Plums must be the favorite fruit of the Czech people. They are everywhere this time of year and are used in many Czech Specialties; from plum jam, plum strudel, plum dumplings and all sorts of different types of pastries and most everyone with any small bit of land, grows them.
You might think they grow them for making the jams and pastries. Nope. Well, yes they do, but They use their own home grown plums to make a special Plum brandy called Slivovice; 4 billion proof and it will knock your socks right off, if you can even get it down. Czechs swear by it's curative properties. People swear it keeps colds away, if one drinks a shot in the morning and in the evening of each day. It is an acquired taste for sure.
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