sweet and sour

The cherries seem to have arrived a bit early this year. I always associate them with the Fourth of July not June!. We had a sour cherry tree in our backyard when I was growing up, so sour cherry jam made it into out winter pantry year after year. July marked the time of the year when our fingers would prune from pitting pounds of luscious red sour cherries. It was always a race to pick them before the birds ate every last one but don’t' worry, we left plenty for our feathered friends!

I was surprised to see cherries at the market this past Sunday. Maggie from Flying Fox was at The New Amsterdam Market with a gorgeous assortment of varieties both sweet and sour!  She was selling;

Summit, Chinook, Emperor Francis, Benton. Chorne  Višnja (Russian sour),  Sweetheart,  Montmorency ( sour), Tientou, Hartland and  Royalton.

She had a few quarts of tiny black sour Russian cherries, which are incredibly rare.  I am dreaming up all kinds of things to cook up with my bounty but for now, I just wanted to share these photos to inspire you to run out to the greenmarket yourself! Don't miss out on this short season!

Sour cherry jam and other recipes to come later this week! xx

 

 

Comments

[thyme (Sarah)]

I remember when we used to live in Michigan...home of all sorts of cherry festivals and cherry trees everywhere! Oh, that was wonderful. I get excited every year when I see the cherries coming out and remember how fun it was to live in a state that produced so many. Beautiful photos as always!

[Ana Cooks]

so simple, so sweet!
thanks once again!

[Red Star to Lone Star]

Oh, what I wouldn't give for some of those vishnyas you have! I have actually just written in my blog about how when growing up in Russia, that's what we had, but here in Texas all I can find is the sweet cherries. They are great, to be sure, but if vishnya is what you want... :(