Comments on: I did not cut down that cherry tree http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/05/11/i-did-not-cut-down-that-cherry-tree/ Dada, bring my beer in the living room Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:53:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Dana http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/05/11/i-did-not-cut-down-that-cherry-tree/#comment-30064 Dana Sat, 24 May 2008 19:44:26 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/05/11/i-did-not-cut-down-that-cherry-tree/#comment-30064 <p>I wouldn't argue with the French, it's always a loosing battle.... and yes, they do in fact leave the cherry pits in. This is also common in, well, every european culture. I have been told that you just know the pits will be there and to spit them out. Kind of like watermelon before they mucked it up by making it seedless. </p> <p>If you do this though, you'll never get to make the cherry pit ice cream!</p> <p>I also like to take the kernals from the pits, pulse them with sugar in a food processor, and toss that sugar with stone fruits in pies, cobblers, and so on.</p> I wouldn’t argue with the French, it’s always a loosing battle…. and yes, they do in fact leave the cherry pits in. This is also common in, well, every european culture. I have been told that you just know the pits will be there and to spit them out. Kind of like watermelon before they mucked it up by making it seedless.

If you do this though, you’ll never get to make the cherry pit ice cream!

I also like to take the kernals from the pits, pulse them with sugar in a food processor, and toss that sugar with stone fruits in pies, cobblers, and so on.

]]> By: Laurie http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/05/11/i-did-not-cut-down-that-cherry-tree/#comment-29064 Laurie Tue, 13 May 2008 13:10:37 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/05/11/i-did-not-cut-down-that-cherry-tree/#comment-29064 <p>Dana posted her recipes for goat cheese panna cotta and cherry pit ice cream:</p> <p>http://www.tastingmenu.com/2008/05/12/sour-cherries/</p> Dana posted her recipes for goat cheese panna cotta and cherry pit ice cream:

http://www.tastingmenu.com/2008/05/12/sour-cherries/

]]> By: mamster http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/05/11/i-did-not-cut-down-that-cherry-tree/#comment-29030 mamster Mon, 12 May 2008 23:14:51 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/05/11/i-did-not-cut-down-that-cherry-tree/#comment-29030 <p>Maggi, I got my pitter at Sur La Table. It is handheld; they also sell a "high-volume cherry pitter" which looks scary. Fun scary.</p> Maggi, I got my pitter at Sur La Table. It is handheld; they also sell a “high-volume cherry pitter” which looks scary. Fun scary.

]]> By: peabody http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/05/11/i-did-not-cut-down-that-cherry-tree/#comment-29029 peabody Mon, 12 May 2008 23:09:22 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/05/11/i-did-not-cut-down-that-cherry-tree/#comment-29029 <p>Saw that story. I do love sour cherry season!</p> Saw that story. I do love sour cherry season!

]]> By: Maggi http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/05/11/i-did-not-cut-down-that-cherry-tree/#comment-29016 Maggi Mon, 12 May 2008 20:09:59 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/05/11/i-did-not-cut-down-that-cherry-tree/#comment-29016 <p>Oh my word... I so wait patiently for sour cherry season each year. Yes. Brief, fleeting and expensive is a good description.</p> <p>But, my husband just bought me two montmorency cherry trees and I am about to plant them as soon as the monsoon here in the greater Baltimore area is over. I'm going to try the clafouti. The ice cream is intriguing. I'll have to try that...</p> <p>Where did you get you pitter? I'm still working with a tiny hand-held job, if you can believe that...</p> Oh my word… I so wait patiently for sour cherry season each year. Yes. Brief, fleeting and expensive is a good description.

But, my husband just bought me two montmorency cherry trees and I am about to plant them as soon as the monsoon here in the greater Baltimore area is over. I’m going to try the clafouti. The ice cream is intriguing. I’ll have to try that…

Where did you get you pitter? I’m still working with a tiny hand-held job, if you can believe that…

]]> By: ctate http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/05/11/i-did-not-cut-down-that-cherry-tree/#comment-29013 ctate Mon, 12 May 2008 19:46:20 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/05/11/i-did-not-cut-down-that-cherry-tree/#comment-29013 <p>FYI: one of my French orkers insists that clafoutis is made with intact cherries, not pitted, otherwise it doesn't taste right. That said, arguing with Dana Cree on this doesn't strike me as a recipe for success.</p> FYI: one of my French orkers insists that clafoutis is made with intact cherries, not pitted, otherwise it doesn’t taste right. That said, arguing with Dana Cree on this doesn’t strike me as a recipe for success.

]]> By: mamster http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/05/11/i-did-not-cut-down-that-cherry-tree/#comment-29000 mamster Mon, 12 May 2008 17:34:35 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/05/11/i-did-not-cut-down-that-cherry-tree/#comment-29000 <p>Well, Lauren, you bust open a hundred cherry pits, chop the "nuts" and infuse them into cream, then sweeten and make ice cream. You could do the same thing with sweet cherry pits or peach or apricot pits and I'll bet it would be about the same. Make sure you chop them finely and boil the cream, for two reasons: (1) the flavor is subtle, and (2) raw pits are poisonous.</p> Well, Lauren, you bust open a hundred cherry pits, chop the “nuts” and infuse them into cream, then sweeten and make ice cream. You could do the same thing with sweet cherry pits or peach or apricot pits and I’ll bet it would be about the same. Make sure you chop them finely and boil the cream, for two reasons: (1) the flavor is subtle, and (2) raw pits are poisonous.

]]> By: Lauren http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/05/11/i-did-not-cut-down-that-cherry-tree/#comment-28996 Lauren Mon, 12 May 2008 17:10:35 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/05/11/i-did-not-cut-down-that-cherry-tree/#comment-28996 <p>Ooooh, tell me more about the cherry pit ice cream. I just happen to have both access to a sour cherry tree and and ice cream maker!</p> Ooooh, tell me more about the cherry pit ice cream. I just happen to have both access to a sour cherry tree and and ice cream maker!

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