kompot

plural kompots

1. uncountableusuallyIn Central and Eastern Europe, boiled fruits (typically fresh or dried) served either as a drink or a dessert depending on the region.

   You can get kompot there too, an apricot-prune dessert served, Russian-style, in a glass.

   1972 June 16, Karen Brady, “Karen’s Korner: Opportunity Put Borscht on Menu”, in Buffalo Evening News, volume CLXXXIV, number 57, Buffalo, N.Y.: Buffalo Evening News, Inc., →OCLC, section II, page 31, column 1

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   One item on the juice list, kompot, caught our eye, and we learned it was a homemade fruit punch, of which regrettably they had no more that day.

   1991 January 4, Joe Casey, “Dining out with Joe Casey: Tania’s has charm of European cafe and great home cooking”, in The Jersey Journal, 124th year, number 209, Jersey City, N.J., →OCLC, page 16, column 6

   A main course served with soup, potatoes, vegetable^([sic]) and a glass of kompot (fruit drink) costs $3.50 to $4!

   1992 November 18, Lenore Skenazy, “All aboard B’klyn nosh-mobile!”, in Daily News, New York, N.Y., →ISSN, →OCLC, “Good Living” section, page 5, column 3

   On Tuesday, those who didn’t eat hamburgers vowed to start. Others promised to give up borscht, the beet soup that actually comes from Ukraine, goulash (Hungarian) and even kompot (stewed fruit suspected of emerging in fifteenth-century Poland, although it has become a staple of the Russian diet).

   2012 July 24, Kathy Lally, “Russian doctor declares war on McDonald’s ‘gamburgers’”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Jul 2012

   I especially appreciated the buckwheat, which they serve generously, and of course the yogurt, kompot (fruit drink) and borsch are always special.

   2015 June 13, Jeff Richards, “From Kiev, with love: Mission trip to Kiev Regional Bible College/Church of the Gospel, Vyshneve, Ukraine”, in Salisbury Post, Salisbury, N.C., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4B, column 1

   Along with American-style lattes, Shahar also serves kompot, a Russian fruit juice squeezed fresh every day by Sultanova.

   2019 June 19, Savannah Eadens, “‘Good vibes only’: Shahar blends family’s Euro-Asian heritage with Gen-Z style”, in Courier Journal, volume 151, number 223, Louisville, Ky., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3C, column 1

1. uncountableA crude Polish preparation of heroin made from poppy straw.

   [Thomas] O’Grady described the kompot as “kind of a distilled home brew” made from the straw of the poppy plant.

   1985 December 8, Bob Wiedrich, “East, West face same enemy: drugs”, in Chicago Tribune, 139th year, number 342, Chicago, Ill., →ISSN, →OCLC, section 1, page 12, column 2

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   Although kompot, a locally produced poppy straw derivative, is the most prevalent drug in Poland, amphetamine use is becoming increasingly widespread.

   1995 March, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, “Poland”, in International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (Department of State Publication; 10246), Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, published April 1995, →ISBN, “Europe” section, page 365

   Of the chemicals used in making kompot, only acetic anhydride was licensed. But this did little to slow the making of kompot as scientifically minded addicts and crime syndicates made their own by reverse-engineering easily obtained acetylsalicylic acid (more commonly known as aspirin).

   2011, Kenaz Filan, “Kompot”, in The Power of the Poppy: Harnessing Nature’s Most Dangerous Plant Ally, Rochester, Vt.: Park Street Press, →ISBN, part 2 (Alchemy), page 99

   I remember the summer of 1980 – people felt defiant, free. They travelled to summer music festivals in groups and once you arrived, the smell of cooking kompot was overwhelming. The police did nothing.

   2017, Kasia Malinowska, quoting an advocate, “Polish drug policy”, in Renaud Colson, Henri Bergeron, editors, European Drug Policies: The Ways of Reform, Abingdon, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, “Drug use in Poland” section