How are your bing cherries this year? - Page 4

Pearlee · ‎06-11-2011

@Irshgrl31201 wrote:
It is too early but it still didn't stop me from buying a couple of pounds that I saw at Whole Foods. Cherries are my favorite and I ate the whole bag. They are definitely better later in the season and I like the Rainer cherries the best which come out a little later.

I can't wait for the Rainer cherries. Last year I bought a 3 lb bag and my grandson and I ate the whole thing in one sitting. He loves them too. This year we are going for the record and doing the same but with 4 or 5lbs.

@Irshgrl31201 The store where I bought the really good cherries just the other day also was offering Rainier. I would have said it's "too early" for cherries here too in the midwest but my second purchase proves me wrong. And the price is usually much higher than I paid if they are out this "early." It's not "too early" for cherries if they are good ones!

Irshgrl31201 · ‎03-18-2010

@Pearlee wrote:
@Irshgrl31201 wrote:
It is too early but it still didn't stop me from buying a couple of pounds that I saw at Whole Foods. Cherries are my favorite and I ate the whole bag. They are definitely better later in the season and I like the Rainer cherries the best which come out a little later.

I can't wait for the Rainer cherries. Last year I bought a 3 lb bag and my grandson and I ate the whole thing in one sitting. He loves them too. This year we are going for the record and doing the same but with 4 or 5lbs.
@Irshgrl31201 The store where I bought the really good cherries just the other day also was offering Rainier. I would have said it's "too early" for cherries here too in the midwest but my second purchase proves me wrong. And the price is usually much higher than I paid if they are out this "early." It's not "too early" for cherries if they are good ones!

You're lucky, I can't even find Rainer cherries around here til probably mid June. I wish I could I would buy them even if they were at their best @Pearlee because I like them even if they aren't at their peak. Cherries of any variety are just my absolute favorite fruit. I wish I could get them year round like other fruits but only being able to get them for a short time each year is probably one of the things that makes me like them so much!

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Katcat1 · ‎07-21-2011

Small but sweet, I hope it's because it is early in the season and look forward to the larger ones.

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Blingqueen023 · ‎03-09-2010

Too early in the season and won't pay 4 dollars a lb for them. will purchase when they're 1.99 a lb.

Pearlee · ‎06-11-2011

@Blingqueen023 wrote:
Too early in the season and won't pay 4 dollars a lb for them. will purchase when they're 1.99 a lb.

I'm willing to pay a pretty penny for cherries...because their season is so short and I love 'em.

Blingqueen023 · ‎03-09-2010

@Pearlee wrote:
@Blingqueen023 wrote:
Too early in the season and won't pay 4 dollars a lb for them. will purchase when they're 1.99 a lb.
I'm willing to pay a pretty penny for cherries...because their season is so short and I love 'em.

In the DC area Pearly we have the cherries all through the summer season. I was looking at them today and they were 3.99 a lb. They didn't have a lot of the dark colored cherries. They were mostly bright red. Also, for your info, and you probably know this, but I didn't. I was told how to pick out a ripe water melon. We've gotten so many hard unriped melons until I walked into a certain grocery store that had a sign on how to pick a ripe one. It told me to look for a huge yellow patch color on the bottom of the melon. Said that will be one that was on the vine for a longer time before being picked. Also mentioned if it weighs heavy, it's full of good juice. Haven't had a bad melon since reading that.

WORKING GAL · ‎11-15-2011

Delicious!! I am in So. Ca. and we had a lot of rain over the winter.

Last few years because of the drought the cherries have not been that good. Much sweeter this year and I got them for 99 cents/lb. at a couple of our smaller markets. Can't pass that price up.

twinny70 · ‎07-03-2012

I bought some very large dark cherries at our local grocery store yesterday $1.99 lb. & they are fabulous. I also bought a watermelon with a yellow patch on the bottom & it is sweet & juicy. I don't remember seeing yellow patches on the watermelons before. I just love peaches, nectarines, plums & squash too.