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Arbutus berries are Kefalonias Christmas time fruit that can be used for anything!

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You will find these strawberry like berries all over the island during Christmas time! They can be used to make jams and a variety of fruit and even eaten plain as a snack! Some people like to make a sweet liquor with it or mix it in to popular Greek liquors like ouzo. Many locals will decorate their house with branches of the berries, I guess you could say its a Kefalonia version of wreaths and mistletoe. I believe in Greek its called koúmara but I'm not too sure, if there are any Greek speakers on this forum please help me out!
 
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Jerry s said:
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I can't find a lot of recipes online with koumera, do you know of any? Or should I be looking in Greek and not English
 
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