Apricot Jam

Beit-Jala apricots are regionally famous for their special aroma and sweet flavour. It is the fruit which emigrants from the Bethlehem area miss the most. They have ascribed to it such qualities that ‘eat mishmish mistkawi and die’ is not an overstated expression of their longing for this fruit. In their memory, it has come to embody everything good that the earth can provide and the pride that Beit-Jala people take in this ambrosial delicacy is reflected in the price they charge. Th