Some of you might remember how I put my life at stake last year – to rescue some of the cherries before the birds finished them all. Yesterday I braved the law of gravity and swung myself to the top of the tree. My darling gave me a pitying look when I dragged the ladder out, as to say, why bother with a ladder – just climb that tree, it's so easy.
This is what I got yesterday, and there are still berries up there. But before I try to reach them I'll take care of what I have.
Beautiful cherries, my favorite fruit. I am glad you got to enjoy some this year!
SvaraRaderaOur cherries ripen around the 4th of July. Your seasons are different. I am now having a little fantasy of being a millionaire and following the cherry ripening times to different places throughout all the summer. I wonder if that is even possible.
In English the same word describes sweet and sour cherries and in Hungarian they have two completely different names. In Norwegian do you call them both by the same name?
Kristi,
SvaraRaderaYou can perhaps try it in the States first - start in Florida and travel north! I'm sure it is possible, all you need is time and money!
I call them all "körsbär" (cherries) unless I'm describing a certain berry - but like you we just put sweet (söt) or sour (sur) infront of "körsbär. Then there are "bigarråer" whiteheart and "moreller" morello.
Margaretha
And in Hungarian they are Cseresznye for sweet cherries and Meggye for sour cherries. This reminds me of a project a friend of Norwegian background and I talked about for a time - a children's book which would give the different things animals say in different languages. We only got as far as pigs. For instance in English, kids are told that pigs say, "Oink, Oink." In Norwegian, "Neff Neff", In Hungarian, "Ruff Ruff". I bet a clever writer could get something like this in a book. Maybe they already have!
SvaraRaderaLucky you! I just bought some at our local co-op and they came from Washington state. They are wonderful. They are a deeper red- almost maroon. And they have a pit. Do all cherries?
SvaraRaderaKristi,
SvaraRaderaIt is a great idea!
In Swedish pigs say nöff nöff, dogs vov vov and cats mjau. Go ahead!
Nan,
I think all cherries have pits. It's rather time consuming to remove them - I have a cherry-pitter, but you still have to handle the berries one by one. I read about a cherry stoner on a blog (http://www.fourgreenacres.com/2009/07/cherry-memories.html). It looks wonderful - but I've never seen one here.
I just filled another small bucket with cherries, and maybe I can get another tomorrow. I have frozen the berries I've picked as I haven't decided what to make with them yet. I think I wrote a post last year about what I baked - have to check it as I think it was good.
Margaretha
My mouth waters just looking at the picture. I don't have room in the garden for a cherry tree but the local ones have been really good this year and I have bought plenty. I don't hold on to them long enough to make pies or anything else because everyone likes to eat them from the bowl!
SvaraRaderaMaureen,
SvaraRaderaEvery time I decide to pick the remaining berries - well, try to pick as many as possible, of them - it start to rain, or the wind is too strong. There still are some cherries I don't want the birds to feast on. We eat as much of the berries, all berries, as we can - but beeing a small household we are grateful for the invention of freezers. When my mother grew up, she was forbidden to eat the berries as they were turned into jam or fruit syrup. They missed most of the vitamines but got plenty of sugar that way!
Margaretha