Cherries

We used to pick cherries around the 4th of July every year......before we moved.  It was the annual family outing where we packed a lunch, went and picked both sour and sweet cherries, then stopped in the park on the way home to have a picnic together.  Of course once we were refreshed from the picnic and settled in at home we all gathered in the kitchen to pit the sour cherries.  Sour cherries are the best for cherry pie, In my opinion of course.  I would try to have enough in the freezer to make 6 pies of so for the winter.  We have not found an orchard near us to pick and I am sad that this tradition is no more.  We are however, forging new traditions as we learn about this area and all it has to offer.