Comments on: Dietribes: A Little Cherry History

By: Dawn

Dawn — Sun, 25 May 2008 11:02:44 +0000

Unfortunately, I grew up in the 70’s – the age of 10+ minute fluoride treatments that were either cherry or grape flavored.

To this day, I cannot stand cherries or anything remotely tasting or smelling like cherries!

By: gibson8or

gibson8or — Thu, 15 May 2008 21:35:53 +0000

After reading this article, I went out and bought cherries at this store. I then had to try eating them without thinking about Johnny Cat’s comment…

By: Christina

Christina — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:55:23 +0000

Oh I looooove Rainier Cherries! I live in Memphis though and they are so hard to find and when you can find them they don’t last long. Mmmmm…cherries.

By: Julia

Julia — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:42:41 +0000

The Spoonbridge and Cherry–a super popular wedding and prom photo background here in MPLS.

I once made a cherry pie from cherries picked by my mom and pitted by my grandma. It was fantastic.

By: mrs.djs

mrs.djs — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:26:45 +0000

Japan to Utah: “Thanks for unnecessarily herding our innocent sons and daughters into your internment camps, please have some of our beautiful trees.” :(

Anyways, cute article!!

By: kani

kani — Thu, 15 May 2008 03:46:51 +0000

Julia, I’m jealous. Ranier cherries are the best, but I live in the southeast and they’re about $8. a pound, if you can even find them. The best recipe is Black Forest Cherry Cake: 2 layers of chocolate cake soaked with Kirsch(cherry brandy), topped with cherries macerated in Kirsch, topped with whipped cream. Yummy!

By: Julia

Julia — Thu, 15 May 2008 03:37:00 +0000

Oh GOD I can’t wait. *drool*

Allison, if you haven’t tried one of those little yellow and red beauties, you simply MUST!

By: Melodye

Melodye — Wed, 14 May 2008 23:05:58 +0000

Julia – I whole-heartedly agree! Rainier cherries are freaking awesome.

I love to eat cherries, either by themselves or in pies. I also like putting dried cherries in salads.

By: Johnny Cat

Johnny Cat — Wed, 14 May 2008 21:10:43 +0000

Growing up, we had a huge cherry tree that my friends and I would climb, and one summer day we filled a brown grocery bag with luscious dark cherries. We were devouring them wholeheartedly, about halfway through the bag, when I decided to split one open and have a look inside. I saw a tiny white worm-thing squirming around. We opened every last cherry and found one or two worm-things in each one.

Scarred for life, I can’t eat cherries anymore. :(

By: Julia

Julia — Wed, 14 May 2008 21:05:13 +0000

The best cherries in the world are definitely the Rainier Cherries of the Pacific Northwest. In Seattle, we eat them by the pounds when they’re in season.