The Great Cherry Massacre (TM)

[wiseheart]

As I mentioned yesterday, my friend Evie brought us a whole bucketful of fresh cherries from her garden. At least six pounds if not more. Now, considering how insanely expensive cherries are right now (it would have cost a little more than what we spend on food in an entire week), we decided that not a single one should be wasted.

So Mum made cherry soup. I made a cherry pie. I also put three boxes of cherries into the freezer. And we still have a bowl in the fridge with cherries that will be eaten freshly. Now, save for aforementioned bowl, all other versions required that the cherry stones be removed. Grandma's handy little tool, which she used with great skill all her life, refused to work for us the same way. So we had to use little knives. It was a lot of very messy work. I had fingernails afterwards like a cannibal or a particularly beastly mass murderer. *g*

That's the problem with certain kinds of fruit: the fingers remain coloured for days afterwards. But at least we have yummy soup, delicious pie, lots of frozen cherries and even some fresh ones left to eat.

Anyway, the great cherry massacre lasted all morning. I worked a tiny bit on Baby Book #3 and typed up the finished Chapter 10 to "Magic Mirror". I think that was enough for one day, so I'm now watching some telly and browse the Net in the commercial breaks. Hey, I can't afford to waste time, I'm not that young anymore! ;))

Comments

[meathiel]

Cherry soup?

Cherries are around 5-6 € a kilo here. Meh!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Yeah, cook the cherries in water until they're soft. Add a pinch of salt and some sugar and lemon juice. Thicken the soup with an egg yolk that's stirred smooth with sour cream. And that's basically it. It's better with sour cherries, of course, because those have a stronger aroma, plus the sweet cherries tend to lose colour while cooked: the soup is a wonderful pink shade, but the cherries themselves get bleached out.

Forgot to add: cherries are for the equivalent of 9 euros over here.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

What treasure! My mother loved fresh cherries - so does my daughter - I like them best as cherry pie :)

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Honestly, I just like them in every incarnation. Except as cherry schnapps. *g*

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

lolol Love the title.
Yeah, some really do stain. I have to eat pomegranates with gloves now so my patients don't wonder what I've been doing. lol

Wow, 9 euros?? Is that per pound of cherries?

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Per kilogram. Still way too expensive, though.

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

That makes it even more expensive. Ouch.

[mirasaui.livejournal.com]

Happiness is a bowl full of cherries. I've never had cherry soup, but it sounds delicious. My favourites are the dark, blood red cherries, and yeah, they do stain the fingers.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I think it's time for lemon juice. My fingernails have still dark outlines, and that just won't do!

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

You were very industrious. That is a LOT of cherries to de-stone. I hear you re the red fingers, though. I've only dealt with cherries a few time (they're expensive here too) but I ended up looking like I'd dipped my fingers in a paint pot every time.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it was a lot of work but I'd have hated to let them go bad.