Grocery store splurge = Rainier Cherries

[beac]

I admit it, I have NO self-control when it comes to these babies. I can never resist their siren song in the market and even the outrageous price per cherry doesn't keep me from scarfing down a couple of handfuls the minute they are washed.

So, SO good!

[The empressof all]

1. I got them for $2.99 a pound yesterday

One of the many benefits of living in WA. Usually they are a dollar more a pound than the reds but Albertsons has them for the same price this week.

This time of year...I eat them every day and still can't get enough.

They are having a hard time getting enough pickers so many will rot on the trees this year...What a shame. They had the same problem with the asparagus.

I was going to drive over the pass this weekend on a Cherry outing but I doubt they would be any cheaper over there

[beac]

2. *wonders if wages earned cherry-picking would offset cost of last-minute plane ticket to WA*

I imagine eating three out of four cherries one picks is frowned upon anyway.

Lucky you on that price. Here, it's basically double that.

Oh well, it's only once a year and we'll have spaghetti a few nights to make up for the indulgence.

[The empressof all]

3. They are getting creative in finding help

I subscribe to a lot of sustainable, organic and local farm groups and one of the Organic farms that supplies my CSA was offering a free weekend on the farm. They were inviting about two dozen foodies to bring tents and come over and enjoy the farm experience for the weekend. They supplied the food...the guests the labor. It got filled up within an hour or two. Great way of marketing their farm, getting folks of a like mind together and getting their work done for them at a relatively low cost.

[Denninmi]

4. Kroger had the same special here.

$2.99 a lb, same as the red cherries. Usually they are at least $2 more a lb. And they were really, really great, too. Which is good, because Michigan has NONE, ZIP, ZERO, NADA. Weather totally screwed us up this year, no tree fruit at all, virtually a 100% crop loss due to 90s in March followed by hard freezes in April.

[beac]

7. Hey, no fair!

I bought MINE at a Kroger. I can't haz cheap cherries?????

[The empressof all]

8. And here I thought we were special!

Great deal isn't it. Mine were juicy and sweet...I think I ate a pound myself.

[tru]

9. pick your own.

Local farms do that here.

[eridani]

5. Worth it. These puppies do NOT last long

--and so if money is short, I generally just buy less of them. You have a good camera--that is some first class gastroporn.

[beac]

6. Confession: that is STOLEN porn

Google image search provided the picture that best captured the sexiness of those fleeting fruits.

My hands were too covered w/cherry juice to take a picture.

[TreasonousBastard]

10. Just got them in around here at $3.99 a pound...

and my pound is almost gone.

[Dalai_1]

11. Sam's Has These Now in NC

I was just in this morning ...now wish I had bought some!

[kestrel91316]

12. I dunno, if they aren't dark red they just aren't cherries to me. Sigh.

[beac]

14. I'm just the opposite. I feel kind of "Meh" about regular cherries

and, clearly, go gaga for the Raniers. Not even sure how I first tried a Ranier b/c I wouldn't normally be drawn to a fresh cherry. Luckily, there apprear to be plenty of both cherries for all in the stores now.

[mopinko]

13. my fave cherries, also.

they aren't supposed to do well in my part of the country, but i am going to plant a few anyway. i am in a bit of a microclimate, plus plan to pamper the little darlings half to death.
was going to buy some at costco last week, but they were so "sampled" that some of the boxes were half empty. at $5.99/lb, i wasn't going there. haven't had any thing year.

[NRaleighLiberal]

15. they are great - I do like the black/red ones just as much when they have a nice crunch!

I don't like mushy cherries - so we do the splurge when they are really fresh.

Our favorite snack at this time of year - big bowl of fruit - watermelon, cantaloupe, honeydew, pineapple - with lots of cherries freshly cut mixed in.....and most of the melons are now coming in local/fresh at the farmers market!

[Nay]

16. God, I love those things! I eat a whole bag in one sitting. Kills the old blood sugar, but I

indulge anyway. It's only once a year....