When I first arrived in my village, my family offered me compot, which is basically the best drink ever. It is not even alcoholic, believe it or not. So last week, I was super excited when my mama gazda (host mom) told me that she was making some. I was even able to respond to her using a full sentence in Romanian, "Eu vreau sa priviu" (the spelling may not be entirely accurate, but it means "I want to watch").
Compot is made with fruit, sugar and water. My family was making compote with zmeura (raspberries)and visine (sour cherries), both from their garden. They start by putting the raspberries and cherries in a huge jar.
They then fill the jar with boiling water and seal it. My host mom the turned all the jars upside down and wrapped them in a blanket for four or so days. After four days you can drink it or store it.
I asked my host sister how long it would last for and she basically said forever. I am not sure how accurate that is, but I know that they drink it through out the winter, so it must last several months at least.
My host family also made some raspberry jam at the same time that they were making compot, which looked delicious but I haven't had a chance to try any yet. So, I encourage all of you to read this and then go make some compot. lol...not really.
And I will leave you with this picture, just because it is adorable.
You're guaranteed comments from me if it's a food-related post! My parents does the same thing with kumquats tho I never knew it's called compot. -Rebecca
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