It'd be a real shame if somethin' happened to dem cherries
It'd be a real shame if somethin' happened to dem cherries
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It'd be a real shame if somethin' happened to dem cherries
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Post #1 - May 30th, 2009, 10:09 amThe cherries are just starting to turn the corner towards ripeness and the birds are just waiting to swoop in.
So I hire a plastic owl to scare them away:
But look hoooo just moved in a few feet away to take over the protection. Real tough guys:
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Post #2 - May 30th, 2009, 10:50 amI'll take one to go, please. We got nice juicy rabbits and squirrels here for 'em...
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Post #3 - May 30th, 2009, 10:56 pmThat's so neat! (and the cherries look pretty neat, too)
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Post #4 - June 4th, 2009, 2:42 pmThe owls seem to be doing their job. Picked the first cherries today:
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Post #5 - June 4th, 2009, 2:50 pmMmm. That looks incredibly good to me today...
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Post #6 - June 4th, 2009, 6:32 pmHooray for the owls! Thank you for sharing the owl photo, it was very cool for my preschooler, who is really into owls and bats. Creatures of the night...
Jen
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Post #7 - June 4th, 2009, 6:40 pmThat owl picture is a great shot...reminds me of these guys:
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Post #8 - June 5th, 2009, 12:24 pmKhaopaat wrote:That owl picture is a great shot...reminds me of these guys:
Awesome! Man oh man, it's standard operating procedure for me to not post a simple stand-alone LOL for a post, but I'm gonna have to make an exception for that one.
Great pictures throughout.I hate kettle cooked chips. It takes too much effort to crunch through them.
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Post #9 - June 5th, 2009, 4:20 pmLooks like we got a whole Muppet Show going on here.
Mama and babies:
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Post #10 - June 9th, 2009, 12:35 pmSweet and tart cherry pie - CI Vodka Pie Dough, baked in WFO:
Still a ton of cherries on the trees. BTW, we have a total of 5 owls: mama, papa, and three babies. I'm dying to get a shot of all five together, but have been stymied so far.
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Post #11 - June 9th, 2009, 12:43 pmBill-
I'm loving this thread. That pie looks terrific.
-Mary-Mary
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Post #12 - June 9th, 2009, 12:48 pmThanks, Mary. Here is a Google Earth ™ view of the main tree:
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Post #13 - June 11th, 2009, 12:15 pmClafoutis aux Cerises
Starting to run out of ideas and still the tree is loaded with cherries. Suggestions?
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Post #14 - June 11th, 2009, 12:25 pmBill/SFNM wrote:Starting to run out of ideas and still the tree is loaded with cherries. Suggestions?
Send some to me!!
=R=By protecting others, you save yourself. If you only think of yourself, you'll only destroy yourself. --Kambei Shimada
Every human interaction is an opportunity for disappointment --RS
There's a horse loose in a hospital --JM
That don't impress me much --Shania Twain
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Post #15 - June 11th, 2009, 12:41 pmWhy not make a Kriek Ale?
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Post #16 - June 11th, 2009, 6:58 pmPersian Chicken with Cherry Rice (Albaloo Polow) - quite yummy.
Pit them, lay them on a tray, freeze, then dump into baggies. Make things when you have imagination for what you want to make
Leek
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Post #17 - June 11th, 2009, 7:46 pmBill/SFNM wrote:Starting to run out of ideas and still the tree is loaded with cherries. Suggestions?
I'm not really a fan of cherry jam because it's just too sweet, but pickled cherries are another matter. You preserve sour cherries with vinegar, a touch of sugar, and lightly spice the pickling liquid with some cinnamon and nutmeg or a tiny bit of allspice and ginger. I had some done this way in France in 1986. They were served with rare magret de canard . I liked them so much I made up a batch at home the next summer.
I also like the salad with cherries from the Zuni cafe cookbook. I think it has hazelnuts and Saint Marcelin in it as well.Man : I can't understand how a poet like you can eat that stuff.
T. S. Eliot: Ah, but you're not a poet.
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Post #18 - June 11th, 2009, 8:04 pmJosephine wrote:pickled cherries are another matter.
Jospehine,
I was just looking at a recipe from Paula Wolfert for "Sweet and Sour Cherries" that sounds similar, although it also involves vodka or eau-de-vie. It is pickled for 3 months. Gotta try this for sure. Thanks.
Was also thinking of jam. These cherries are pretty tart.
Bill
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Post #19 - June 15th, 2009, 12:05 pmCherry Cobbler - of course:
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Post #20 - June 15th, 2009, 12:14 pmBill/SFNM wrote:
Starting to run out of ideas and still the tree is loaded with cherries. Suggestions?
Cherry Bounce?Steve Z.
“Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.”
― Ludwig van Beethoven
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Post #21 - June 15th, 2009, 12:18 pm
All you people want to do is likker me up like Eddie in To Have or Have Not.
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Post #22 - June 15th, 2009, 3:45 pmHow about cherry ice cream
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Post #23 - June 15th, 2009, 3:52 pmWas you ever bit by a dead bee, Bill?
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Post #24 - June 15th, 2009, 8:09 pmBill- I just remembered something important!
At Berthillon in Paris, ( which serve the best ice cream I've ever had) they have a wonderful coupe that includes sour cherry sorbet, vanilla ice cream and griottines (cherries preserved in kirsch). The sorbet is very intense and not too sweet.Man : I can't understand how a poet like you can eat that stuff.
T. S. Eliot: Ah, but you're not a poet.
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Post #25 - June 15th, 2009, 8:41 pmJosephine wrote:Bill- I just remembered something important!
At Berthillon in Paris, ( which serve the best ice cream I've ever had) they have a wonderful coupe that includes sour cherry sorbet, vanilla ice cream and griottines (cherries preserved in kirsch). The sorbet is very intense and not too sweet.
Thanks, Josephine and Craig for the ice-cream suggestion. I am powerless to resist ice-cream which is probably why I avoid it. That is a pretty silly attitude. So I think I'll be making a batch of something.
I'm going to strip the tree tomorrow since all the cherries are just about ripe and, even with fake owls and real owls and metallic tape, the birds are swarming the tree like it was Tipi Hedren.
I appreciate all of the suggestions very much.
Bill/SFNM
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Post #26 - June 16th, 2009, 7:52 amBill/SFNM wrote:
I'm going to strip the tree tomorrow since all the cherries are just about ripe and, even with fake owls and real owls and metallic tape, the birds are swarming the tree like it was Tipi Hedren.
Bill/SFNM
Bill-
This made me laugh. Great line!
-Mary-Mary
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Post #27 - June 17th, 2009, 1:00 pmCherry Ice Cream!
Vanilla ice cream. Cherries infused with a little Kirsch.
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Post #28 - June 17th, 2009, 5:39 pmBill/SFNM wrote:Cherry Ice Cream!
Vanilla ice cream. Cherries infused with a little Kirsch.
THIS just killed me... man... awesome...
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Post #29 - June 17th, 2009, 6:40 pmBill-
I might have to send Berthillon a "Cher Jean" letter.Man : I can't understand how a poet like you can eat that stuff.
T. S. Eliot: Ah, but you're not a poet.
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Post #30 - June 17th, 2009, 8:03 pmThank you, Jay & Josephine.
The very last of the cherries are cooking right now to put up in jars for preserves - just cherries and sugar - nothing else. I think this may be the best of all of the cherry dishes I made this season. I can definitely seeing using the cherry preserves on ice cream or pancakes, but also have a thought to use some as a base for a finishing sauce for smoked ribs. But the idea that seems the most perfect for the flavor of this particular batch .... as a topping for a cheese cake. Oh, yeah!!!!!!!!!
Ripening up next month: peaches and tomatoes!!!!
Bill/SFNM
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