On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:16:56 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

>On Mon 21 Jul 2008 09:09:30p, Pennyaline told us...
>
>> While food shopping a few days back, I spotted what were marked as sweet
>> local cherries at a decent price. They were large and uniformly darker
>> red, and in very nice shape. In this area, nearly every fruit tree comes
>> on and ripens early. Tarts are ready first but sweet cherries are often
>> ripe by now, so I grabbed them up.
>>
>> Once I had them home, I found that they were indeed tart cherries. It
>> happens. The pitter came out, a crust wizzed up in the food processor
>> and the first cherry pie of the season is at this moment cooling in the
>> kitchen, preparing to meet its fate tomorrow. What a beauty!
>>
>> <it will wear its chastity belt throughout the night, just to be on the
>> safe side>
>>
>
>I have no problem find dark sweet cherries for sale, but in my area fresh
>sour cherries are virtually unheard of. I really miss those cherry pies
>from fresh cherries. I can't even find them frozen, just canned. :-( The
>same with gooseberries.

i can't remember ever seeing fresh sour cherries in the store (md). a
shame, really.

your pal,
blake
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