Here's my dilemna and question. I like to put maraschino cherry juice in my
vodka collins. I buy a jar, and only get maybe six drinks worth of the juice,
then throw away the cherries. and start over again with a new jar. Seems
wasteful. Can anyone think of a way I could take those cherries I don't use and
make a juice from them similar to the juice that comes in the jar? Sounds stupid
I know, but I'm just llooking for a way to save money. Thanks.

Could you chop them finely (blender, Cuisnart etc.) and strain out... maybe
even... press out more juice?

Lynne
> wrote in message
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> Here's my dilemna and question. I like to put maraschino cherry juice in
> my
> vodka collins. I buy a jar, and only get maybe six drinks worth of the
> juice,
> then throw away the cherries. and start over again with a new jar. Seems
> wasteful. Can anyone think of a way I could take those cherries I don't
> use and
> make a juice from them similar to the juice that comes in the jar? Sounds
> stupid
> I know, but I'm just llooking for a way to save money. Thanks.
>

> wrote in message
...
> Here's my dilemna and question. I like to put maraschino cherry juice in
> my
> vodka collins. I buy a jar, and only get maybe six drinks worth of the
> juice,
> then throw away the cherries. and start over again with a new jar. Seems
> wasteful. Can anyone think of a way I could take those cherries I don't
> use and
> make a juice from them similar to the juice that comes in the jar? Sounds
> stupid
> I know, but I'm just llooking for a way to save money. Thanks.

You need friends that like the cherries. They eat the cherries and save you
the juice. I have a big jar in the fridge right now and it only has a few
cherries left and probably a pint of juice. If you lived near me, I'd give
it to you.

wrote:
> Here's my dilemna and question. I like to put maraschino cherry juice in my
> vodka collins. I buy a jar, and only get maybe six drinks worth of the juice,
> then throw away the cherries. and start over again with a new jar. Seems
> wasteful. Can anyone think of a way I could take those cherries I don't use and
> make a juice from them similar to the juice that comes in the jar? Sounds stupid
> I know, but I'm just llooking for a way to save money. Thanks.


I never tried it, but how about these recipes:

http://www.recipesource.com/side-dis...1/rec0102.html

http://homecooking.about.com/library.../blfruit23.htm

http://www.recipegoldmine.com/scratch/scratch228.html

Fresh stuff is always better, and if you check the ingredients on the
jars you buy, you just might find that there's more sodium than there
would be in your own home-made.

> wrote:
>Here's my dilemna and question. I like to put maraschino cherry juice in my
>vodka collins. I buy a jar, and only get maybe six drinks worth of the juice,
>then throw away the cherries. and start over again with a new jar. Seems
>wasteful. Can anyone think of a way I could take those cherries I don't use and
>make a juice from them similar to the juice that comes in the jar? Sounds stupid
>I know, but I'm just llooking for a way to save money. Thanks.

If you don't have a juice machine, mash them in a bowl,
then pour it all into folded up cheesecloth and twist it
up to squeeze out the wet.

--Blair

> wrote in message
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: Here's my dilemna and question. I like to put maraschino cherry juice in my
: vodka collins. I buy a jar, and only get maybe six drinks worth of the juice,
: then throw away the cherries. and start over again with a new jar. Seems
: wasteful. Can anyone think of a way I could take those cherries I don't use and
: make a juice from them similar to the juice that comes in the jar? Sounds stupid
: I know, but I'm just llooking for a way to save money. Thanks.
:

Plenty of actual Alcohol beverages that are Maraschino based

Maraschino Liqueur
A cherry liqueur made from Maraska cherries grown in Dalmatia. They are sour
cherries, tasting a bit like bitter almonds. 30 per cent alcohol by volume.

Or better still

http://en.luxardo.it/eng/products/ou...urs/maraschino

And here you can order the same

http://www.webtender.com/db/ingred/176

You know about Google, eh??? <smile>

Frenchy
20 seconds on Google

> Can anyone think of a way I could take those cherries I don't use

Garlic press mebbe???

> wrote in message
...
> Here's my dilemna and question. I like to put maraschino cherry juice in
my
> vodka collins. I buy a jar, and only get maybe six drinks worth of the
juice,
> then throw away the cherries. and start over again with a new jar. Seems
> wasteful. Can anyone think of a way I could take those cherries I don't
use and
> make a juice from them similar to the juice that comes in the jar? Sounds
stupid
> I know, but I'm just llooking for a way to save money. Thanks.
>

I think that chocolate cover maraschinos sound good. I like mine w/dark
chocolate. Just melt your chocolate and dip. Place on a (plastic covered
makes it easy to remove) plate and stick in the fridge. Bet you and/or your
friends will love 'em.

helen

rfdjr1 typed:
> Here's my dilemna and question. I like to put maraschino cherry
> juice in my
> vodka collins. I buy a jar, and only get maybe six drinks worth of
> the juice,
> then throw away the cherries. and start over again with a new jar.
> Seems
> wasteful. Can anyone think of a way I could take those cherries I
> don't use and
> make a juice from them similar to the juice that comes in the jar?
> Sounds stupid
> I know, but I'm just llooking for a way to save money. Thanks.

I dump the juice and fill the jar with vodka or 'shine (maybe a splash
of spiced rum, too). Makes great "pickled" cherries and all the
ladies love them.

BOB

> wrote in message
...
> Here's my dilemna and question. I like to put maraschino cherry juice in
my
> vodka collins. I buy a jar, and only get maybe six drinks worth of the
juice,
> then throw away the cherries. and start over again with a new jar. Seems
> wasteful. Can anyone think of a way I could take those cherries I don't
use and
> make a juice from them similar to the juice that comes in the jar? Sounds
stupid
> I know, but I'm just llooking for a way to save money. Thanks.

Sometimes I make cherry frosting by making butter cream frosting but
replacing the milk with some maraschino juice and then chopping up a few
maraschinos into the frosting. It is very good. It comes out pink and it
has lots of flavor.

On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 01:22:14 -0700, "Helen Harrand"
> wrote:

>I think that chocolate cover maraschinos sound good. I like mine w/dark
>chocolate. Just melt your chocolate and dip. Place on a (plastic covered
>makes it easy to remove) plate and stick in the fridge. Bet you and/or your
>friends will love 'em.

Here's my recipe:

* Exported from MasterCook *

Chocolate Covered Cherries

Recipe By :Carol Peterson (Damsel)
Serving Size : 0 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Candies Signature Dishes

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
-------- ------------ --------------------------------
2 pounds powdered sugar
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 sticks soft butter
12 ounces real chocolate chips
3 jars maraschino cherries -- with stems
1/3 bar paraffin wax
6 tablespoons cherry juice

1. Combine sugar, butter, cherry juice and lemon juice; chill 1-2
hours.
2. Drain maraschino cherries and chill thoroughly.
3. Make balls of dough the size of a cherry; flatten and wrap around
cherry, sealing edges.
4. Freeze 1/2 hour or more.
5. In a double boiler, melt chocolate chips together with wax.
6. Reduce heat and dip frozen, dough coated cherries.
7. Dry on waxed paper. Place into bonbon papers.

NOTE: Keep refrigerated until the day candy is to be eaten, or the
chocolate gets dull, and the center begins to crystallize.

On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 07:04:15 -0400, " BOB" > wrote:

>I dump the juice and fill the jar with vodka or 'shine (maybe a splash
>of spiced rum, too).

That sounds like the perfect solution to the OP's problem. Just add a
drunken cherry to the vodka collins. You're a genius, BOB!

When Crash drank, he'd come home bombed off his a$$, and all he'd had
to "drink" was rum-soaked cherries.

Carol

~-x-y-~ > wrote:
>> Can anyone think of a way I could take those cherries I don't use
>
>Garlic press mebbe???

Just a sec. I got to try that...

....

Mmmm....garlicky cherries...

It'd probably take a few sacrificial lambs before the
juice comes out without that pinch to it, but it does
do the job pretty well. Turns a cherry into a few ml
of concentrated red sugar-water in a tick.

Slicing the cherries and putting them in skin-side-up
would help, too.

--Blair

In ,
Damsel in dis Dress > typed:
> On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 07:04:15 -0400, " BOB" > wrote:
>
>> I dump the juice and fill the jar with vodka or 'shine (maybe a
>> splash
>> of spiced rum, too).
>
> That sounds like the perfect solution to the OP's problem. Just add
> a
> drunken cherry to the vodka collins. You're a genius, BOB!

Naw. Found them at several of the BBQ-type gatherings (the ones where
Jill says you can't keep things cold!) where they were in-between
course snacks.

>
> When Crash drank, he'd come home bombed off his a$$, and all he'd
> had
> to "drink" was rum-soaked cherries.
>
> Carol

I'm talking about those (about) 1 gallon jars from Sam's or Costco.
Uses at least a quart of alcohol, and needs about a week to become
effective. They're best when made with a good, neutral tasting
"Tennessee Spring Water".

BOB

On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 20:03:53 -0400, " BOB" > wrote:

>In ,
>Damsel in dis Dress > typed:
>> On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 07:04:15 -0400, " BOB" > wrote:
>>
>>> I dump the juice and fill the jar with vodka or 'shine (maybe a
>>> splash of spiced rum, too).
>>
>> That sounds like the perfect solution to the OP's problem. Just add
>> a drunken cherry to the vodka collins. You're a genius, BOB!
>
>Naw. Found them at several of the BBQ-type gatherings (the ones where
>Jill says you can't keep things cold!) where they were in-between
>course snacks.

You had these in FLORIDA?

>> When Crash drank, he'd come home bombed off his a$$, and all he'd
>> had to "drink" was rum-soaked cherries.
>
>I'm talking about those (about) 1 gallon jars from Sam's or Costco.
>Uses at least a quart of alcohol, and needs about a week to become
>effective. They're best when made with a good, neutral tasting
>"Tennessee Spring Water".

Heh. The ones Crash consumed were soaked in Bacardi 151. He was a
rum man.

Carol

Damsel in dis Dress > typed:
>BOB wrote:
>
>> Damsel in dis Dress > typed:
>>> " BOB" wrote:
>>>
>>>> I dump the juice and fill the jar with vodka or 'shine (maybe a
>>>> splash of spiced rum, too).
>>>
>>> That sounds like the perfect solution to the OP's problem. Just
>>> add
>>> a drunken cherry to the vodka collins. You're a genius, BOB!
>>
>> Naw. Found them at several of the BBQ-type gatherings (the ones
>> where
>> Jill says you can't keep things cold!) where they were in-between
>> course snacks.
>
> You had these in FLORIDA?

Amazing, isn't it? We even have a paved road or two.

>
>>> When Crash drank, he'd come home bombed off his a$$, and all he'd
>>> had to "drink" was rum-soaked cherries.
>>
>> I'm talking about those (about) 1 gallon jars from Sam's or Costco.
>> Uses at least a quart of alcohol, and needs about a week to become
>> effective. They're best when made with a good, neutral tasting
>> "Tennessee Spring Water".
>
> Heh. The ones Crash consumed were soaked in Bacardi 151. He was a
> rum man.

I have no idea of the strength of the Tennessee "water", but a couple
of 'em sure make you feel gooooood.
Every now and then, I'll add a splash or two of Captain Morgan's
Spiced Rum to change the flavor.

BOB

In ,
Steve Wertz > typed:
> On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 19:18:25 -0500, Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 20:03:53 -0400, " BOB" > wrote:
>>
>>> Naw. Found them at several of the BBQ-type gatherings (the ones
>>> where
>>> Jill says you can't keep things cold!) where they were in-between
>>> course snacks.
>>
>> You had these in FLORIDA?
>
> I didn't know they had cherries

They have to be imported. Down one of the paved roads.

> OR BBQ in Florida!?!

You're close. Not in any restaurants, anyway. There's three slabs of
ribs and a couple of pork butts on the smoker right now. The rib tips
*should* be done, but it's pouring rain and I'm *NOT* going out there
in that stuff. ;-)

BOB

>
> -sw

BOB wrote:

> rfdjr1 typed:
>
>>Here's my dilemna and question. I like to put maraschino cherry
>>juice in my
>>vodka collins. I buy a jar, and only get maybe six drinks worth of
>>the juice,
>>then throw away the cherries. and start over again with a new jar.
>>Seems
>>wasteful. Can anyone think of a way I could take those cherries I
>>don't use and
>>make a juice from them similar to the juice that comes in the jar?
>>Sounds stupid
>>I know, but I'm just llooking for a way to save money. Thanks.
>
>
> I dump the juice and fill the jar with vodka or 'shine (maybe a splash
> of spiced rum, too). Makes great "pickled" cherries and all the
> ladies love them.

And then there's cherry bombs. Get a big jar of cherries from Costco,
pour off the juice and refill with 100 proof Hot Damn (cinnamon
schnapps). Refrigerate 1 week. Dump 3 or 4 cherries and a couple of
fingers of juice into a glass, top off with seltzer and crushed ice.

Yum.

Kathleen

"Kathleen" > wrote in message
...
> BOB wrote:
>
> > rfdjr1 typed:
> >
> >>Here's my dilemna and question. I like to put maraschino cherry
> >>juice in my
> >>vodka collins. I buy a jar, and only get maybe six drinks worth of
> >>the juice,
> >>then throw away the cherries. and start over again with a new jar.
> >>Seems
> >>wasteful. Can anyone think of a way I could take those cherries I
> >>don't use and
> >>make a juice from them similar to the juice that comes in the jar?
> >>Sounds stupid
> >>I know, but I'm just llooking for a way to save money. Thanks.
> >
> >
> > I dump the juice and fill the jar with vodka or 'shine (maybe a splash
> > of spiced rum, too). Makes great "pickled" cherries and all the
> > ladies love them.
>
> And then there's cherry bombs. Get a big jar of cherries from Costco,
> pour off the juice and refill with 100 proof Hot Damn (cinnamon
> schnapps). Refrigerate 1 week. Dump 3 or 4 cherries and a couple of
> fingers of juice into a glass, top off with seltzer and crushed ice.
>
> Yum.
>
> Kathleen
>
>

Now that sounds like a good idea, Kathleen! Yummy!

kili

I don't know if they have one where you are but...here we have a place
called the Bulk Barn. They sell the cherries and their juice in
bulk...sometime they will sell the juice only (ask the manager)


"projectile vomit chick" > wrote in message
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> On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 11:02:24 -0500, in rec.food.cooking, Damsel in dis
> Dress > hit the crackpipe and declared:
>>On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 05:49:07 GMT, projectile vomit chick
> wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 00:23:16 -0500, in rec.food.cooking, Damsel in dis
>>>Dress > hit the crackpipe and declared:
>>>>On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 04:42:40 GMT, projectile vomit chick
> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 00:21:02 -0400, in rec.food.cooking,
hit the crackpipe and declared:
>>>>>>Here's my dilemna and question. I like to put maraschino cherry juice
>>>>>>in my
>>>>>>vodka collins. I buy a jar, and only get maybe six drinks worth of the
>>>>>>juice,
>>>>>>then throw away the cherries. and start over again with a new jar.
>>>>>>Seems
>>>>>>wasteful. Can anyone think of a way I could take those cherries I
>>>>>>don't use and
>>>>>>make a juice from them similar to the juice that comes in the jar?
>>>>>>Sounds stupid
>>>>>>I know, but I'm just llooking for a way to save money. Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>>Why don't you just use grenadine?
>>>>
>>>>Grenadine is made from pomegranates. It's a so-so substitute, but not
>>>>good enough when you're expecting a certain flavor.
>>>
>>>Ahh that's right....oops! I don't know why I was thinking that it was
>>>cherry..
>>
>>'Cause a majority of bars use grenadine to make "cherry cokes," and
>>people just get used to that idea.
>
> That's it!
>
>>
>>>>Carol, who loves Coke with maraschino cherry juice
>>>
>>>Now that does sound good.
>>
>>Reminds me of cotton candy. The only place that's ever made them that
>>way was Red Lobster, and that place was so awful the last time we went
>>that we'll never darken their doorway again.
>>
>
> Ugh, the last time we ate at Red Lobster was about ten years ago. I
> kept sending back the food. Why does it taste so bad? Finally we
> just left.
>
> I'm sipping a marachschino (sorry I probably spelled that wrong) and
> vodka right now. Nice.
>
> --
> we're all stars now, in the dope show...

: Here's my dilemna and question. I like to put maraschino cherry juice in my
: vodka collins. I buy a jar, and only get maybe six drinks worth of the juice,
: then throw away the cherries. and start over again with a new jar. Seems
: wasteful. Can anyone think of a way I could take those cherries I don't use and
: make a juice from them similar to the juice that comes in the jar? Sounds stupid
: I know, but I'm just llooking for a way to save money. Thanks.


Quit buying cherries and buy yourself a bottle of Creme de Noyeaux. The
flavor is that of almonds which is what you're really after.