A traditional recipe for colds: boiled black bean liquid (by Marchan)

Hallo everyone,



Its the time of KAN-NO-IRI (the beginning of the cold season) and now more and more people are catching colds in my neighborhood.
Then, let's exchange information about traditional recipes for colds both for ourselves and for future generations!
First, I would like to discuss the liquid from boiled black beans
I was given this as cough syrup in my childhood.
I didn't dislike it because it was both sweet and easy to drink.
At that time, my mother would boil black beans on a brazier in our house not only for New Year dishes, but throughout the year.
Such black beans were sent by our relatives as the most famous place for good quality ones, was Tanba (the old name of northern Kyoto prefecture), located near both my fathers and mother's villages and many of our relatives lived there at that time.

Marchan

Hello Marchan.

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I heard about this for the first time, too.

My elder sister who lives in Nishinomiya (located near Tanba) sends me black beans every year at harvest time.
Those beans are big and delicious.
Do you boil the liquid after you put sugar in it for a drink?
Next time, I will keep the black bean liquid in my refrigerator.


Giccho

Hello Giccho-san.

Quote:My mother boiled them with a lot of water so that she could get more liquid out of them.
Incidentally, there werent any soft-boiled beans which you could crush with your tongue in the olden days.
I wonder whose idea it was to sell such things nowadays.

Marchan