I have a bowl full of sour cherries that I want to make something out of next Saturday (hi Cookin People, and eat your heart out, Kay Hartman). I probably could have harvested on Thurs am when I left, but I did so today.
They are whole cherries (I left the dodgy ones for the birds) and I used the snippers so they have stems. They will travel in the cooler down to SoCal.
I am a Californian and not wise in the ways of sour cherries.
1. Will they last refrigerated as-is?
2. Should I freeze them instead?
3. If I freeze them, should I freeze them pit in or pitted?
I have a bowl full of sour cherries that I want to make something out of next Saturday (hi Cookin People, and eat your heart out, Kay Hartman). I probably could have harvested on Thurs am when I left, but I did so today.
They are whole cherries (I left the dodgy ones for the birds) and I used the snippers so they have stems. They will travel in the cooler down to SoCal.
I am a Californian and not wise in the ways of sour cherries.
1. Will they last refrigerated as-is?
2. Should I freeze them instead?
3. If I freeze them, should I freeze them pit in or pitted?
Enquiring minds, etc.
I'd turn them into pie filling now, and then refrigerate... a day or two before Saturday use to bake a pie... of course if they're not overly ripe they should keep well in the fridge for up to a week. If you freeze raw cherries (pitted or not) then you may as well have tossed em in the compost heap.
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I have a bowl full of sour cherries that I want to make something out of next Saturday (hi Cookin People, and eat your heart out, Kay Hartman). I probably could have harvested on Thurs am when I left, but I did so today.
They are whole cherries (I left the dodgy ones for the birds) and I used the snippers so they have stems. They will travel in the cooler down to SoCal.
I am a Californian and not wise in the ways of sour cherries. 1. Will they last refrigerated as-is?
They should last a week with refrigeration. Leave them whole if you do this.
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2. Should I freeze them instead? 3. If I freeze them, should I freeze them pit in or pitted?
If you freeze them, definitely pit them first. Thawed, they will be too delicate to pit without turning into mush.
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If you freeze raw cherries (pitted or not) then you may as well have tossed em in the compost heap.
You've obviously never even tried it. Pitted sour cherries freeze just fine. So does cherry pie filling.
I have a bowl full of sour cherries that I want to make something out of next Saturday (hi Cookin People, and eat your heart out, Kay Hartman). I probably could have harvested on Thurs am when I left, but I did so today.
They are whole cherries (I left the dodgy ones for the birds) and I used the snippers so they have stems. They will travel in the cooler down to SoCal.
I am a Californian and not wise in the ways of sour cherries.
1. Will they last refrigerated as-is?
2. Should I freeze them instead?
3. If I freeze them, should I freeze them pit in or pitted?
Enquiring minds, etc.
I'd turn them into pie filling now, and then refrigerate...
Actually, if I wanted to make pie, I'd do that ;-)
There is enough for some pie but I get sour cherry upside down cake about once a year (when my tree is ripe; I know there are growers around here, but most of the production marches straight off to processing) and Saturday is it.
Will take the advice about pitting before freezing if I do that - I want them to be somewhat whole.
