BS: I Got Cherries!!! You got cherries?

Subject: RE: BS: I Got Cherries!!! You got cherries?
From: Penny S.
Date: 25 Jun 11 - 01:18 PM

A variety of cherry. Dark in colour. These particular Roundels had been picked on a day of heavy rain, and went mouldy very quickly.

On Thursday I bought Sunburst. Also £2.50. These are a new variety, about twice the size of other varieties, a red cherry, juicy, sweet, but not much flavour.

Today it was Noir de Guben, obviously a black cherry. Sweet, much better in flavour, and sold at £2 a lb. I don't think I've had this one before. Where there's not many trees of a variety, it's easy to miss them.

Penny

Subject: RE: BS: I Got Cherries!!! You got cherries?
From: gnu
Date: 19 Jun 11 - 09:37 AM

I'll bite... what's a Roundel?

Subject: RE: BS: I Got Cherries!!! You got cherries?
From: Penny S.
Date: 19 Jun 11 - 09:04 AM

Oh yes, the Roundels are £2.50, 20p more a lb.

Penny

Subject: RE: BS: I Got Cherries!!! You got cherries?
From: Joe_F
Date: 18 Jun 11 - 08:09 PM

I got some cherries, raspberries, strawberries, & pineapple at the Haymarket and put them in my Rumtopf.

Subject: RE: BS: I Got Cherries!!! You got cherries?
From: GUEST,Jon
Date: 18 Jun 11 - 02:01 PM

Raspberries from the garden with cream for tea today.

Subject: RE: BS: I Got Cherries!!! You got cherries?
From: gnu
Date: 18 Jun 11 - 01:53 PM

The freezer (which I started up a month ago) isn't working properly. 3# of cherries $10... the meat... $400! PMOfffffffff!

Subject: RE: BS: I Got Cherries!!! You got cherries?
From: Penny S.
Date: 18 Jun 11 - 01:38 PM

On Thursday, the Merton Glories were gone, so 2lbs of Merchants. today, there may have been Merchants earlier (I went in just befoe closing time) but a new variety, which I think is Roundels, also a black sort had appeared.

They have to have so many varieties because of the cross-pollination, and to keep a succession through the season.

Penny

Subject: RE: BS: I Got Cherries!!! You got cherries?
From: Penny S.
Date: 11 Jun 11 - 06:52 PM

Ours are £2.30 a pound - so I reckon yours are cheaper. Ours were cheaper last year.

Penny

Subject: RE: BS: I Got Cherries!!! You got cherries?
From: gnu
Date: 11 Jun 11 - 02:17 PM

Last week they were on for $2.97 a pound. I bought 8# over 7 days, 2 of those for Mum. I have 4# left and I figure I'll freeze a few pounds. I have some large cookie sheets which should do nicely for freezing.

Subject: RE: BS: I Got Cherries!!! You got cherries?
From: Penny S.
Date: 10 Jun 11 - 05:24 PM

Our cherry farm started selling on the first, and I've been buying a couple of pounds every other day. Up till today, the variety was Early Rivers, usually a bit boring.

Today, the Early Rivers were over, and two new varieties were on offer, Merton Glory and Merchant. The Rivers, a black cherry, were much nicer this year than last, juicier and sweeter, and the same applies to the others, which were pretty good last year. The Merton Glories are big, yellow to red in colour, juicy and sweet but with an acid tang as well. The Merchants are black, a little smaller than the others, more aromatic, less juicy, not so sweet or tangy. Both are good, and I just keep eating them.

Anyone in NW Kent, seek them out off the A2 near Ebbsfleet.

Penny

Subject: RE: BS: I Got Cherries!!! You got cherries?
From: Rusty Dobro
Date: 27 May 11 - 02:52 PM

Nope, lost mine years ago........

Subject: RE: BS: I Got Cherries!!! You got cherries?
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 26 May 11 - 02:41 PM

Not yet mentioned are the excellent fresh strawberries we have been enjoying for the past two months. California and Mexico are the sources.
Blueberries are common, but poor in flavor. Blackberries only fair, red raspberries unfortunately not often seen.
Mangos variable, both good and so-so, all winter (from Mexico, Peru mostly).
We miss the good papayas we always found in Hawaii and Mexico; always in the stores here, but lack the flavor.

Never short of good apples, B.C. the main source.

Subject: RE: BS: I Got Cherries!!! You got cherries?
From: SINSULL
Date: 26 May 11 - 08:26 AM

Funny, in NYC raspberries (if you can find them) are $6-$7 per pund while cherries were fairly reasonable in season - $2.99/lb. Here in Maine, raspberries are plentiful and often on sale while cherries are expensive.
I love cherries. Miss the sour cherries from my Nana's tree and the pies that followed.

Subject: RE: BS: I Got Cherries!!! You got cherries?
From: GUEST,Jon
Date: 25 May 11 - 05:00 PM

I've had my eye on a strawberry in the garden. It stood out as it was quite large and the only one near ripe. I thought I might be able to pick it this evening but the netting had come off and something (I suspect a blackbird) has had it :-(

Subject: RE: BS: I Got Cherries!!! You got cherries?
From: gnu
Date: 25 May 11 - 04:27 PM

I am just about ODd on cherries, tangerines, watermelon, hothouse tomatoes (99p a pound) from Ontario greenhouses, Royal Gala apples (last year's crop, Canuck)... I am a race horse. Ahhh... sorry for that image.

Subject: RE: BS: I Got Cherries!!! You got cherries?
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 25 May 11 - 02:44 PM

Excellent Mandarin oranges from Peru in our stores. Bought a bag.

Some nectarines in from California. Fair. Good canteloupe from Guatemala!

California Bing cherries from Mid-May through June, according to California Cherry Advisory Board. In a few stores here, but not all yet.

Subject: RE: BS: I Got Cherries!!! You got cherries?
From: GUEST,Jon
Date: 25 May 11 - 12:18 PM

Got 3 packs of cherries from Tesco this week in a 3 for price of 2. Same labeling and packaging as last time except this time 2 are marked US and one is marked Spain.

Subject: RE: BS: I Got Cherries!!! You got cherries?
From: gnu
Date: 23 May 11 - 01:10 PM

I am suckin back a couple of handfuls at this very moment. I WOULD send youse some but they wouldn't clear the border in time so I had better just keep stuffing my face.

Subject: RE: BS: I Got Cherries!!! You got cherries?
From: maeve
Date: 23 May 11 - 12:21 PM

Hmmm...Let's talk, Becca. :)

Subject: RE: BS: I Got Cherries!!! You got cherries?
From: Becca72
Date: 23 May 11 - 12:12 PM

Sheesh, Maeve - it would be cheaper to have Gnu send us some! :-)

Subject: RE: BS: I Got Cherries!!! You got cherries?
From: maeve
Date: 23 May 11 - 11:20 AM

Around here cherries from Away are nearly $6/pound.

Subject: RE: BS: I Got Cherries!!! You got cherries?
From: Becca72
Date: 23 May 11 - 11:03 AM

I was just looking for cherries at the grocery store over the weekend - none to be found (from anywhere!)

Subject: RE: BS: I Got Cherries!!! You got cherries?
From: gnu
Date: 22 May 11 - 07:55 PM

$2.49... less than half of what I am paying, but, of course, I have to pay the haulage and included in that is the price of cruise missiles. So, I guess my cherries are still delicious even if they are covered in blood.

Sorry about that but another one of my buddies just had a TOO YOUNG relative killed "over there" and it pisses me off. Several local citizens were also killed but they were "insurgents" so they "don't count". Agggghhhhh!@%^((&*#@%

Subject: RE: BS: I Got Cherries!!! You got cherries?
From: DougR
Date: 22 May 11 - 07:19 PM

Fresh and Easym here in Scottsdale, Arizona, (owned by TESCO)has cherries (raised in California)on sale for $2.49 a pound. And they are nice and sweet.

DougR

Subject: RE: BS: I Got Cherries!!! You got cherries?
From: banjoman
Date: 22 May 11 - 06:47 AM

We have a huge cherry tree in our garden (UK) which produces vast amounts of fruit each year. Problem is that there is also close by a huge flock of Starlings which like cherries as much as we do so we seldom get a look in. Still, we have been told that the wild bird population is decreasing so if we are doing our bit with the cherry tree we wont try & stop them.

Subject: RE: BS: I Got Cherries!!! You got cherries?
From: Penny S.
Date: 21 May 11 - 05:20 PM

Cherries in the supermarket from France and Spain, which is getting nearer, but no sign of the local farm selling yet.

Penny

Subject: RE: BS: I Got Cherries!!! You got cherries?
From: gnu
Date: 21 May 11 - 07:47 AM

Ed... next time I go to the Real Atlantic Stupidstore I shall ask one of the produce clerks if they have any Red Core Chantenay carrots. >;-)

Subject: RE: BS: I Got Cherries!!! You got cherries?
From: Ed T
Date: 20 May 11 - 07:32 PM

the carrot

Subject: RE: BS: I Got Cherries!!! You got cherries?
From: gnu
Date: 20 May 11 - 01:44 PM

Picked up a watermelon from Texas today. As soon as I tapped it and heard that dull sound I knew it was gonna be GREAT! Thin rind and it is DEEEEliscious. We've had watermelons from Guatamala, Honduras and Mexico for a while but I find them woody tasting and the rinds are very thick... I wait for the ones from USA. The ones from Ontario are not as good but better than the ones from below the US.

Matter of fact, I buy VERY little from outside of NA. The other day, I could NOT find any carrots from Maritime Canada or anywhere in Canada. I was aghast! But, I was SHOCKED to see carrots from Israel. I bought US carrots but they pale in taste compared to those from NS or PEI.

Carrots from Israel??? WTF?

Subject: RE: BS: I Got Cherries!!! You got cherries?
From: ClaireBear
Date: 20 May 11 - 12:26 PM

Hello from California's Santa Clara Valley, which used to be "the Valley of Heart's Delight" and the U.s.,s fruit basket before it became Silicon Valley.

According to the largest local grower I can think of, it is indeed cherry season here!

C

Subject: RE: BS: I Got Cherries!!! You got cherries?
From: Penny S.
Date: 20 May 11 - 05:00 AM

I wouldn't expect our Kentish cherries yet, but yesterday, walking through Greenwich, I spotted ripe ones dropped to the pavement from a tree overhanging a garden wall. I might check out the nearby farm. Other thinsg are early.

Non-UK cherries are in the shops, but I stick to ours.

Penny

Subject: RE: BS: I Got Cherries!!! You got cherries?
From: gnu
Date: 19 May 11 - 03:54 PM

We get strawberries from The States, usually Florida, but I can't bring myself to eat them... billions and billions of LARGE seeds on every berry. Our local berries have FAR less seeds and they are much smaller. As I am beyond middle-age I shant tempt fate with THAT many seeds.

Can you say "diverticulitis" while you are doubled over in pain?

Subject: RE: BS: I Got Cherries!!! You got cherries?
From: JennyO
Date: 19 May 11 - 01:28 PM

Also, our little first year cherry tree is loaded up with little cherries - getting bigger but still green. We also have lots of birds in our garden, so I think the net will have to come out soon.

Subject: RE: BS: I Got Cherries!!! You got cherries?
From: JennyO
Date: 19 May 11 - 01:26 PM

We bought the most gorgeous FRESH home grown strawberries from a guy at the car boot sale near Bridgwater UK last weekend. Absolutely perfect. Best I've ever tasted!!!

Subject: RE: BS: I Got Cherries!!! You got cherries?
From: katlaughing
Date: 19 May 11 - 10:53 AM

This area of Colorado is famous for its peaches and cherries, but too early for them at the moment. It's also become well known as a great place to grow grapes...lots of vineyards and wineries.

I use dried cherries in trail mix with nuts and other dried fruit. The bing cherries we get here are delicious as are the peaches!

Subject: RE: BS: I Got Cherries!!! You got cherries?
From: GUEST,Patsy
Date: 19 May 11 - 08:20 AM

Goodie I will indulge, cherries are my favourite at this time of year I prefer them to the strawberries we are getting in the UK supermarkets at the moment. Apart from raw or in a pie are there any other recipes alcoholic or non-alcoholic anyone can suggest?

Subject: RE: BS: I Got Cherries!!! You got cherries?
From: GUEST,Ten Cents a Pound
Date: 18 May 11 - 11:12 PM

Poster is the Person Usually Known As.....gargoyle.

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Subject: RE: BS: I Got Cherries!!! You got cherries?
From: olddude
Date: 18 May 11 - 07:56 PM

Forth of July is my annual go out and pick till I drop day ... I wish I could send you some GNU ... I could bury ya in them. There are miles of trees around my parts ... Love em

Subject: RE: BS: I Got Cherries!!! You got cherries?
From: GUEST,Jon
Date: 18 May 11 - 07:48 PM

(Presumably California?) cherries were on a buy one get one free. Worked out at £3.99 for 400g (About £4.53 per pound).

Subject: RE: BS: I Got Cherries!!! You got cherries?
From: gnu
Date: 18 May 11 - 07:34 PM

Oh. Calleeforneeahhh is the most suspect then. Gosh these are good! I don't care for $4.99 a pound but I bought Honey Tangerines from Florida today for $1.74 a kg at the same store (obviously someone screwed up on the computer... a bonus of the metric system we use) so I bought 8 of them and it worked out great overall. I GOT TANGERINES TOO!

BTW... if you have never had a Honey (Murcott) Tangerine, treat yourself! DEEEEEElicious!

Subject: RE: BS: I Got Cherries!!! You got cherries?
From: Ed T
Date: 18 May 11 - 06:21 PM

Because of the time of year, my guess would be from USA, Turkey or Chile. Cherry, (not Don)

Subject: RE: BS: I Got Cherries!!! You got cherries?
From: Bettynh
Date: 18 May 11 - 05:36 PM

Gnu, they're warmer than we are. Depending on elevation, they can get an approximation of winter for plants that require it. I'll have cherries in a month, so they're not impossibly far ahead.

Lefthand, one of our local orchards picks their peaches rock hard. Result? Nasty, astringent fruit just like the ones from mid-winter Chilean imports at their farm stand. You were lucky.

Subject: RE: BS: I Got Cherries!!! You got cherries?
From: lefthanded guitar
Date: 18 May 11 - 05:25 PM

I don't got cherries. Or blueberries that taste like blueberries.
I'm not even sure I got bananas.

Once on a road trip, I stopped at a road side stand in the NY Fingerlakes region and bought a peach. I was crying for joy when I tasted it- a true, farm grown peach that tasted like.............. a PEACH. I'd forgotten how good a real peach could taste.

I'm glad you got those cherries, gnu, and hope you enjoy every last one because finding real fruit these days is a rare wonder!

Subject: RE: BS: I Got Cherries!!! You got cherries?
From: gnu
Date: 18 May 11 - 05:16 PM

How do they fool Mom Nature Betty?

Subject: RE: BS: I GOT CHERRIES! You got cherries?
From: Bettynh
Date: 18 May 11 - 05:06 PM

Gnu, I think they grow a few for the early market in California.

Subject: RE: BS: I GOT CHERRIES! You got cherries?
From: gnu
Date: 18 May 11 - 05:02 PM

I have checked out the season harvest times and I can't find USA cherries any earlier than mid June. I didn't ceheck EVERY state in the union... just the "obvious ones". Obviously, the website I use, pickyourown.org is out of date or I am not picking states correctly.

BTW, I find that site to be helpful in timing my purchases. I know when ceratin things will come on sale and I stock up at cheaper prices. Saves a LOT of money over the year.

Subject: RE: BS: I GOT CHERRIES! You got cherries?
From: GUEST,Jon
Date: 18 May 11 - 04:58 PM

We got some cherries from Tesco (UK) on Tuesday. The packs are marked "Grown in USA" but give no further details. The cherries themselves are large and juicy but "pleasant enough" rather than "delicious" in flavour.

We have a couple of cherry trees with cherries on them in the garden but it will be a good while before they are ready for picking (and that's if the birds don't have them first - they did last year...).

Subject: RE: BS: I GOT CHERRIES! You got cherries?
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 18 May 11 - 04:49 PM

I haven't got any cherries, Gnu, but I think you could also have the first line of a song..?

Subject: BS: I GOT CHERRIES! You got cherries?
From: gnu
Date: 18 May 11 - 04:41 PM

It says Product of USA and they are DEEEEEElicious! Where the heck are they from? I bought them at The Real Atlantic Stupid Store so nobody on staff could tell me where they are from.

You got cherries this early in the season? Where, are they from?