Compote

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A compote or kompot (Cyrillic: компот) is a sweet cooked preparation of whole or cut fruit (such as apples, pears, cherries, strawberries, plums) and sugar, usually more liquid in consistency than jams, jellies or preserves. Compotes may also contain spices.

Known in Serbian, Polish, Bosnian, Russian and Bulgarian as kompot (Cyrillic: компот), it is a traditional drink in Eastern European countries. In the mid-1980s, 60 percent of beverages consumed by an average Pole consisted of compote and other home-made concoctions. Today that number has dropped to 30 percent. In some homes tea with lemon may be an alternative for compote (in many Eastern European countries tea is drunk not only after meals, but also with meals). Note that you are unlikely to find compote in Polish restaurants but it is often available in smaller Russian restaurants. It is considered a typically homemade beverage in Poland. Also note that in Poland nowadays compote and tea are being more and more frequently supplanted by fruit juices.

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