Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Summer goal: post everyday


Day 1 of 1


I noticed the other day that cherries were on sale for less than a dollar a pound. It got me thinking about what I could do with them. My thoughts have been about strawberries and freezer jam, but at less than a dollar for a whole mess of cherries there must be something I could do with them. It couldn't involve actually canning though for two reasons.

1. I'm sort of afraid of it. I know in theory it's not hard but the specialized equipment is a turn off...even though there's not that much equipment.

2. I don't have either a pressure cooker or any canning supplies.


Luckily, the Oregonian helped me out. There was an article entitled "Summer in a Jar," written by Lynne Sampson Curry with ideas on how to seep cherries in simple, flavored syrups. I made four jars of the amaretto flavored cherries. Beautiful, and so easy. But, it will be at least two days before I can see how they taste, but I imagine ice cream would be a nice fit.