Komari：

Today is Pickles Day, you know! There are all kinds of pickles,

but right now I’m really craving narazuke—the kind made by soaking gourd or cucumber in sake lees.

Himari：

…Narazuke! The sake lees around it are delicious too.

I use sake lees for cooking—like marinating meat or spreading it on fish before grilling.

Komari：

As for me, I just love scooping those sake lees from narazuke

and dumping them straight onto my rice! Eating a little bit of the lees every day,

and finally enjoying the narazuke at the end… what bliss!

Himari：

Dumping it… on rice…?

Well then, let’s go buy some narazuke!

I heard that in Gifu, they make something similar called Moriguchi-zuke.

Komari：

What?! Then we can go buy it right away!

I was just about to start packing for a trip, you know!