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Default Turkish sour stem thing

"Jack Campin - bogus address" > wrote


> Another data point: I've only seen them sold by guys walking
> around with plastic bags full of them, not on market stalls.
> Which suggests they're gathered or else grown on a very small
> scale in people's gardens, rather than being a commercial crop.


Could they be a seasonal thing?

> I may have seen them in Urfa as well, not sure about that.


When I read your original message my first thought was "Southeast Anatolia".
I'll see if that clue is of any help.

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