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The Great Cherry Massacre (TM)
Jun. 13th, 2020 07:34 pmAs 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! ;))
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! ;))
