It's cherry season, bitches!

It's a always cherry season. And...no comment.

Yes! Had a bowl of Raniers this morning. Love this time of year.

Love those sweet ruby orbs...

I can tie a cherry stem in a knot using only my tongue.

I like eating them with fresh mozzarella and either pistachios or walnuts.

We're still getting the meh ones from California in DC, along with flavorless corn from Florida.

I’m waiting. I usually binge when they’re on sale and then don’t want any until next season.

I do the same with whole corn and tomatoes in August.

Yeah, I don't think the really good cherries are available until early July. The ones I've bought recently taste pretty blah and aren't a great price.

I bought cherries at Rewe last week. Me and my mother liked them.

I got some cherries at Edgewater Produce. They were delicious! I love that little store.

R9 German cherries are different from American cherries. American cherries are sweet and bursting with flavor. German cherries taste like pain and humiliation.

I usually wait until our local cherries are available, which isn't for another month, but I bought a bag of California cherries yesterday just because they looked so good.

Use the mediocre cherries for baking (i.e. clafoutis).

I just got back from the store and almost bought cherries but I’m on a low carb diet, so I didn’t (plus I’d rather splurge on booze if I’m gonna cheat) however, last year I made a cherry clafoutis recommended here on the annual cherry season thread and it was great 😊 🍒

R13 Could’ve been you I got the recommendation from!

Yes, bought 4 lbs. of the dark red cherries from Costco. I think they're from Washington state, but not sure.

They were sweet, delicious, but a little bit small in size. However, IMO, we're not yet at peak season. Peak will be in a couple more weeks. I like when the cherries are huger.

Yes, I’ve bought them twice already in the last few weeks. They were pretty decent. It’s always a risk until July, when it’s cherry season.

Yes, I love them and I’ve been eating bags and bags of delicious cherries. Which state has the best ones?

I just put a cherry cobbler in the oven. My cherry pitter broke halfway through pitting, so the final 3 cups were a PITA. Bing cherries aren't ideal for cobbler, but I needed to use up the big bag I bought the other day.

No...but I really should put "fight disease" higher on my to-do list.

I bought some last week. Delicious! I pit them and stir them into plain low-fat yogurt with some sliced almonds.

They're wreaking havoc on my teeth sensitivity, though. Had to start using Sensodyne toothpaste.

I would K-I-L-L kill to find sour cherries in California. (Apparently, they do show up -- rarely -- at farmers markets, but you have to hit the right week, as a vendor will have them one week and then not again for the rest of the season.) Sour Cherry Pie is THE BEST.

[quote] Yes, I love them and I’ve been eating bags and bags of delicious cherries. Which state has the best ones?

Maybe Washington.

Michigan is known for its cherries. Google for sour cherries to make pies.

Traverse City, Michigan is the site of the National Cherry Festival.

Sour cherries make the best jam. My family had two cherry trees that were part of an old fruit tree garden. One of them died and the other no longer provided cherries.

OMG! I will send you this recipe that I wanted to bake some hours ago (but I will do it tomorrow, I think). It is from a site called KitchenFrau :P

It is the ONLY English recipe I found of a good German cake called Feuerwehrkuchen (Fire Brigade Cake). I always used sour cherries from a glass, use vanilla pudding powder, also use the cherry liquid. I also do not use the kirsch, but you can. The also use vanilla extract, which is an American thing.

Please make this cake. It is very good. For fat whores only!

I'm diabetic but still eat fresh cherries in low fat Greek yogurt and artificial sweetener.

It's a substitute for worse.

Bing and Ranier cherries are my summer fave.

I am diabetic too, but love my cherries.

Cherries are fruits. Surely they can't be that bad to you?

Fruits have sugar, some fruits have more sugar than others. For people with sugar issues, fruits ... still gotta be careful.

I have been getting mine at Costco. I love this time of year.

Summer fruits are the best. Cherries, watermelon, stone fruit, mangoes, etc.

Yup! I have been waiting very impatiently for the cherries this year. Going to indulge every week if at all possible

I picked up some cherries the other day at Costco. They were better than I expected, though a little expensive at around $4 a pound.

$4 / lb. isn't that bad, IMO. If you consider that almost all of the fruit is edible (small stem and small pit). It takes minimal work to make it edible (wash and refrigerate). Plus, don't mean to get preachy, but it costs money to plant and harvest, etc. I hope the workers involved earned a decent wage.

And, it's fucking delicious and a summertime splurge.

The cherries at Fresh Thyme make me nervous.

Cherry-flavored anything is my favorite!

It’s too early in the season for good cherries.

[quote] It’s too early in the season for good cherries.

That's what I thought, but the ones I got from Costco were very good, just a little smaller than peak season.

I sit cherries on the opening of empty water bottle then push the pit through the Cherry with a chop stick. Easy Peasy.

Last week's reds from Northern California were weak.

I'm waiting for Rainiers. Which are exquisite.

I eat them until I get sick. I probably buy six pounds a week.

IMO, those Rainier cherries are lovely to look at, but don't taste better than the dark red cherries. The dark red cherries (bing, I guess) have a bit of tartness that balances things out.

I pretty much eat cherries daily during June and July! Raniers are my favorite.

I will go around town to certain places because I know they get the good ones! Even if it is out of my way.

Turkey is apparently the world's largest producer of cherries, and that area is where they are originally from.

I've been bingeing on blueberries. I'm going to look for cherries at my QFC today. I can add 'cherries' to my list of things I like about Seattle. It will be #2.

I bought the usual deep red cherries and the golden, with a tint of red, cherries at a local farm market. Delicious! I think the golden ones are a little sweeter.

At the link is my favorite recipe using fresh cherries.

Funny you should mention them… I’m eating some as we speak

Any season is good for a cherry

As a colitis sufferer, I don't partake and they don't really tempt me. The ones out here in Eastern Europe are super sweet and the sour cherries are popular in desserts.

Rainier cherries are great now.

I'm making cherry pie, bitches!

Had some today. I eat them every day during cherry season.

But I wonder if I should be concerned about the fact that cherry orchards are so heavily sprayed with chemicals.

R57

My cherry orchard is never heavily sprayed with chemicals. And we will never sell it for holiday homes.

Does Veronica Cartwright still eat cherries?

Had the rest of my Rainiers today! Jealous?

R46, I used to feel the same way about Rainier cherries -- that they're pretty but underwhelming -- but I had a great batch the other day that changed my mind about them.

talk to me when it's peach, plum and nectarine season, OP.

Make a cherry galette. Yum yum yum.