Sagohachi Pickling Base

My favorite area at Marukai is where they have the 99-cent mark-down items. That is where they have expired or soon-to-expire stuff. At Dillingham it used to be near the rice. Now it's on the far right wall kinda before the seafood section.

A few weeks ago this caught my eye. The only English writing on the package said "Pickling Base. Ingredients: Rice, Malted Rice, Salt, Water". Even though I had no clue how to use it, I bought it . . . 'cause I was curious . . . and for 99 cents . . .



I looked for the shelves where all the pickling stuff were. I saw that the package normally sold for $5.29. The little plastic container which sometimes holds English instructions was empty.



After researching I decided that all I needed to do was to add some water. 


These mini cucumbers were on sale at Marukai yesterday so I chose them to test on. 


I think I'm supposed to do this and leave them at room temperature for 8 to 12 hours. It smells like beer.


Guess how much I paid for this Tupperware marinating container.


One dollah . . . swap meet!  Anyway, stay tuned. Will let you know tomorrow how the cucumbers turn out.