however , upon departure he packed all the furniture and household goods , including even the stone weight used for making pickles , into the empty nagamochi mentioned before , then departed . しかし、出立時には家財道具一式、それこそ漬物石にいたるまで前述の空の長持に詰め込んで出発したという
after the half-curdled or pudding-like tofu is placed into a mold lined with a cloth so that it will break down , a lid is set on the mold , a stone weight is placed on the lid and the tofu is drained , thus producing momendofu (firm tofu ). これを崩しながら内側に布を敷いた型の中に盛り込み、蓋をして重石を掛け、硬く水を切ると豆腐（木綿豆腐）となる。
during the main pickling stage , the pickles are squeezed using a unique method known as ' tenbin oshi ,' where a 4- to 5-meter-long pole , with one end fixed and a stone weight hung on the other , pushes down on the lid of the barrel containing the pickles . 本漬時の重石のかけ方は、独特の「天秤押し」というやり方で、長さ4～5mほどの丸太棒の一方を固定させ、もう一方の先に重石を下げて樽のフタを押さえる、「テコの原理」を利用した方法で行う。
