Pekmez

Pekmez is a yummy, sweet syrup that is made from fruits like grapes, figs or plums. These fruits are cooked with water for a long time until they turn into a thick, gooey syrup. Pekmez is very popular in Turkey and other countries in the Middle East and Mediterranean.

Now, imagine you are playing with your favorite fruits like grapes, figs or plums. You put these fruits in a pot with some water and start cooking it over a really hot fire. You keep stirring it slowly and carefully so that it does not burn. Then, after spending a lot of time on this task, you see that the water has become less and has become thicker and stickier, like syrup.

This syrup is