....somewhat ****ed off at the birds eating the cherries off my tree (and
finding the stones on top of my car!) went out and picked a few to ripen
indoors.
Then thought I'd try one of the very nearly ripe ones. Oh My God I
thought I was going to die. Sour doesn't even come close to describing it!
Beyond sour, into realms of disgusting, vile, horrendous all rolled into
one. The birds must have no taste buds whatsoever.

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...somewhat ****ed off at the birds eating the cherries off my tree
(and finding the stones on top of my car!) went out and picked a few
to ripen indoors.
Then thought I'd try one of the very nearly ripe ones. Oh My God
I thought I was going to die. Sour doesn't even come close to
describing it! Beyond sour, into realms of disgusting, vile,
horrendous all rolled into one. The birds must have no taste buds
whatsoever.

Are you sure it wasn't an ornamental cherry...?

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...somewhat ****ed off at the birds eating the cherries off my tree (and
finding the stones on top of my car!) went out and picked a few to ripen
indoors.
Then thought I'd try one of the very nearly ripe ones. Oh My God I
thought I was going to die. Sour doesn't even come close to describing it!
Beyond sour, into realms of disgusting, vile, horrendous all rolled into
one. The birds must have no taste buds whatsoever.

I don't believe they do as they cannot taste red hot fiery chillis.
Perhaps your cherries might be good for jam making.

"pammyT" fenlandfowl @talktalk.net wrote in message
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...somewhat ****ed off at the birds eating the cherries off my tree (and
finding the stones on top of my car!) went out and picked a few to ripen
indoors.
Then thought I'd try one of the very nearly ripe ones. Oh My God I
thought I was going to die. Sour doesn't even come close to describing
it!
Beyond sour, into realms of disgusting, vile, horrendous all rolled into
one. The birds must have no taste buds whatsoever.

I don't believe they do as they cannot taste red hot fiery chillis.
Perhaps your cherries might be good for jam making.


For my worst enemy, possibly :-)

It wasnt just that they were sour, but hideously tasting.
Miss P, no idea if its an ornamental one (it was here when I moved in), but
it does seem to have the sort of leaves I'd normally associate with a fruit
tree and also the blossom doesnt usually stay around that long.
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...somewhat ****ed off at the birds eating the cherries off my tree (and
finding the stones on top of my car!) went out and picked a few to ripen
indoors.
Then thought I'd try one of the very nearly ripe ones. Oh My God I
thought I was going to die. Sour doesn't even come close to describing it!
Beyond sour, into realms of disgusting, vile, horrendous all rolled into
one. The birds must have no taste buds whatsoever.

I don't believe they do as they cannot taste red hot fiery chillis.
Perhaps your cherries might be good for jam making.

I've got a better idea...

Put cherries into a screwtop jar until it is one-third full.

Fill the space between the cherries with granulated sugar.

Top the jar up with Navy rum and leave it in a cool, dark place for at
least three months, giving it a bit of a shake from time to time.

Mmmmmm! And absolutely ace with morello cherries.

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Top the jar up with Navy rum and leave it in a cool, dark place for at
least three months, giving it a bit of a shake from time to time.


:-((

What a shocking waste of Rum

:-((

Mike
Who 'dispensed' almost 3 bottles of Pusser's Rum at the International
Festival of the Sea :-)))))

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I don't believe they do as they cannot taste red hot fiery chillis.
Perhaps your cherries might be good for jam making.


For my worst enemy, possibly :-)

It wasnt just that they were sour, but hideously tasting.
Miss P, no idea if its an ornamental one (it was here when I moved in), but
it does seem to have the sort of leaves I'd normally associate with a fruit
tree and also the blossom doesnt usually stay around that long.

Are they the normal size for cherries? (I remember when I was six or
seven, I used to pick geans on the way to school and on return. They
were quite a bit smaller than cultivated ones, and deliciously sharp...)

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Top the jar up with Navy rum and leave it in a cool, dark place for at
least three months, giving it a bit of a shake from time to time.


:-((

What a shocking waste of Rum

:-((

I know what you mean, but it makes a really fine liqueur, much as I love
rum. BTW, if you're ever in Scotland, try to get some Trawler Rum - it's
the rummiest rum I've ever met.

Many years ago the reps called on the hotels on the Isle of Lewis as
usual. "24 cases of Trawler, please."

"Sorry, we can't get it just now, but we've got ..."

"Oh well, I'll take five cases of Lighthouse, then."

(I had this from one of the proprieters the following year.)

There were some people who made do with Lighthouse (a nice enough rum)
but many changed to whisky until the supplies of Trawler resumed, ans
most of the five cases of Lighthouse were still there.

I heard the story because I looked along the bar and asked where the
Trawler was - it was out of view, and only Lighthouse was on the
optics...

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I don't believe they do as they cannot taste red hot fiery chillis.
Perhaps your cherries might be good for jam making.


For my worst enemy, possibly :-)

It wasnt just that they were sour, but hideously tasting.
Miss P, no idea if its an ornamental one (it was here when I moved in),
but
it does seem to have the sort of leaves I'd normally associate with a
fruit
tree and also the blossom doesnt usually stay around that long.

Are they the normal size for cherries? (I remember when I was six or
seven, I used to pick geans on the way to school and on return. They
were quite a bit smaller than cultivated ones, and deliciously sharp...)


Yes, they are quite small. Significantly smaller than the ones I buy at the
supermarket

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I don't believe they do as they cannot taste red hot fiery chillis.
Perhaps your cherries might be good for jam making.


For my worst enemy, possibly :-)

It wasnt just that they were sour, but hideously tasting.
Miss P, no idea if its an ornamental one (it was here when I moved in),
but
it does seem to have the sort of leaves I'd normally associate with a
fruit
tree and also the blossom doesnt usually stay around that long.

Are they the normal size for cherries? (I remember when I was six or
seven, I used to pick geans on the way to school and on return. They
were quite a bit smaller than cultivated ones, and deliciously sharp...)


Yes, they are quite small. Significantly smaller than the ones I buy at
the
supermarket
ahh I bet they are what I call 'bird cherries'. Not a proper cultivated
cherry but a wild form. Grows like a flipping weed here and I hate the
things.Next door neighbours have one and she was well chuffed when she moved
in thinking she would have lots of cherries to eat lol. All it does is make
a mess of my aviary roof with the blossom.Still it looks a lot better now
that it has my clematis montana growing all over it. You can hardly see the
tree now :0)

Tumbleweed wrote:
"pammyT" fenlandfowl @talktalk.net wrote in message
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...somewhat ****ed off at the birds eating the cherries off my tree
(and finding the stones on top of my car!) went out and picked a
few to ripen indoors.
Then thought I'd try one of the very nearly ripe ones. Oh My God I
thought I was going to die. Sour doesn't even come close to
describing it!
Beyond sour, into realms of disgusting, vile, horrendous all rolled
into one. The birds must have no taste buds whatsoever.

I don't believe they do as they cannot taste red hot fiery chillis.
Perhaps your cherries might be good for jam making.


For my worst enemy, possibly :-)

It wasnt just that they were sour, but hideously tasting.
Miss P, no idea if its an ornamental one (it was here when I moved
in), but it does seem to have the sort of leaves I'd normally
associate with a fruit tree and also the blossom doesnt usually stay
around that long.

Ah, right, probably isn't then.

Sarah
(who's seriously thinking about reinstating her disclaimer as she'll have
people following her 'advice' before too long... ;o))

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Are they the normal size for cherries? (I remember when I was six or
seven, I used to pick geans on the way to school and on return. They
were quite a bit smaller than cultivated ones, and deliciously sharp...)


Yes, they are quite small. Significantly smaller than the ones I buy at the
supermarket

Geans are not much bigger than (mature) peas.

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ahh I bet they are what I call 'bird cherries'. Not a proper cultivated
cherry but a wild form. Grows like a flipping weed here and I hate the
things.Next door neighbours have one and she was well chuffed when she moved
in thinking she would have lots of cherries to eat lol. All it does is make
a mess of my aviary roof with the blossom.Still it looks a lot better now
that it has my clematis montana growing all over it. You can hardly see the
tree now :0)

Then, to mollify Mike and modify the recipe, use the cherries instead of
sloes and make gean gin. That's a really good drop.

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from "Tumbleweed" contains these words:

Are they the normal size for cherries? (I remember when I was six or
seven, I used to pick geans on the way to school and on return. They
were quite a bit smaller than cultivated ones, and deliciously
sharp...)


Yes, they are quite small. Significantly smaller than the ones I buy at
the
supermarket

Geans are not much bigger than (mature) peas.


That would be them.

....'geans' ???

however the word delicious can in no way be applied here :-)

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