Jul 01, 2007

this is what I did with 7 lbs of cherries

by ellencho

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We didn’t pick these, they were probably picked by some migrant worker who hates white people, but hey, they were on sale, $1.50 a lb, they must have been picked a while ago because they weren’t as sweet as I would have liked. Even so, we managed to eat about 1/2 a lb of them.

After that I took 5 lbs of them and de-pitted and de-stemmed them.
yep those are cherries

Then I cooked them into jam.
yep that's cherry jam

Then I took 1.5 lbs of them and turned them into a delicious sorbetto. The stupid cherries oxidized so that’s why they’re brown, next time around I’ll add some sort of citrus to prevent that ugliness.
yep that's cherry sorbetto

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  1. #1

    Cattygurl

    12:45 am | Jul 02, 2007

    OMGOMG

    I’d bet cherry marshmallows would be good too…

    I love regular cherries but my favorite are the Ranier-type.

    I should go to the store to check on sales… I haven’t left the house to do food shopping in like 2 weeks.

  2. #2

    vsoy

    12:36 pm | Jul 02, 2007

    Dang missy, you’re the resident jam lady. I think you’ve got to post a recipe/directions for jam and canning.

    I’ve been living on cherries the past month, I might end up being one. Catty, Costco’s got 3 lb of Ranier for about $9. The supermarkets around here have been charging $8-9/lb for Rainier which is crazy.

  3. #3

    Cattygurl

    6:35 am | Jul 03, 2007

    The local Costco doesn’t have Rainers! They did last year, but not this year yet. :(

    They have it @ about 4 dollar/pound at the local grocery. i might have to break down and buy them very soon.

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