When my brother and sister visited me a couple of weeks ago we picked pie cherries.
It’s a family tradition; we’ve picked cherries at this orchard since we were little kids. And just like years ago we managed to eat a fair amount of the tart jewels as we worked to fill freezer bags in preparation of pies to come.
A perfect summer day – in collage – from my family to yours.
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July 14, 2017 at 9:27 am
Oh, Dawn. Pie for breakfast sound delicious right now. I’ve never heard of pie cherries. We have bing cherries and the more pricey, but so delicious, Ranier cherries. Pie cherries are a much brighter red, aren’t they?
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July 14, 2017 at 9:30 am
Yes, bright red. When they’re really ripe they are almost translucent. Michigan is the biggest exporter of tart cherries. It’s sort of an acquired taste, and we grew up with it, so we all like to eat them fresh, right off the tree. Most people like the sweet cherries better and are quite shocked at the tart cherry taste. We’re fine with that…leaves more for us!
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July 14, 2017 at 4:11 pm
That sounds similar to my mom’s family’s tradition of tart apple pies. They always used crisp, more tart apples and that’s what I grew up with. Most apple pies are made with very ripe, sweeter types apples. So the pies always seem too sweet and mushy to me.
Fact is, my grandma and mom made killer fruit pies, and it pretty much ruined me for any other pies my whole life.
The cherry picking sounds like a great family tradition.
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July 14, 2017 at 7:50 pm
Your family’s apple pies sound pretty good too!
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July 14, 2017 at 9:35 am
I’ve never seen cherries growing! Thanks for great shots and a very pleasing collage. It’s the cherry on top of this challenge!
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July 14, 2017 at 12:52 pm
I’m glad to show them to you! Now when you have a piece of cherry pie you can think of the orchards where they came from. Though I have to say no cherry pie made with cherry pie filling will hold a candle to one made with fresh (or thawed) cherries. Especially if my sister makes the pie. Feel free to come on over and we’ll share.
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July 14, 2017 at 9:50 am
Those cherries look delicious Dawn, my tummy is rumbling away now! Lol! 🙂
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July 14, 2017 at 12:53 pm
They are very very good. I ate a few frozen ones (you know, if you don’t have 4 Cups for a pie might as well eat them up, right?) last night and they were very yummy! Though if you eat too many your tummy might be rumbling in an entirely different sort of way.
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July 15, 2017 at 8:41 am
Lol!!! I’ve never eaten enough cherries to get that sort of problem Dawn, they are too expensive over here to buy that amount! Did once eat a whole large packet of dried apricots, and then suffered for the next few days! Lol! 🙂
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July 14, 2017 at 10:09 am
YUM, YUM, YUM!!!
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July 14, 2017 at 12:53 pm
I know!!!
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July 14, 2017 at 10:32 am
What a great tradition… Up North cherries make the best pies….and the best memories. Thanks for sharing – enjoy your weekend.
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July 14, 2017 at 12:54 pm
These are from Spicers, on US 23 just north of M59, so not so up north as Traverse City. Now days they have blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, apples, etc. OH and a wine tasting thingy. But when we were kids it was mostly apples and cherries. They still do tart and sweet cherries, pick your own or stop by the little store up front and buy some already picked. You can get fresh donuts there too…not that I ever actually DO that…well…sometimes…
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July 14, 2017 at 10:43 am
Nothing better than Michigan cherries — yum!!!
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July 14, 2017 at 12:55 pm
I agree! They are pretty special! And the season is short so you have to appreciate them when they’re here.
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July 14, 2017 at 12:45 pm
Sour cherry crisp is one of life’s greatest pleasures. Beautiful!
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July 14, 2017 at 12:58 pm
oooooooooooooooohhh! I’ve never tried that. That would be wonderful!! Make the topping from an apple crisp recipe and put it over cherries with a little flour/sugar mixed in?
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July 14, 2017 at 1:00 pm
Yep. When I lived out west our neighbor had a sour cherry tree, and he would let us pick as much as we liked. The combo of the sweet and tart is OUT OF THIS WORLD. Make sure whatever topping you make has brown as well as white sugar though. *whimper*
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July 14, 2017 at 1:29 pm
Awwwww….come on over and make it with me. Then I’ll do it right and you’ll get a piece or two to take with you!
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July 14, 2017 at 1:30 pm
It wouldn’t make it out the door! 🙂
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July 14, 2017 at 5:23 pm
What a wonderful collage Dawn! So bright and so appealing! 😀 Love the heart in the pie crust
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July 14, 2017 at 7:51 pm
My sister puts things like that on all her pies. It sure was pretty when we pulled it out of the oven!
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July 14, 2017 at 6:26 pm
Never have cherries looked so good!
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July 14, 2017 at 7:51 pm
They are beautiful, on the tree and in a pie!
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July 15, 2017 at 8:24 am
Beautiful summertime collage of a cherry-full life. xo
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July 17, 2017 at 5:19 pm
Yes, it’s definitely mid-summer here now!
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July 15, 2017 at 11:05 am
Those looks so beautiful and so delicious!! Wish I could go cherry picking with you. 🙂
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July 17, 2017 at 5:20 pm
Wish you could too! Sometime on your travels to OH you’ll have to pop up here. Though I know it’s hard to leave family for a side trip.
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July 15, 2017 at 6:15 pm
Your blog looks good. I was playing with changing mine again the other day but just changed a few things lol. Great pics.
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July 17, 2017 at 5:20 pm
I’m sort of afraid to change anything now that I know how it works the way it is…would be kind of fun to switch some stuff up though.
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July 18, 2017 at 5:59 pm
When I am tired of something I go to the themes and do the previews on them to see if I will like it or not. Most of the ones I think I will like I do not like at all.
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July 18, 2017 at 7:38 pm
I should try that…at least LOOK at some other themes.
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