My grandmother Chrysanthi is 87 years old, though she insists on 82. She used to be a very pretty elegant woman, sewing and wearing nice clothes and always taking care of herself. Even now, she rolls her hair every Sunday to go to church.
I think we are very different with my grandmother and we disagree on some things but there is something we do together every summer and still enjoy it: this special sour cherry liqueur. We start early in the morning at the open market, picking the best sour cherries from the same guy every year. We wash the cherries and take the stones out. Then we put the cherries in a jar, filling half of it, and add 2 cups of sugar. This has to stay in the sun for 1 month until the sugar melts into sirup. Then we fill the rest of the jar with cognac, adding cinnamon and clove and bring it back to the sun for another 2 week. We strain the dring, taste it together and store in nice bottles. When someone visits my grandmother, she likes to offer this liquer and proudly add: “My granddaughter made it this year!“
Alkistis Thomidou
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