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Default Bing cherries this year

On Tue, 22 Jul 2014 21:32:37 -0600, Janet Bostwick
> wrote:

>On Tue, 22 Jul 2014 20:50:20 -0500, John Kuthe >
>wrote:
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>>On Tue, 22 Jul 2014 14:18:55 -0600, Janet Bostwick
> wrote:
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>>>
>>>The Bing cherries from Washington are glorious this year. They are
>>>huge, almost the size of a ping-pong ball, juicy, sweet and almost
>>>black in color. I've gotten cherries at Winco and Costco. All
>>>cherries were great. Be on the lookout for them
>>>Janet US

>>
>>I know! I bought a $1.99/lb box, and my housemate got a similar box
>>for $1.59/lb!! I swore mine tasted better! ;-)
>>
>>Made me think of making Chocolate Covered Cherries! I could, except
>>it's too warm! And we don't run a refrigeration unit many times!
>>
>>John Kuthe...
>>

>snip
>what about pitting them and storing them in a jar of cherry liqueur or
>Amaretto? Would that work? Use them when the weather is cool?
>Janet US


First part of the process is to pit the cherries and soak them o
vernight in he refrigerator in "Majic Juice" (yes liquor is involved!)
but only for one day.

No, my chocolate making is definitely a cold weather sport.

John Kuthe...

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