Cherries

[h2oville rocket]

Picked four gallon of Morenci cherries today with another 5-8 yet to come. After three or four pies and a gallon of cherry bounce I'll be ready for something new. Any good recipes?

[hammb]

Cherry Wheat ale?

[Metz]

I just had some awesome cherry stuff my gfs mom made. It was called Cherry Carnival. Try finding a recipe for that...it was amazing! I'll see if I can get hers though, too.

[TG1996]

It was called Cherry Carnival.

I think we rented that one night in college....

[Bleeding Orange]

May I recommend just keeping them around to snack on? I've never done much cooking before, and my mom has never been one to bake when she doesn't have to, but she made a cherry pie for Father's Day from scratch for the first time. I went down to the West Side Market to get some fresh cherries for it, and I had honestly never had fresh cherries before (I always thought they were grown in cans!), and I was blown away at how good they were! It's kind of a neat snack, too. You get to pop the stem off, chew the fruit, and spit the pit at whoever happens to be annoying you at that particular snacking moment. I found the aerodynamics of the cherry pit to be of particular usefulness in chasing away my cat when he kept bugging me to be fed.

This reminds me, I need to go back to the market to get some more cherries...

[h2oville rocket]

May I recommend just keeping them around to snack on? I've never done much cooking before, and my mom has never been one to bake when she doesn't have to, but she made a cherry pie for Father's Day from scratch for the first time. I went down to the West Side Market to get some fresh cherries for it, and I had honestly never had fresh cherries before (I always thought they were grown in cans!), and I was blown away at how good they were! It's kind of a neat snack, too. You get to pop the stem off, chew the fruit, and spit the pit at whoever happens to be annoying you at that particular snacking moment. I found the aerodynamics of the cherry pit to be of particular usefulness in chasing away my cat when he kept bugging me to be fed.

This reminds me, I need to go back to the market to get some more cherries...

Love to snack on sweet cherries but pie cherries are a littel tart for that. I'll eat eight or ten but that's about the limit. Besides, they're a great excuse to use a ton of sugar. But cherries are a longstanding family tradition and pit spitting contests for distance, accuracy and how often we could hit my elder brother wre a big part of that tradition.

[h2oville rocket]

I just had some awesome cherry stuff my gfs mom made. It was called Cherry Carnival. Try finding a recipe for that...it was amazing! I'll see if I can get hers though, too.

While I fully expected rude responses like TG's I would love to get your recipe.

[Rightupinthere]

I haven't done much with cherries outside of the odd sauce here and there. I haven't even done a pie.

I favorite haunt of mine is Epicurious. Type in "Cherries" into the recipe search and you get over 700 recipes.

Have fun with it.

[TG1996]

While I fully expected rude responses like TG's

For all you know, I could have been talking about a documentary on the cherry industry. But NOOOO your dirty old mind had to go somewhere else with it.

Best cherry-related dish I remember is one my mom (or was it a friend of the family?) used to make with a graham cracker crust, something mixed with cream cheese to make almost a liquidy cheesecake, topped with cherry pie filling. There was another that was similar, but I think used cherries as the filling and whipped cream on top, both made in like a 9x9 pyrex baking dish.

[Pete Segaard]

I purchased a 40 lb tote of cherries on the way home from our Traverse City vacation last year.

When it was finally emptied of cherries the only thing relieved was my guts.

I can't believe there aren't any cherry trees growing in my back yard.

[hammb]

While I fully expected rude responses like TG's

For all you know, I could have been talking about a documentary on the cherry industry. But NOOOO your dirty old mind had to go somewhere else with it.

Best cherry-related dish I remember is one my mom (or was it a friend of the family?) used to make with a graham cracker crust, something mixed with cream cheese to make almost a liquidy cheesecake, topped with cherry pie filling. There was another that was similar, but I think used cherries as the filling and whipped cream on top, both made in like a 9x9 pyrex baking dish.

The cheesecake one is the only cheesecake I really like. I think it's usually a combo of sugar (powdered?), Cool Whip, and Cream Cheese. It's a lot lighter and not nearly as rich as a true cheesecake.

[TG1996]

The cheesecake one is the only cheesecake I really like. I think it's usually a combo of sugar (powdered?), Cool Whip, and Cream Cheese. It's a lot lighter and not nearly as rich as a true cheesecake.

I'm the same way with cheesecake. So much so that the first time I had a "true" cheesecake, I wondered why it was so dry and blah.

http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1713,15 ... 95,00.html

[SaxyIrishTenor]

My mom and I make this thing called a dump cake. The name sounds a little peculiar, but it tastes fantastic and is eas to make.

We usually used 2 cans of cherry pie filling, so you would need to find recipe to make that yourself, but once you have made the filling here's what you need to do.

Grease a 9x13 pan with spray or butter. Dump in the cherry filling and spread it evenly in the bottom of the pan. Take a box of vanilla or yellow cake mix (just the powder, nothing else) and sprinkle it evenly across the top of the cherries. Use a fork to break up the larger clumps, but little clumps are fine (and are actually my favorite part). Take a stick or two of butter (Paula Deen, anyone?) and slice it up on top of the cake mix, spreading it evenly so it melts over the top. Bake it in the oven for 45-50 minutes at 350* or until the top is golden and crispy. This is particularly good served hot and a la mode.

I have also seen it cooked in a dutch oven while camping.

[h2oville rocket]

My mom and I make this thing called a dump cake. The name sounds a little peculiar, but it tastes fantastic and is eas to make.

We usually used 2 cans of cherry pie filling, so you would need to find recipe to make that yourself, but once you have made the filling here's what you need to do.

Grease a 9x13 pan with spray or butter. Dump in the cherry filling and spread it evenly in the bottom of the pan. Take a box of vanilla or yellow cake mix (just the powder, nothing else) and sprinkle it evenly across the top of the cherries. Use a fork to break up the larger clumps, but little clumps are fine (and are actually my favorite part). Take a stick or two of butter (Paula Deen, anyone?) and slice it up on top of the cake mix, spreading it evenly so it melts over the top. Bake it in the oven for 45-50 minutes at 350* or until the top is golden and crispy. This is particularly good served hot and a la mode.

I have also seen it cooked in a dutch oven while camping.

I love that stuff. Can't believe I didn't think of it. Thanks- that will be a good July 4 dessert.

[hammb]

My mother's birthday was 7/2. I baked her a cherry pie with fresh cherries off my grandfather's tree. Holy crap I had forgotten how good a fresh cherry pie could be. On the way home from my parents I stopped and picked some more cherries to hopefully put together another pie this week So freaking good...