Berries
Aleppo Sour Cherries
كرز
Aleppo, Syria
Small sour morello cherries from the hills around Aleppo, the basis of the city's cherry kebab.
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What it is
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Small sour morello cherries from the hills around Aleppo, the basis of the city's cherry kebab.
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In season for a few weeks in early summer. Too sour to eat raw in quantity; they are cooked or dried.
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