Thread: Queen Anne Cherries

THOSE are not Chocolate Covered Cherries!

I know,. because I make REAL Chocolate Covered Cherries at Christmas!

John Kuthe...

Sqwertz wrote:
> Does everybody hate these or what? Half the time they're on sale 3
> boxes (of 10) for $2. Today they were $.50/box - even the packaging
> must cost $.30!
>
> OK, it's not the best chocolate, but at least it's real chocolate.
> And the gooey half-white, half-liquid centers with the maraschino
> cherry inside are the bomb.
>
> Maybe it's just childhood comfort food for me. I bought 10 boxes.
> (that's 100pcs for $5)
>
> Am I the only one on the planet that eats these?
>
> -sw


Try eating them frozen.

Bob

On Apr 26, 9:37*pm, zxcvbob <zxcv...@charter.net> wrote:
> Sqwertz wrote:
> > Does everybody hate these or what? *Half the time they're on sale 3
> > boxes (of 10) for $2. *Today they were $.50/box - even the packaging
> > must cost $.30! *
>
> > OK, it's not the best chocolate, but at least it's real chocolate.
> > And the gooey half-white, half-liquid centers with the maraschino
> > cherry inside are the bomb.
>
> > Maybe it's just childhood comfort food for me. *I bought 10 boxes.
> > (that's 100pcs for $5)
>
> > Am I the only one on the planet that eats these?
>
> > -sw
>
> Try eating them frozen.
>
> Bob

To kill the taste?

John Kuthe...

On Apr 26, 10:28*pm, Sqwertz <swe...@cluemail.compost> wrote:
> Does everybody hate these or what? *Half the time they're on sale 3
> boxes (of 10) for $2. *Today they were $.50/box - even the packaging
> must cost $.30! *
>
> OK, it's not the best chocolate, but at least it's real chocolate.
> And the gooey half-white, half-liquid centers with the maraschino
> cherry inside are the bomb.
>
> Maybe it's just childhood comfort food for me. *I bought 10 boxes.
> (that's 100pcs for $5)
>
> Am I the only one on the planet that eats these?
>
> -sw

LOL - I had a nieghbor who ALWAYS had a box of these out in her living
room (bought from KMart, of course). I liked them when I was 8,
because they were a novelty we never had our house (which I now realie
was my mother's better taste).

Now I would only eat them as a dare. Waxy and sickly sweet.

Kris

John Kuthe wrote:
> THOSE are not Chocolate Covered Cherries!
>
> I know,. because I make REAL Chocolate Covered Cherries at Christmas!
>
> John Kuthe...

<yawn>
last time you dragged this dog out it was all talk and no recipe

On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 21:37:19 -0500, zxcvbob wrote:

> Sqwertz wrote:
>> Does everybody hate these or what? Half the time they're on sale 3
>> boxes (of 10) for $2. Today they were $.50/box - even the packaging
>> must cost $.30!
>>
>> OK, it's not the best chocolate, but at least it's real chocolate.
>> And the gooey half-white, half-liquid centers with the maraschino
>> cherry inside are the bomb.
>>
>> Maybe it's just childhood comfort food for me. I bought 10 boxes.
>> (that's 100pcs for $5)
>>
>> Am I the only one on the planet that eats these?
>
> Try eating them frozen.

I'm so there.

-sw

In article <aw6jjnij2kq2$.[email protected]>,
Sqwertz <[email protected]> wrote:

> Maybe it's just childhood comfort food for me. I bought 10 boxes.
> (that's 100pcs for $5)
>
> Am I the only one on the planet that eats these?
>
> -sw

We used to pick them in California at the "U-pick" Cherry Orchards.
They are delightfully suited for pies.
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Omelet wrote:
> In article <aw6jjnij2kq2$.[email protected]>,
> Sqwertz <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Maybe it's just childhood comfort food for me. I bought 10 boxes.
>> (that's 100pcs for $5)
>>
>> Am I the only one on the planet that eats these?
>>
>> -sw
>
> We used to pick them in California at the "U-pick" Cherry Orchards.
> They are delightfully suited for pies.


I think SW is talking about really cheap chocolate-covered
maraschino cherries (with the soft but not liquid fondant centers.)

Not a yellow-with-red-blush variety of real cherries. HTH :-)

Bob

"Sqwertz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:aw6jjnij2kq2$.[email protected]..
> Does everybody hate these or what? Half the time they're on sale 3
> boxes (of 10) for $2. Today they were $.50/box - even the packaging
> must cost $.30!
>
> OK, it's not the best chocolate, but at least it's real chocolate.
> And the gooey half-white, half-liquid centers with the maraschino
> cherry inside are the bomb.
>
> Maybe it's just childhood comfort food for me. I bought 10 boxes.
> (that's 100pcs for $5)
>
> Am I the only one on the planet that eats these?
>
> -sw


Hubby loves them. They set my teeth on edge....wayyy too sweet for me.
-g

In article <aw6jjnij2kq2$.[email protected]>,
Sqwertz <[email protected]> wrote:

> Am I the only one on the planet that eats these?

I quit looking for chocolate cherries a long time ago. I put them out of
my mind. I believe I could eat a pound at a sitting with a quart of
whole milk. Heaven! They're too good to be good for me, and I generally
don't care about what's "good for me".
I have denigrated myself to an occasional pint of 'Cherry Garcia' which
ain't bad but isn't chocolate cherries by any stretch.

leo

"Sqwertz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:aw6jjnij2kq2$.[email protected]..
> Does everybody hate these or what? Half the time they're on sale 3
> boxes (of 10) for $2. Today they were $.50/box - even the packaging
> must cost $.30!
>
> OK, it's not the best chocolate, but at least it's real chocolate.
> And the gooey half-white, half-liquid centers with the maraschino
> cherry inside are the bomb.
>
> Maybe it's just childhood comfort food for me. I bought 10 boxes.
> (that's 100pcs for $5)
>
> Am I the only one on the planet that eats these?
>
> -sw

I don't care for them. Cella's are far superior, IMO.

On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 05:56:14 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

> I don't care for them. Cella's are far superior, IMO.

That's like saying dog **** is better than cat ****!

I don't like Cella's because of the "all liquid centers". I like
the traces of white fondant. Other than that, they're practically
the exact same thing.

-sw

On Apr 27, 12:06*am, zxcvbob <zxcv...@charter.net> wrote:
> Omelet wrote:
> > In article <aw6jjnij2kq2$....@sqwertz.com>,
> > *Sqwertz <swe...@cluemail.compost> wrote:
>
> >> Maybe it's just childhood comfort food for me. *I bought 10 boxes.
> >> (that's 100pcs for $5)
>
> >> Am I the only one on the planet that eats these?
>
> >> -sw
>
> > We used to pick them in California at the "U-pick" Cherry Orchards.
> > They are delightfully suited for pies.
>
> I think SW is talking about really cheap chocolate-covered
> maraschino cherries (with the soft but not liquid fondant centers.)
>
> Not a yellow-with-red-blush variety of real cherries. *HTH :-)

Polar opposites, the former being garbage, and the latter one of the
most delicious things on Earth.
>
> Bob

--Bryan

On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:36:08 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe
<[email protected]> wrote:

>THOSE are not Chocolate Covered Cherries!
>
>I know,. because I make REAL Chocolate Covered Cherries at Christmas!

There is no such thing as "real" chocolate covered cherries, not
unless you are refering to using real chocolate.

"Queen Anne" is a cherry varietal, a light colored cherry that lends
itself to dying for making marachino cherries. Queen Anne cherries
are predominently grown in Oregon and Washington state. Regardless
which brand of chocolate covered cherry, in the US they are virtually
all Queen Anne cherries.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maraschino_cherry

Unprocessed Queen Anne cherries are also readily available
canned/jarred at most stupidmarket, Del Monte brand is popular.

Queen Ann cherry trees are available at most plant nurseries at this
time of year.

On Apr 26, 9:42*pm, Goomba <Goomb...@comcast.net> wrote:
> John Kuthe wrote:
> > THOSE are not Chocolate Covered Cherries!
>
> > I know,. because I make REAL Chocolate Covered Cherries at Christmas!
>
> > John Kuthe...
>
> <yawn>
> last time you dragged this dog out it was all talk and no recipe

He ended up giving pretty detailed instructions. I guess you just
missed that part. Nearly all of us food slum in some ways. Those
chocolate covered maraschino things are one of yours. John's cherries
are spectacular. His toffee is great too. When my sweet cherries
come in, I should do something of the sort with some of them. The
trees are loaded this year.

Damn. The left shift key does not work in combination with the letter
T, nor does either shift key work with the quote markers. I hope I
can fix that soon.

--Bryan

On Apr 27, 7:09*am, brooklyn1 <gravesen...@verizon.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:36:08 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe
>
> <johnku...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >THOSE are not Chocolate Covered Cherries!
>
> >I know,. because I make REAL Chocolate Covered Cherries at Christmas!
>
> There is no such thing as "real" chocolate covered cherries, not
> unless you are refering to using real chocolate.

I do use "real dark chocolate" to cover my Chocolate Covered Cherries.

And I use REAL cherries, not those maraschino things that are only
called cherries because at one time, they used to be cherries! YUCK!!

John Kuthe...

On Apr 27, 9:06*am, John Kuthe <johnku...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Apr 27, 7:09*am, brooklyn1 <gravesen...@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:36:08 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe
>
> > <johnku...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >THOSE are not Chocolate Covered Cherries!
>
> > >I know,. because I make REAL Chocolate Covered Cherries at Christmas!
>
> > There is no such thing as "real" chocolate covered cherries, not
> > unless you are refering to using real chocolate.
>
> I do use "real dark chocolate" to cover my Chocolate Covered Cherries.
>
> And I use REAL cherries, not those maraschino things that are only
> called cherries because at one time, they used to be cherries! YUCK!!

Hey John. I'm going to have sweet cherries in early June...
>
> John Kuthe...

--Bryan

Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
> "Sqwertz" <[email protected]> wrote in message

>> Am I the only one on the planet that eats these?
>>
>> -sw
>
> I don't care for them. Cella's are far superior, IMO.

oh nooooooooo.. Mon Cherie (the European ones) are the cherry "bomb"

On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:06:07 -0500 in rec.food.cooking, zxcvbob
<[email protected]> wrote,
>Omelet wrote:
>> In article <aw6jjnij2kq2$.[email protected]>,
>> Sqwertz <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Maybe it's just childhood comfort food for me. I bought 10 boxes.
>>> (that's 100pcs for $5)
>>>
>>> Am I the only one on the planet that eats these?
>>>
>>> -sw
>>
>> We used to pick them in California at the "U-pick" Cherry Orchards.
>> They are delightfully suited for pies.
>
>
>I think SW is talking about really cheap chocolate-covered
>maraschino cherries (with the soft but not liquid fondant centers.)

That's right. They grow on trees here in California.