Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>
>
> A friend is asking me about a friend of *hers*
> who does them this way:
>
> "My canning question is this: a friend said he puts up cherries by
> taking washed bing cherries, stems attached, adding the raw cherries to
> a jar, fill w/a mix of 50% simple syrup and 50% brandy. Cap and let
> sit until Christmas. He says they're intoxicatingly good.
>


A neighbor used to do this using vodka instead of brandy.
She called them "Cherry Bombs" and gave away small jars
to the neighbors every Christmas.

Yum! (hic)

gloria p