Do Chua
Vietnamese quick pickled carrot and daikon: matchsticks salted for ten minutes, then covered in a sweet-sour brine. Edible in two hours, best the next day, and good for a month in the fridge. It is the crunch in a banh mi and it stands on its own next to anything rich.
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