Boiling #limes in a wok.
Mom & me, talking in #Teochew.

Translation:

Me: Mom is boiling limes to make salted lime preserves. We have to boil them until..

Mom: ...Til they're a bit yellow.

Me: Yes, yellow colour. Right now, they're very green. You can see one of them has turned yellow, turned yellow.

Mom: Just a little bit and they're almost done.

Me: Around how many minutes?

Mom: Few minutes. 5 minutes.

Me: OK. 5 minutes & then take them out.

Mom: Umhm, take out.

Me: And then did you say boil twice?!

Mom: No, I still have this other batch. I have two batches.

Me: Ah, OK.

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Mom is making a new batch of preserved salted #limes. Boiling them for approximately 5 minutes before layering with rock salt & filling jar with filtered water. We are making a few batches over next few weeks to have enough supply for all Winter, into next early Summer ☺️

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I'm making more #Teochew #Chinese #preserved #SaltedLimes today. We use same method as our families overseas have used, for generations. The link below is similar to what I do. We have several jars of assorted fruit based salted preserves sitting in our backyard on our natural fermentation table.

We use salted limes & salted lemons & salted plums year round, to make traditional fermented hot/cold drinks & for cooking purposes.

Make your own:
https://www.thehongkongcookery.com/2018/08/chinese-preserved-limes.html?m=1

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