Saladitos are plums or apricots, which are dried,
salted and which can also be sweetened with sugar and
anise or coated in
chili and
lime
Lime commonly refers to:
* Lime (fruit), a green citrus fruit
* Lime (material), inorganic materials containing calcium, usually calcium oxide or calcium hydroxide
* Lime (color), a color between yellow and green
Lime may also refer to:
Botany ...
. A common misconception is that saladitos and
chamoy are the same thing; saladitos are the dried salted fruit, whereas chamoy is made from the leftover brine.
Saladitos are considered a candy in Mexico. Sometimes used in the popular Michelada drink. For Mexicans and some Asians, one of the method of eating saladitos is to stuff a few of them into an
orange
Orange most often refers to:
*Orange (fruit), the fruit of the tree species '' Citrus'' × ''sinensis''
** Orange blossom, its fragrant flower
*Orange (colour), from the color of an orange, occurs between red and yellow in the visible spectrum
* ...
or
lemon
The lemon (''Citrus limon'') is a species of small evergreen trees in the flowering plant family Rutaceae, native to Asia, primarily Northeast India (Assam), Northern Myanmar or China.
The tree's ellipsoidal yellow fruit is used for culin ...
and then suck the salted juice out, while allowing the saladito to rehydrate. Once all the juice is eaten, the saladitos are eaten and the pits can be cracked open to eat the seed. Another method is to eat the saladito without any fruit, and cracking open the pit to eat the seed or discard the pit. One can also first rinse the saladito with water, and then eat it plain.
On some occasions, to spice up drinks, a few saladitos are put inside drinks like Micheladas,
Sprite,
ginger ale
Ginger ale is a carbonated soft drink flavoured with ginger. It is consumed on its own or used as a mixer, often with spirit-based drinks. There are two main types of ginger ale. The golden style is credited to the Irish doctor Thomas Joseph ...
or
beer
Beer is one of the oldest and the most widely consumed type of alcoholic drink in the world, and the third most popular drink overall after water and tea. It is produced by the brewing and fermentation of starches, mainly derived from ce ...
. Once the saladito is placed in the soda, bubbles will begin to rise immediately. In
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
, a popular plum drink is made by soaking several saladitos in a pitcher of water until the plum rehydrates and flavors the water.
In
Australia, Saladitos are known as Salty Plums and come in a variety of different textures, with some being more salty and some being sweeter. In the northern part of Australia,
NT, WA and QLD they are very popular. Some of the main ingredients are salt, sugar, food colouring and plums.
In Trinidad, Tobago and in some english-speaking
Caribbean islands, this treat is referred to as salted prunes.
Recall
A recall notice was issued in the United States in 2009 when saladitos believed to have been sourced from Asia were found to have levels of lead exceeding health guidelines.
See also
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Li hing mui
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List of dried foods
This is a list of dried foods. Food drying is a method of food preservation that works by removing water from the food, which inhibits the growth of bacteria and has been practiced worldwide since ancient times to preserve food. Where or when d ...
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Umeboshi
Umeboshi ( Japanese: 梅干し, pronounced , literally 'dried ume') are pickled (brined) '' ume'' fruits common in Japan. The word ''umeboshi'' is often translated into English as 'salted Japanese plums', 'Japanese plums' or 'preserved plums ...
References
Dried fruit
Mexican cuisine
Plum dishes
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