Pickled ginger in a glass jar set against an old wooden background. - Masa44/Getty Images When you're stacking it onto your sushi roll, pickled ginger (or gari) looks really quite simple. But the ...

Benishoga (紅生姜) is a type of Japanese tsukemono made with thin strips of young ginger pickled in a red plum vinegar called “umezu” (梅酢). Umezu is the bi-product of umeboshi, another type of pickle ...