I have a bowl full of sour cherries that I want to make something out of
next Saturday (hi Cookin People, and eat your heart out, Kay Hartman). I
probably could have harvested on Thurs am when I left, but I did so today.

They are whole cherries (I left the dodgy ones for the birds) and I used
the snippers so they have stems. They will travel in the cooler down to
SoCal.

I am a Californian and not wise in the ways of sour cherries.

1. Will they last refrigerated as-is?

2. Should I freeze them instead?

3. If I freeze them, should I freeze them pit in or pitted?

Enquiring minds, etc.


Thanks,

Charlotte

Far as I can tell, someone wrote:
>2. Should I freeze them instead?
>
>3. If I freeze them, should I freeze them pit in or pitted?

I'd freeze them, pits removed.

BTW, birds ignored my sour-cherry tree.

> "Charlotte L. Blackmer" writes"
>
>I have a bowl full of sour cherries that I want to make something out of
>next Saturday (hi Cookin People, and eat your heart out, Kay Hartman). I
>probably could have harvested on Thurs am when I left, but I did so today.
>
>They are whole cherries (I left the dodgy ones for the birds) and I used
>the snippers so they have stems. They will travel in the cooler down to
>SoCal.
>
>I am a Californian and not wise in the ways of sour cherries.
>
>1. Will they last refrigerated as-is?
>
>2. Should I freeze them instead?
>
>3. If I freeze them, should I freeze them pit in or pitted?
>
>Enquiring minds, etc.

I'd turn them into pie filling now, and then refrigerate... a day or two before
Saturday use to bake a pie... of course if they're not overly ripe they should
keep well in the fridge for up to a week. If you freeze raw cherries (pitted
or not) then you may as well have tossed em in the compost heap.


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PENMART01 wrote:

>>"Charlotte L. Blackmer" writes"
>>
>>I have a bowl full of sour cherries that I want to make something out of
>>next Saturday (hi Cookin People, and eat your heart out, Kay Hartman). I
>>probably could have harvested on Thurs am when I left, but I did so today.
>>
>>They are whole cherries (I left the dodgy ones for the birds) and I used
>>the snippers so they have stems. They will travel in the cooler down to
>>SoCal.
>>
>>I am a Californian and not wise in the ways of sour cherries.
>>1. Will they last refrigerated as-is?

They should last a week with refrigeration. Leave them whole if you do
this.

>>
>>2. Should I freeze them instead?
>>3. If I freeze them, should I freeze them pit in or pitted?

If you freeze them, definitely pit them first. Thawed, they will be too
delicate to pit without turning into mush.

> If you freeze raw cherries (pitted
> or not) then you may as well have tossed em in the compost heap.

You've obviously never even tried it. Pitted sour cherries freeze just
fine. So does cherry pie filling.


Best regards,
Bob

In article >,
PENMART01 > wrote:
>> "Charlotte L. Blackmer" writes"
>>
>>I have a bowl full of sour cherries that I want to make something out of
>>next Saturday (hi Cookin People, and eat your heart out, Kay Hartman). I
>>probably could have harvested on Thurs am when I left, but I did so today.
>>
>>They are whole cherries (I left the dodgy ones for the birds) and I used
>>the snippers so they have stems. They will travel in the cooler down to
>>SoCal.
>>
>>I am a Californian and not wise in the ways of sour cherries.
>>
>>1. Will they last refrigerated as-is?
>>
>>2. Should I freeze them instead?
>>
>>3. If I freeze them, should I freeze them pit in or pitted?
>>
>>Enquiring minds, etc.
>
>I'd turn them into pie filling now, and then refrigerate...

Actually, if I wanted to make pie, I'd do that ;-)

There is enough for some pie but I get sour cherry upside down cake about
once a year (when my tree is ripe; I know there are growers around
here, but most of the production marches straight off to processing) and
Saturday is it.

Will take the advice about pitting before freezing if I do that - I want
them to be somewhat whole.

Cheers

Charlotte