On 23/07/2014 7:10 AM, Janet Bostwick wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Jul 2014 20:57:32 -0700, sf > wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 22 Jul 2014 14:18:55 -0600, Janet Bostwick
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> 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
>>
>> Ah yes. Yet another example of what is sent elsewhere to be sold. I
>> bought ordinary sized sweet cherries today. No Winco here, but I'll
>> check Costco.
>
> Normally we would be buying cherries etc. within 30 miles of here. We
> had a dicey spring that affected the crops. Also, we are making
> bedroom communities out of former commercial fruit orchards. I used
> to love to go direct to the orchards. It was a nice Sunday afternoon
> drive. The orchards had so many varieties of each fruit. The lady
> that was in charge of the bushels of fruit would ask if your were
> planning to can, freeze or fresh eat a particular fruit. She'd then
> recommend one or the other. Apparently some varieties were better
> suited for one use or another. (Back-to-school is time for nectarines
> which I love.)
> Janet US
>
I find Bings almost tasteless and much prefer the Rainiers, but they
cost a lot more in our supermarkets. As a child, we used to get really
tasty cherries from someone in the village and they looked like a Rainier.
My B-I-L and I were on a cycling holiday in Provence when we saw a lady
picking cherries. So we stopped and bought a kilo and put them in our
handlebar bags to snack on as we rode along. Delish!!!
Graham