Anyone who doubts the power of seeing food grow should witness my neighbor boys. These guys learned last year that their new house came with a cherry tree, and they were passingly interested. They weren’t that crazy about the cherry pie I made, but something must have clicked in their young brains such that they [...]
Sometimes (often!), easier is better when it comes to cooking and baking. Such was the case when I finally decided to pull the frozen cherries out of the freezer. At first, I thought I’d make a pie, since I’m a pie lover and couldn’t seem to find other cherry recipes that inspired me. Clafouti, which [...]
It’s been a bountiful year for sour cherries hereabouts, and I couldn’t help but notice that my neighbor’s cherry tree was still bursting with them despite being picked at by me, another neighbor, the owner neighbors and countless birds. So I picked some more—almost 2 pounds—after the tree owners said to pick as many as [...]
There’s more than one way to pit a cherry, and here are five. For sour (pie) cherries These beauties are small, which means you need more of them, so easy pitting is definitely desirable. Try these methods. Your fingers. If the cherries are very ripe, just squeeze the stem end, and the pit will squirt [...]
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When your busy neighbor’s cherry tree is flush with the brilliant sour fruits, the best solution is to pick them (with permission, of course) and share in the bounty. That’s what I did the other evening, and I’m glad I did. I was eager to get at those cherries, because I’ve lost out in the [...]