Sour-cherry soup, hungarian style

1. Stiri flour with sour cream, salt, and confectioner"s sugar till smooth.
2. meantime, cook sour cherries in 1 ½ quarts water with granulated sugar till done.
3. take 2 ladlefuls of liquid from the cherry pot and add to the flour mixture, stir for a few minutes.
4. pour the mixture back into the soup and simmer for 5 minutes.
5. Cover the soup and let it cool that way; this way it won"t develop a skin.
6. Adjust salt.
7. note: you must have fresh sour cherries to make this soup.
8. Do not make it with canned fruit.
9. (from "the cuisine of hungary" by george lang) per david r.