Editing Prunus cerasus (section)

===Culinary===
The sour pulp is edible.<ref>{{cite book |last=Little |first=Elbert L. |title=The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees: Eastern Region |publisher=Knopf |year=1980 |isbn=0-394-50760-6 |location=New York |page=498}}</ref> Dried sour cherries are used in cooking including [[soup]]s, [[pork]] dishes, [[cake]]s, [[tart]]s, and [[pie]]s. They are also used to make a jam/fruit spread.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bozhuyuk |first1=Mehmet R. |title=Morphological and Biochemical Characterization of Wild Sour Cherry (Prunus cerasus L.) Germplasm |journal=Erwerbs - Obstbau |date=2022 |volume=64 |issue=3 |page=357-363 |doi=10.1007/s10341-022-00656-z|url=https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/morphological-biochemical-characterization-wild/docview/2702345526/se-2}}</ref>

Sour cherries are particularly common in Turkey, especially in the form of ''vişne suyu'' (sour cherry nectar), a widely consumed beverage, and ''vişne reçeli'' (sour cherry jam), often eaten as part of a traditional breakfast or mixed into plain [[yoghurt]].{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}

Sour cherries or sour cherry [[syrup]] are used in [[liqueur]]s and [[drinks]], such as the Romanian [[vișinată]] or the Portuguese [[ginjinha]]. In [[Iran]], [[Turkey]], [[Greece]] and [[Cyprus]], sour cherries are prized for making [[spoon sweets]] by slowly boiling pitted sour cherries and sugar; the syrup thereof is used for ''sharbat-e Albalou'', ''vişne şurubu'' or ''vyssináda'', a beverage made by diluting the syrup with ice-cold water. A particular use of sour cherries is in the production of [[kriek lambic]], a cherry-flavored variety of a naturally [[fermented]] [[beer]] made in Belgium.<ref>{{Cite book  | last = Jackson | first = Michael | title = The Simon Schuster Pocket Guide to Beer | publisher = Simon and Schuster | date = 1997 | page = 80 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=p24Ktw6BDVoC&pg=PA80 | isbn = 978-0-684-84381-0}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=28 September 2021|title=Guinda|url=https://frutasdelbosque.org/guinda/|website=Frutasdelbosque.org|language=es}}</ref>
In Germany and Austria, sour cherries are used for desserts such as the [[donauwelle]].