I would like some information about Persian
sour cherry preserves. I have a recipe that
calls for them (Sour Cherry Rice) and I'm having
a hard time finding them. I made the recipe
once before and used canned sour cherries and
added some sugar because I assumed that "sour
cherry preserves" would be sweet, as that's
what I think of when I think of preserves -
something sweet that you spread on toast like
jam. However, I'm beginning to wonder if maybe
they're not sweet at all, but more like a
pickle. I mean, technically, a "preserve" is
anything that's preserved which doesn't necessarily
have to mean preserved in sugar.

If I can't find the authentic Persian-style
cherry preserves then I'd like to try substituting
something as close as possible. Now the Sour
Cherry Rice I made before was very tasty but
I have no idea how close it was to the original.

We have a Middle-Eastern store in town that says
they do carry the Persian sour cherry preserves but
they are out of them. They were supposed to get
some in but when they got them it turned out that
they were Turkish and not Persian. I'm not sure
if the Turkish ones are identical or even close.
That's my second question. Would the Turkish
preserves be similar enough to work?

TIA,
Kate

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Kate Connally
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