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Sour pitted cherries

Superfly

Superfly

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I am having the hardest time finding these things. Will regular tart cherries work the same?

I need them for a black forest cake.
 
Superfly said:
I am having the hardest time finding these things. Will regular tart cherries work the same?

I need them for a black forest cake.
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What's the difference between "tart cherries" and "sour cherries"?
 
Superfly said:
I am having the hardest time finding these things. Will regular tart cherries work the same?

I need them for a black forest cake.
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I think they are the same thing, though tart cherries can be hard to find, last time I needed some I found them at a restaurant supply store. Americans want everything super sweet.
 
Superfly said:
I am having the hardest time finding these things. Will regular tart cherries work the same?

I need them for a black forest cake.
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It's been a long time since I baked one, but I used to have a recipe that called for Bing cherries. They definitely aren't sour, and only mildly tart. I would think that any of the tart cherries would work, and particularly so since you don't have any other options. Hell, I'd try it, but I've also tried topping 100' foot pine trees, so I'm not so sure my endorsement means much.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
I think they are the same thing, though tart cherries can be hard to find, last time I needed some I found them at a restaurant supply store. Americans want everything super sweet.
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Of course they are ... just trying to see what somebody comes up with about the difference of tart and sour regarding cherries. :lol:

Our Walmart carries pitted tart cherries and our Big Lots carries foreign pitted sour cherries - with regard to taste in a Black Forest Gateau they are identical.

I'd be more concerned about finding Kirschwasser - not every liquor store carries it.
 
Superfly said:
Too summery.

We do stuff like that when it's hotter than hell outside.
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Hey, you got a heater for that, right? ;)

I've always been of the opinion that a plain german chocolate cake is the perfect winter dessert; fruits are almost always better outside of a dish than in, in my book. I'm a man of childishly simple tastes.
 
Jesse Booth said:
Hey, you got a heater for that, right? ;)

I've always been of the opinion that a plain german chocolate cake is the perfect winter dessert; fruits are almost always better outside of a dish than in, in my book. I'm a man of childishly simple tastes.
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Same here. I still eat cold Spaghettios out of the can.
 
Superfly said:
I am having the hardest time finding these things. Will regular tart cherries work the same?

I need them for a black forest cake.
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Fun fact about me: I like sucking on cherries, but I don't like eating them. :lol:
 
A few years back, my wife planted a Montmorency cherry tree in the front corner of our yard.....it was 3 feet tall then, and its about 10-12 feet now; it grew much faster than anticipated, and has been giving her a nice harvest each year.....sour, but wonderful in pie.

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Polar Bum said:
A few years back, my wife planted a Montmorency cherry tree in the front corner of our yard.....it was 3 feet tall then, and its about 10-12 feet now; it grew much faster than anticipated, and has been giving her a nice harvest each year.....sour, but wonderful in pie.

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That'd be handy right about now :lol: .
 
Superfly said:
That'd be handy right about now :lol: .
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Surprisingly, it yields between 4-5 one gallon ice cream buckets each year now.....unfortunately, its nearly a full time summer job pruning the branches back from the public walkway....it grows FAST.
 
Polar Bum said:
A few years back, my wife planted a Montmorency cherry tree in the front corner of our yard.....it was 3 feet tall then, and its about 10-12 feet now; it grew much faster than anticipated, and has been giving her a nice harvest each year.....sour, but wonderful in pie.

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My word, what a gorgeous house. Asides from how open the front room is to oustide viewers, I would love to have a place like that someday.
 
Polar Bum said:
A few years back, my wife planted a Montmorency cherry tree in the front corner of our yard.....it was 3 feet tall then, and its about 10-12 feet now; it grew much faster than anticipated, and has been giving her a nice harvest each year.....sour, but wonderful in pie.

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That's your house? Nice.
 
Jesse Booth said:
My word, what a gorgeous house. Asides from how open the front room is to oustide viewers, I would love to have a place like that someday.
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LOL.....that's not the front room......its just the porch.

At one time it was completely enclosed, but my wife being from the south had a hard time with the winters, so I had the old porch removed and a 4 season green house put in for her.
The yard is her hobby.... have not had to mow the lawn in 15 years....she grows something on nearly every square foot.

She can now grow things pretty much year round and the cats definitely love the year round sun.....it faces south and heats up nicely in the winter; in the summer, the insulated glass slides open and the breeze comes through the screen.

So long as my wife is happy, I am happy.
 
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