Le temps des cerises is a French expression meaning the time when you’re young, with the implication that you should make the most of it.\u00a0 I got back from the UK to find the fridge filled with sacks, bowls and jugs of cherries requiring immediate attention.\u00a0 It’s enough to turn my few remaining dark hairs white, I must say.\u00a0 This time it was Mike who picked them using a borrowed cherry picker.\u00a0 I have fond memories of Antonia climbing on the car roof under the tree while he was away last year.\u00a0 Mike’s method is more effective, hence the bumper harvest.<\/p>\n
I made 6 jars of jam, but the problem is that the cherries are already very sweet, so the jam is even more so.\u00a0 I imagine it will get used more in cakes and pies than for spreading.\u00a0 I am planning a cherry chocolate cake!\u00a0 I’ve decided the way to go for the future is drying them.\u00a0 Luckily we have a drier so it only takes about 9 hours per batch.\u00a0 I dread to think what that costs in electricity.\u00a0 The results are delicious though.\u00a0 We will freeze them till needed for extra safety – they don’t take up much space.\u00a0 I am also trying to make glace cherries which I use regularly around Christmas.\u00a0 It is a long process and I don’t know how well it will work yet.<\/p>\n
In the meantime, I have pitted about a thousand cherries!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Le temps des cerises is a French expression meaning the time when you’re young, with the implication that you should make the most of it.\u00a0 I got back from the UK to find the fridge filled with sacks, bowls and jugs of cherries requiring immediate attention.\u00a0 It’s enough to turn my few remaining dark hairs … Continue reading Le temps des cerises<\/span>