Thread: I wish I could save these cherries until December!!!

On Aug 18, 6:46*pm, John Kuthe <JohnKu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have been buying fresh cherries every week at my local "farmer's
> market" and I'm eating up some from last week right now. WOW! These
> are some of the hugest most delicious cherries!! I wish I could save
> them for my Chocolate Covered Cherries for Christmas!!
>
> John Kuthe...

John......go ahead and make some NOW !!!!!!!!

On Sat, 18 Aug 2012 20:46:52 -0500, John Kuthe <[email protected]>
wrote:

>I have been buying fresh cherries every week at my local "farmer's
>market" and I'm eating up some from last week right now. WOW! These
>are some of the hugest most delicious cherries!! I wish I could save
>them for my Chocolate Covered Cherries for Christmas!!

Make them now, chocolate covered cherries have a long shelf life, at
least a year, unless you can't resist eating them.
http://pieofthetiger.com/2009/01/cho...erries-part-2/

On Sat, 18 Aug 2012 22:19:45 -0400, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:

>On Sat, 18 Aug 2012 20:46:52 -0500, John Kuthe <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>I have been buying fresh cherries every week at my local "farmer's
>>market" and I'm eating up some from last week right now. WOW! These
>>are some of the hugest most delicious cherries!! I wish I could save
>>them for my Chocolate Covered Cherries for Christmas!!
>
>Make them now, chocolate covered cherries have a long shelf life, at
>least a year, unless you can't resist eating them.
>http://pieofthetiger.com/2009/01/cho...erries-part-2/

I use real fresh Bing cherries, not those marachino things! And I've
noticed how they are affected by age. Never had one go bad on me, but
I know that the cherry inside is plumper and jucier only a week or two
after being made. Longer than that and the cherry gets more of it's
juice sucked out by the sugar in the fondant wrapping I use. Still
delicious, just not optimal IMHO.

Those marachino abominations would survive a nuclear explosion! They
are hardly edible or biodegradable!!

John Kuthe...

John Kuthe wrote:
>
> I use real fresh Bing cherries, not those marachino things! And I've
> noticed how they are affected by age. Never had one go bad on me, but
> I know that the cherry inside is plumper and jucier only a week or two
> after being made.

You mean picked? Corn is best eaten asap after it's been picked.

Gary

On 19/08/2012 8:49 AM, Gary wrote:
> John Kuthe wrote:
>>
>> I use real fresh Bing cherries, not those marachino things! And I've
>> noticed how they are affected by age. Never had one go bad on me, but
>> I know that the cherry inside is plumper and jucier only a week or two
>> after being made.
>
> You mean picked? Corn is best eaten asap after it's been picked.
>
>


Cherries, like corn and asparagus, should be eaten ASAP after being
picked. Sour cherries start to deteriorate within hours of picking and
are downright rotten after two days. Sweet cherries have a longer shelf
life, but the flavour goes downhill. Peaches right off the tree are
incredible, not at all like the under ripe fruit so that is ripens after
delivery thousands of miles away.

On Aug 18, 6:46*pm, John Kuthe <JohnKu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have been buying fresh cherries every week at my local "farmer's
> market" and I'm eating up some from last week right now. WOW! These
> are some of the hugest most delicious cherries!! I wish I could save
> them for my Chocolate Covered Cherries for Christmas!!
>

where do you live? Everywhere I know of, Bing season's been over for a
while.

Gary wrote:

> > I know that the cherry inside is plumper and jucier only a week or two
> > after being made.
>
> You mean picked? Corn is best eaten asap after it's been picked.

Suppose the corn was sick. Should the government pay for a cherry
doctor to treat it?

spamtrap1888 wrote:

> where do you live? Everywhere I know of, Bing season's been over for a
> while.

The harvest may be over, but the fruits are still available in stores.

On Aug 19, 7:19*am, George M. Middius <glanb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> spamtrap1888 wrote:
> > where do you live? Everywhere I know of, Bing season's been over for a
> > while.
>
> The harvest may be over, but the fruits are still available in stores.

Kuthe said they're fresh picked at his farmers' market.

On Sun, 19 Aug 2012 07:35:30 -0500, John Kuthe <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On Sat, 18 Aug 2012 22:19:45 -0400, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 18 Aug 2012 20:46:52 -0500, John Kuthe <[email protected]>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>I have been buying fresh cherries every week at my local "farmer's
>>>market" and I'm eating up some from last week right now. WOW! These
>>>are some of the hugest most delicious cherries!! I wish I could save
>>>them for my Chocolate Covered Cherries for Christmas!!
>>
>>Make them now, chocolate covered cherries have a long shelf life, at
>>least a year, unless you can't resist eating them.
>>http://pieofthetiger.com/2009/01/cho...erries-part-2/
>
>I use real fresh Bing cherries, not those marachino things! And I've
>noticed how they are affected by age. Never had one go bad on me, but
>I know that the cherry inside is plumper and jucier only a week or two
>after being made. Longer than that and the cherry gets more of it's
>juice sucked out by the sugar in the fondant wrapping I use. Still
>delicious, just not optimal IMHO.
>
>Those marachino abominations would survive a nuclear explosion! They
>are hardly edible or biodegradable!!
>
>John Kuthe...

Actually I'm not too fond of fresh fruit coated with chocolate, I
never tried fresh cherries but I abhor fresh strawberries dipped in
chocolate... a waste of chocolate and a waste of berries... I'm
positive it'd be the same with fresh cherries. If they are that good
they can't be improved upon, I'd eat those fresh cherries au natural.
However I love chocolate coated dried/glace fruit. Chocolate covered
glace orange peel is wonderful. I like raisinetts too. I loved
Barton's Bonbonniere dark chocolate stem cherries, but alas I don't
think they're made anymore.

"George M. Middius" wrote:
>
> Gary wrote:
>
> > > I know that the cherry inside is plumper and jucier only a week or two
> > > after being made.
> >
> > You mean picked? Corn is best eaten asap after it's been picked.
>
> Suppose the corn was sick. Should the government pay for a cherry
> doctor to treat it?

WTH? Is this George on his weekly overdose of meds (legal or otherwise?)

G.

"George M. Middius" wrote:
>
> spamtrap1888 wrote:
>
> > where do you live? Everywhere I know of, Bing season's been over for a
> > while.
>
> The harvest may be over, but the fruits are still available in stores.

Be sure to consult your cherry doctor before buying them though.

G.

Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
> I like raisinetts too.

They are a bit weird (odd) tasting to me. Try the Goobers. I love them.

G.

On Sun, 19 Aug 2012 07:28:52 -0700 (PDT), spamtrap1888
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On Aug 19, 7:19*am, George M. Middius <glanb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> spamtrap1888 wrote:
>> > where do you live? Everywhere I know of, Bing season's been over for a
>> > while.
>>
>> The harvest may be over, but the fruits are still available in stores.
>
>Kuthe said they're fresh picked at his farmers' market.

Farmer's markets don't have cherry trees... cherry season is long over
in the US, those were very likely fresh picked somewhere in South
America, probably Peru, Chile, or Argentina.

On 8/19/2012 8:28 AM, spamtrap1888 wrote:
> On Aug 19, 7:19 am, George M. Middius <glanb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> spamtrap1888 wrote:
>>> where do you live? Everywhere I know of, Bing season's been over for a
>>> while.
>>
>> The harvest may be over, but the fruits are still available in stores.
>
> Kuthe said they're fresh picked at his farmers' market.
>


We're still getting them (from the PNW?) but they are no longer on sale
or as widely available.

gloria p

Gary wrote:

> > > > I know that the cherry inside is plumper and jucier only a week or two
> > > > after being made.
> > >
> > > You mean picked? Corn is best eaten asap after it's been picked.
> >
> > Suppose the corn was sick. Should the government pay for a cherry
> > doctor to treat it?
>
> WTH? Is this George on his weekly overdose of meds (legal or otherwise?)

He says cherry, you say corn. Is it too late to call the whole thing
off?

"George M. Middius" wrote:
>
> Gary wrote:
>
> > > > > I know that the cherry inside is plumper and jucier only a week or two
> > > > > after being made.
> > > >
> > > > You mean picked? Corn is best eaten asap after it's been picked.
> > >
> > > Suppose the corn was sick. Should the government pay for a cherry
> > > doctor to treat it?
> >
> > WTH? Is this George on his weekly overdose of meds (legal or otherwise?)
>
> He says cherry, you say corn. Is it too late to call the whole thing
> off?

Let's call it a draw and retreat to our corners until next time.

Gary

On Sun, 19 Aug 2012 10:33:10 -0400, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:

>On Sun, 19 Aug 2012 07:35:30 -0500, John Kuthe <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 18 Aug 2012 22:19:45 -0400, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, 18 Aug 2012 20:46:52 -0500, John Kuthe <[email protected]>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>I have been buying fresh cherries every week at my local "farmer's
>>>>market" and I'm eating up some from last week right now. WOW! These
>>>>are some of the hugest most delicious cherries!! I wish I could save
>>>>them for my Chocolate Covered Cherries for Christmas!!
>>>
>>>Make them now, chocolate covered cherries have a long shelf life, at
>>>least a year, unless you can't resist eating them.
>>>http://pieofthetiger.com/2009/01/cho...erries-part-2/
>>
>>I use real fresh Bing cherries, not those marachino things! And I've
>>noticed how they are affected by age. Never had one go bad on me, but
>>I know that the cherry inside is plumper and jucier only a week or two
>>after being made. Longer than that and the cherry gets more of it's
>>juice sucked out by the sugar in the fondant wrapping I use. Still
>>delicious, just not optimal IMHO.
>>
>>Those marachino abominations would survive a nuclear explosion! They
>>are hardly edible or biodegradable!!
>>
>>John Kuthe...
>
>Actually I'm not too fond of fresh fruit coated with chocolate, I
>never tried fresh cherries but I abhor fresh strawberries dipped in
>chocolate... a waste of chocolate and a waste of berries... I'm
>positive it'd be the same with fresh cherries. If they are that good
>they can't be improved upon, I'd eat those fresh cherries au natural.
>However I love chocolate coated dried/glace fruit. Chocolate covered
>glace orange peel is wonderful. I like raisinetts too. I loved
>Barton's Bonbonniere dark chocolate stem cherries, but alas I don't
>think they're made anymore.


The problem I've always had with fresh strawberries dipped in
chocolate is the strawberry dissolves immediately in your mouth as
it's eaten releasing the wonderful strawberry flavors immediately but
chocolate requires warming in your mouth before the chocolate flavors
are released. So I found the best way to mix strawberry and chocolate
is to first put a piece of chocolate in my mouth to warm it, then as
the warmed chocolate is almost ready to chew up and enjoy put a
strawberry in my mouch too and chew both together and both flavors are
released together! YUM! :-)

John Kuthe...

On Sun, 19 Aug 2012 07:28:52 -0700 (PDT), spamtrap1888
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On Aug 19, 7:19*am, George M. Middius <glanb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> spamtrap1888 wrote:
>> > where do you live? Everywhere I know of, Bing season's been over for a
>> > while.
>>
>> The harvest may be over, but the fruits are still available in stores.
>
>Kuthe said they're fresh picked at his farmers' market.

I did NOT say "fresh picked". I said "fresh" meaning not candied,
"marachinoed" or otherwide adultered.

John Kuthe...