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n. - A sullen moody resentful disposition; The property of being acidic; The taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth.

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  • The idea is to flavor the liquid well with the spices and extract all the sourness from the kokum.
  • This is a brine pickle made without vinegar; the sourness comes from the fermentation process, as is traditional.
  • Because it contained some peculiar quality which Shakespeare calls sourness, the sheep would not eat the grass of the rings.
  • The sourness is similar to lemons, but more complex; pomegranate molasses includes floral flavors that most citrus fruits don’t have.
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