Is this just here to tease me? Which cherries are the best anyway??

"Spitzmaus" wrote in message
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rox formerly rmg wrote:

Is this just here to tease me? Which cherries are the best anyway??

It depends on what you use them for. The only cherries for a pie are
sour cherries. There are two varieties of them and the difference
between them is subtle. There is a wider range of sweet cherry
varieties. I like them all but would say that the Queen Anne variety
are my least favourite. You can make great jam with sweet cherries or
with sour cherries.

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Spitzmaus wrote:


I am in total agreement, Spitz. Absolutely spot on, you are. I made
Rhubarb Cherry Jam last week with fresh rhubarb from my garden patch and
frozen tart cherries from Door County, Wisconsin. Very nice.

I'm considering including some cherries with the rhubarb for a rhubarb
custard cake to serve this weekend.

I must say, too, that I appreciated the brevity of your post.
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-Barb
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"If it's not worth doing to excess, it's not worth doing at all."

On Tue, 23 May 2006 08:41:45 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
wrote:

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Spitzmaus wrote:


I am in total agreement, Spitz. Absolutely spot on, you are. I made
Rhubarb Cherry Jam last week with fresh rhubarb from my garden patch and
frozen tart cherries from Door County, Wisconsin. Very nice.

I'm considering including some cherries with the rhubarb for a rhubarb
custard cake to serve this weekend.

I must say, too, that I appreciated the brevity of your post.


Are you sharing the recipe for the jam?
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Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974

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The Cook wrote:

Are you sharing the recipe for the jam?

Mailed to you at a couple addresses.

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-Barb
http://jamlady.eboard.com Updated 5/22/2006, Church Review completed
"If it's not worth doing to excess, it's not worth doing at all."

rox formerly rmg sez:
Is this just here to tease me? Which cherries are the best anyway??

Yeah, well, you see, my newsreader has run amok and I can't seem to
control my posts these days. What I *tried* to do was ask a question
thusly: The ubiquitous strawberry/rhubarb combo, although delicious,
can wear thin on me after a time. Do any of you have recipes using a
cherry/rhubarb mixture, and if so, would you like to share? I can get
lots of both at the farmers' market right now, and I'd like to cook up
something a bit different.

Thanks,
Spitz
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Mind the runner beans!

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Spitzmaus wrote:

cherry/rhubarb mixture, and if so, would you like to share? I can get
lots of both at the farmers' market right now, and I'd like to cook up
something a bit different.

Thanks,
Spitz
--
Mind the runner beans!

Wing it - make a rhubarb crisp and use 1/3-1/2 cherries in it.
--
-Barb
http://jamlady.eboard.com Updated 5/22/2006, Church Review completed
"If it's not worth doing to excess, it's not worth doing at all."

Melba's Jammin' sez:

Wing it - make a rhubarb crisp and use 1/3-1/2 cherries in it.

Terrific idea, thanks! Ooh, or how 'bout a cobbler??!? That's it --
I'll do a rhubarb-cherry cobbler, make some ice cream to go with, and
I'm set! I love me some goooood cobbler.

Spitz
--
Mind the runner beans!

In article ,
Spitzmaus wrote:

Melba's Jammin' sez:

Wing it - make a rhubarb crisp and use 1/3-1/2 cherries in it.

Terrific idea, thanks! Ooh, or how 'bout a cobbler??!? That's it --
I'll do a rhubarb-cherry cobbler, make some ice cream to go with, and
I'm set! I love me some goooood cobbler.

Spitz
--
Mind the runner beans!

See? You just needed a nudge. Good luck.
--
-Barb
http://jamlady.eboard.com Updated 5/22/2006, Church Review completed
"If it's not worth doing to excess, it's not worth doing at all."