sharing the recipe and showing us how to make it. I’ve only bought fukujinzuke ready made! 😆

[@francespaul3713]

That looks really good. I would love to eat that. Thank you to your mother for making it.

[@susans7458]

I love your mama. She’s amazing, and I’m so glad she is well and was able to make this trip.

[@thebooknitter]

i love to see your momo cooking its always a treat you together!

[@lioness77alfar]

I love you're momma and you both, I try never to miss your videos

[@lainiesmajovits3754]

Your mom is the cutest! Such wonderful memories you are making together!

[@inge6280]

😂 glad to see I’m not the only one that sends stuff hurtling to the kitchen floor. Looks so delicious, just wondering, could you use lotus root from a can for this? fresh is not always easy to find here

[@aineesan25]

If you can't get the lotus, It's OK. There is a theory that the name of Fukujinzuke originated from [七福神=Shichifukujin=7 LUCKY GODS] and it is said that this name was given because it uses various vegetables (about seven kinds). However, it's actually up to everyone, so I think you can put any kind of vegetables in it😃 If you add lotus root, the crispy texture is good.

[@momonakokeshi6325]

Thank you for sharing this video. I really enjoyed it.

[@HighDesertCowgirl]

The pickles look amazing. Your mom is beautiful!

[@laurielum378]

Such a wonderful video. You and your Mom are so cute together. Recipe looks awesome, I will try it sometime!

[@Meskarune]

I cannot wait to make some looks so delicious ❤

[@peacekelly1128]

That looks delicious! I love all the videos with your mom. 🥰

[@pikakerose]

aineesan is a great cook your tsukemono looks so yummy i will try your recipe too. 😊

[@julialee4036]

Ooooh, I want to try making this! I love Fukujinzuke! Thank you, thank you!

[@phatsmurf575]

Aloha! I just love Japanese pickles. All that crunch👍🏻Getting a bento or grilled saba & tsukemono at Shirokiya were two of my favorite lunches when I worked at JCP in the late 90s. I'm going to try your mom's recipe with the help of a potato riser to squeeze the liquid out. My hands are not as strong as they used to be. Can I do this sauce with just eggplant & eggplant-cucumber combo? Sometimes I can't get good renkon or daikon.

[@stacyneuman8619]

This looks so good, I will try it and let you know how it goes. I love how you love your mom❤️

[@hollish196]

It was so nice to see your mom cooking. She is a really talented with a knife!! Those slices were so thin.I am impressed.

[@aineesan25]

もしあったら、【大葉(青じそ)=Ooba ・Aojiso =Green Shiso =perilla】の千切りも一緒に入れて下さいね〜😊味に深みが出ます👍 あと、砂糖は【ざらめ=hard sugar】や【三温糖】を使ったほうが、つけダレにとろみが出て漬けた野菜にツヤが出て味もしっかり付きやすいです🙂👍 お母さん😃🖐️野菜を切るのが大変だと思いますがハワイでもどうぞ作ってカレーライス🍛やオムライスと一緒に食べてくださいね〜😊

[@7passionstar]

I could watch your sweet Mother cook all day! Thank you both for this video. ❤❤

[@angelicrobles6292]

Belated Happy Mother's Day to your Mom, Shinichi! And Aineesan's recipe looks delicious! I bet even those who aren't fans of vegetables will be converts after trying this. 🤤 Everything was prepared so carefully and flavourfully!

[@reneemarino8733]

Love this video of you and your mom cooking together and it looks so delicious ❤

[@lavernejones4471]

Hi Shinichi. I am so happy to see your mom cooking again. She looks very happy and healthy. Love from Tennessee 🤗

[@catherinebond7474]

It was fun to see you and your mom cooking together again. I will definitely try this if I can find lotus root. Might have to settle for frozen, because I'd hate to leave it out.

[@ernestkimoto2865]

Aloha Shunichi and Satoshi, seeing you alongside Okasan brings back memories of the 50' and 60's in Hawaii. While doing chores around the house, my father enjoyed listening to Japanese music of Hawaii on the radio during that period when there was no TV. My mother liked Misora Hibari, Kayama Yuzo and other enka big band music and singers. Otomisan, Wakare no Isochidori, Kimi to Itsumademo, and inspirational songs like Yawara were a few I remember. An album called Club Nisei: Japanese Songs of Hawaii, on KZbin contains most os those popular songs. Does your Mom sing any of them?

[@jujubi1050]

Wow!!! 美味しそう！！今度家のお母さんに作ってみます！私は野菜を切るのがちょっと苦手だけれど今度作ってみますね！ありがとうございます！

[@veo16]

Your mom always appears so frail in her Hawaii videos. But has become lively in Japan. So strong and attentive!

[@antoinettegordon9704]

These look AMAZING!!! I really want to try and make these x

[@darahhart5872]

This is great! I have wanted to try Japanese pickles, as it seems they are served with almost everything there. I'm in Indiana, USA, and the jarred ones are harfld to find here and kind of expensive online. So now i can try making some! I wonder if i can find lotus root though. Good to know i can substitute or omit some things if not available. Your moms smile was so lovely and heartwarming, and she seemed so happy and proud. Thanks for this video, you two! Beautiful to see.

[@yasojayawardhana2066]

How wonderful to see you & your mom together. She has excellent dexterity :) Thank you for sharing the recipe with us.

[@jack_konte]

It looks so good! I will definitely try this recipe. So nice to see you and your mother cooking together.

[@ellenbrennan7021]

That's so interesting. My grandmother also taught me to cut the ends of the cucumber off and then rub it on the cut end. She said it was to release the bitterness. Your mom is a sweetheart.

[@helenbarberxxxx]

What a great video your mum is looking so well Im so glad

[@2011Antidote]

My family has different pickle recipe but the part where you salt and squeeze out the water from the vegetables is done too, we would wrap one or two handful of it in a piece of cheese cloth and then squeeze. It is much more effective than using your bare hands. I never knew you can pickle egg plant, would love to try your lovely recipe.

[@cxcortez7614]

I love your mom's recipes!

[@debbieabbott7902]

Looks so good ! I will definitely try to make it!

[@kosanmr2]

Looks great! Thanks for sharing!

[@Nat073]

Do you have the recipe written down somewhere?

[@aineesan25]

I will be able to teach you🤗👍

[@NikkiM93]

Omg shes so cute :D! I loved this video, this would be nice to try :).

[@bookiemeow173]

Loved this video so much!! And it looks delicious!

[@1kakinha]

I love fukujinzuke, this delicious make me remember my “obatian”, regards from Brazil

[@cranscape]

She's so adorable. You share so many mannerisms. And although she has her firm likes and dislikes with food I am still detecting the foodie spirit in your mother too. Too bad she can't get all of her preferred Japanese grown vegetables in Hawaii, but that makes these trips extra special.

[@DavidSmith-vw5eg]

Moms adorable

[@3A_team]

I will definitely try this recipe although some ingredients are hard to find in Australia.

[@jackiejenkins4078]

So important to learn family recipes!

[@cynthiamancecustodio7745]

Hi Shinichi and Mom! Konichiwa! I'll surely make this Fukujinzuke recipé as well as the pickled cucumber, onion and cabbage. Arigato gasaimasu!

[@HikaruRain]

I found out that if you use a paper towel to suck out the first round of water/moisture out of your veggies, you can then put them in a few paper towels and let the paper towels suck the rest out. you will be left with a dehydrated form of your vegetable. 🤣 I did that for lunch so my tomato was not all soggy and drippy and it ended up being tomato leather. lol

[@shiauchuenchin2607]

Love your ピカチュウ t- shirt, where you got it from?

[@plu_Tony_um]

Interesting that your mum uses CC as a measurement....I had to look that up only to find that it's millilitres....learnt something new today even though I have used metric all my life....loved the video by the way

[@adventurebythemile]

I make something called Ice Box Pickles (not Japanese) 7 cups cucumbers, sliced thin (smaller cucumbers are preferable, if you don't care for seeds) 1 cup sweet onion, sliced or diced 2 cups sugar 1 cup white vinegar 1 teaspoon celery seed 1 teaspoon salt Bring the sugar, vinegar, salt and celery seed mixture to a boil. Cool slightly and pour over the cucumbers and onions. Store in a covered jar in the refrigerator. Will keep indefinitely.

[@jooshungerecker-debruin5812]

Hurray it's the Shinichis mom show 😊

[@becmerci22]

Looks delicious

[@jubithinks9116]

Im going to try this. Do you absolutely need to use that special salt or can i use any sea salt?

[@saskhArt]

thank you for this recipe, I love any kind of tsukemono/side dish! we don't find that type of seaweed here in italy, can we use kombu or wakame?

[@Shinichisworld]

Yea in fact you can omit the konbu all together

[@saskhArt]

@@Shinichisworld thank you

[@ross6753]

Hi Shinichi-san. I doubt if I could get my hands on lotus roots over here in Belgium, at least not fresh. And daikons are pretty hard to find as well. I don't think cucumber and carrot alone would make real fukujinzuke, do you? (I saw you own some handsome plates there, btw)

[@peaceman5044]

Did you keep it two days at room temperature or in the fridge?

[@aineesan25]

Please keep it in the fridge😊 And, when you eat this pickles, please be sure to use other chopsticks (or spoon) that are different from your chopsticks or spoon (because the corrosion will progress if germs enter 😃👍)

[@tinkerbell7454]

手作りの福神漬けとっても美味しそう！お母様すごいです！

[@patriciapham9325]

thanks for the video - God bless her - have a good life

[@upsized]

Love this video... loooooove that ur featuring ur mum so much! She is so precious. Hello from Singapore! Mum shd come here and visit!

[@hollyh127HY]

Thank you for sharing...本当に美味しそう！福神漬けが大好き...ありがとうございました。

[@shelleyscloud3651]

How long would that keep fresh in the fridge for?

[@echa3132]

Amazing dexterity for an elderly person in cutting thin slices of vegetables!

[@greekre]

love your mum

[@SuperCatfire]

literally the most nerve wracking knife usage

[@sato5968]

Gostei! Acho que irei fazer! Thanks for sharing!🙏 有り難う御座います♪🙏🙏

[@MsSmartmonkeee]

Tell your mom that big island has Japanese cucumbers at Costco and KTA. Maybe the Honolulu Costco might have them. Ours are crisp and delicious! Aloha!

[@jerrygarcia6869]

I love mamma..............................................................🥰

[@BadKitty360]

I love your Mom’s hands.

[@campervanhelsing]

Awesome

[@xGarylnyrx]

I've seen this video before and just now used it as reference. Both times I noticed your mom cutting the ends off the cucumber then rubbing the ends with the cut end pieces. Both times I wondered WHY she did that. 🤷🏼

[@Shinichisworld]

She says it gets rid of any bitterness

[@titasmom678]

I didn't know Lotus root isn't grown locally in Hawaii?

[@katherineyanagihara2909]

Aloha 🌺 Oishi!🥰

[@angellover02171]

Can we get Ai's orginal recipe.

[@joerice6394]

👍 👍 job shinichisan okasan happy late 💐💐💐 okasan day🎉🎉

[@gamingwaffle1171]

Oishiiso!!!