640141 Tue Jul 28 13:46:40 -0700 2009 20 12 Boston Area 0 4897890 Anyone seen sour cherries in any of the markets around Boston? I have a craving to try a recipe for a sour cherry pie, and looking over old posts this seems to be about the time they were ripe last year. Thanks!! Tue Jul 28 13:46:40 -0700 2009 291821 panda681 1 4897922 They were available at the Lexington Farmer's Market today from Charlton (Carlton?) Orchards. It's the big truck at the Lexington Center end of the market. Tue Jul 28 13:54:16 -0700 2009 4897890 177209 PinchOfSalt 1 4897948 Saw them at Wilson Farms in Lexington yesterday. $5.99 per dry quart. Would you mind posting the pie recipe, or a link to it, on the Home Cooking Board? Tue Jul 28 14:00:50 -0700 2009 4897890 13756 GretchenS 2 4898686 GretchenS, this is probably more appropriate on the Homecooking Board, or the Food, Media and News Boards, but here is a recent sour cherry recipe from smittenkitchen, a blog that I enjoy. I, too, have been looking for a local source for sour cherries in season. http://smittenkitchen.com/ Tue Jul 28 18:26:38 -0700 2009 4897948 77061 bear 1 4897950 Got some nice ones (from upstate NY) at Arax in Watertown yesterday. Tue Jul 28 14:01:09 -0700 2009 4897890 172551 dsmoxie 2 4898501 Arax still had gorgeous ones today. Tue Jul 28 17:19:33 -0700 2009 4897950 10169 StriperGuy 1 4898056 I saw some today at the Newton Farmers Market. Kimball Fruit Farm had them and they do a different market every day to the week. Here's their schedule: http://www.kimballfruitfarm.com/farmersmarkets.html Penny http://www.bostonzest.com/ Tue Jul 28 14:40:26 -0700 2009 4897890 21331 BostonZest 1 4898087 On a similar note - anyone know where I could find good sour cherry jam? I'm a big fan and have yet to find a decent one in Boston... Tue Jul 28 14:50:18 -0700 2009 4897890 24842 nader 2 4898557 Jam is SO easy to make...'course pitting the cherries is probably a job. I haven't done cherries - but strawberry, plum, peach - and just last week I made a blueberry compote to die for. Guess this is getting OT.... (edited for sloppy grammar) Tue Jul 28 17:41:07 -0700 2009 4898087 23383 threedogs 2 4899948 I think the eastern european places have a fairly wide selection, International Bazaar on Beacon in Brookline, and Baza on Needham Street definitely have it. Wed Jul 29 08:25:50 -0700 2009 4898087 23376 nsenada 1 4900335 Thanks! And bear and I follow the same blog, so check out smittenkitchen :-) Wed Jul 29 10:06:07 -0700 2009 4897890 291821 panda681 1 4900370 I snagged the last two pints at the Brookline farmers market last Thursday and hope to find more again tomorrow. I would not expect them to be available for longer than about two weeks a year. Wed Jul 29 10:12:59 -0700 2009 4897890 14386 BobB 2 4900607 My friend who has a sour cherry tree in Dorchester said last night that his were all gone more than a week ago. Wed Jul 29 11:00:25 -0700 2009 4900370 18512 Allstonian 3 4900707 A sour cherry tree of one's own...sigh. I grew up with one in our backyard in Somerville (the tree, the yard, and the house now long gone and turned into a parking lot) and I still miss my mother's cherry pies. Wed Jul 29 11:23:38 -0700 2009 4900607 14386 BobB 4 4900820 I know! I'm envious. I got to enjoy a crisp made from my friend's cherries on July 4. It was definitely a special treat. My own mom's cherry pie recipe was based on industrial-sized cans of sour cherries that they used to get for animal diets at the Franklin Park children's zoo, back in the early 60s. It's a good story, but I'd kind of rather have a cherry tree, or the wild Concord grapes that used to grow in our back yard. (The vine's still there, but it keeps growing into the top of the surrounding trees before we can get at the fruit, and the birds get it all.) Wed Jul 29 11:51:25 -0700 2009 4900707 18512 Allstonian 1 4900840 Got some from Kimball Farm at the Davis Square farmer's market today. Looked like they were down to their last few pints at ~1:30 pm though, so it is probably too late to get them today. Kimball goes to a lot of markets though. Wed Jul 29 11:54:55 -0700 2009 4897890 286082 tsackton 1 5019992 How about frozen (pitted) sour cherries? I just moved here from Ohio, where I could get them at the grocery store. I see frozen sweet cherries everywhere here, but they're no good for pies (or, well, anything). No luck at the local Stop & Shop, Trader Joe's, or Whole Foods. Any ideas? Thanks! Thu Sep 10 12:50:46 -0700 2009 4897890 276429 quirkydeb 2 5020354 You can find frozen (pitted) sour cherries in Russian stores like Russian Village and Bazaar in Brookline. I have bought these cherries several times in Russian Village. I am sure other Russian stores have them too. Thu Sep 10 14:53:20 -0700 2009 5019992 177982 annaV 3 5021802 Thank you! I'm in Brookline, so that's perfect. I will definitely check them out. Fri Sep 11 07:39:53 -0700 2009 5020354 276429 quirkydeb 3 5061745 I got the cherries at Russian Village. Yea! Plus black currant syrup and a lovely cheese blintz. The halvah wasn't my favorite & the Russian candies would not be something I would repeat, but I'm glad I tried them. Thank you, annaV! I'm sooo glad I won't have to pit cherries for my pies. Sun Sep 27 09:38:02 -0700 2009 5020354 276429 quirkydeb 2 5023023 Anyone know if Arax or the other Armenian markets in Watertown have frozen ones? Fri Sep 11 14:02:50 -0700 2009 5019992 57416 chilibaby