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| Just back from picking 8 ice cream pails of tart cherries. (around 40-45 lbs)
Also, found a tree with darker colored cherries in one of the rows, so about two of the pails came from that tree, turns out it's some fancier variety, Balaton, supposedly deeper, richer flavor. Yay! The orchard keeper said keep those out for something special or mix them in to deepen the cherry flavor. But of course, now that the cherries are picked, the REAL fun begins... ain't it the pits? ;o) |
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| You are so lucky! Use to use an old fashioned hairpin - the ones that are open, but now have a cherry pitter. Just wish I could get the cherries now. It would be worth pitting them either way. |
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- Posted by missemerald 7 (Virginia) (My Page) on Mon, Jul 2, 12 at 8:40
| Awesome! My family picked tart cherries two weeks ago-- about 20 pounds, I think. A cherry pitter is a must! We canned jam and pie filling, and a really nice pie. YUM!!! (have fun :) ) |
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| so...the almost final results are in 7 half pints cherry jam prepped juice is still waiting in the fridge for cherry obsession jelly and cherry syrup, but as temps soared into the 100's and I don't have AC... will wait and see oh...and cherries frozen for a fresh cherry pie ... after it cools down slightly! |
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- Posted by springschel (My Page) on Sun, Jul 8, 12 at 12:42
| We get tart cherries from our CSA. I simply divide them and freeze them, we love eating them all winter long, just as they are. I freeze them in different size bags ranging from single serving, to enough for a pie ;) Our favorite ways to enjoy them are 1) on top of yogurt and 2) in a fresh baked pie. Enjoy your cherries! - Michele |
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| Wow berry has been very busy! :) Hope you didn't get carpal tunnel syndrome or tennis elbow from using the pitter. Dave |
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- Posted by gardengalrn 5KS (My Page) on Thu, Jun 26, 14 at 4:37
| Berrybusy, could you tell me the recipe you used for the pie filling? I've got to finish up with these tart cherries too. |
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