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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>One of our local ethnic markets has a new-to-me
fruit, the sour plum. It looks like a small granny smith apple(smaller
than a lady apple), but has a small stone fruit seed in the center. One
person I talked to says he eats them fresh. Another says the fruit can be
used whenever you want to add some sour taste to a dish. One person also
told me it's a persian fruit. I haven't been able to find out if it's an
unripe plum like verjuice is from unripe grapes or if it's sour when ripe
like a lemon.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anyone know this fruit? Is it used in any of
the historic middle eastern cooking manuscripts?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sharon</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>gordonse@one.net</DIV>
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