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- Eve Fox
- August 12, 2011
- 7:53 am
- 70 comments
I don’t care how gauche or tacky they are, I LOVE maraschino cherries. I love them so much that I even eat the stems, in fact, crunching through the woody stems may be my favorite part.
My love affair with maraschinos dates back to our first meeting — I was seven years old and my family had gone out for dinner to one of our favorite restaurants, The Little Bear, a then-newish Chinese restaurant perched on the side of a stream in Woodstock, NY. My parents let me order my first Shirley Temple.
I’ve always had a much larger than average sweet tooth so the pink-tinted beverage was like heaven in a glass… And the crowning glory was the big maraschino cherry perched daintily atop the ice, practically glowing an unnatural and alluring shade of red. I made short work of it, stem and all.
And I’ve never looked back since. But I have since become much more aware of all the yucky, no doubt noxious ingredients in most maraschino cherries – red dye number 5 million, high fructose corn syrup, etc., etc. And I have always wanted to try making maraschinos myself so when I saw this simple recipe on the blog In Jennie’s Kitchen, I knew the time had come.
I ran out the next day and purchased a big load of cherries at Sunfrost and a cherry pitter from the new kitchen shop in town, Diane’s Kitchen.
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Eve Fox
Eve is the creator of The Garden of Eating, a blog about food--cooking it, eating it, and growing it. She has a legendary love of aprons and can often be found salivating over the fruits and veggies at one of the many farmers’ markets near her home in Woodstock, NY. Want even more recipes, photos, giveaways, and food-related inspiration? "Like" the Garden of Eating on Facebook, or follow Eve on Twitter or Pinterest.
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Sounds complicated
Yes! From beginning to the very end.
Thank you Moms Clean Air Force, for Sharing this!
OF COURSE - WHO DOESNOT!!!!!
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70 comments
+ add your ownHave always loved these cherries, very tasty and delicious!
I love the type of cherries and gonna try this recipe!
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Nice one ....Thank you,,,
I want to try this
This is great! I had no idea a healthy recipe for maraschino cherries existed. Thanks
Awesome recipe!! Thanks!!
Sounds too good to be true...must try! Thanks!
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