Cooking

[dsrtao]

Three pounds minus of sweet cherries, heading downhill. Met them with sugar, lime zest, lime juice, and some lemon juice. Exposed to heat for a while, then bottled the resulting fruit-in-syrup. I wonder if it would go well over some clean snow?

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[robertdfeinman.livejournal.com]

My grandmother had a recipe that involved fermenting cherries. There was some vodka involved at the end as well. Unfortunately she didn't pass it on to anyone...

[sareena99.livejournal.com]

Your grandmother must have known my grandmother, except that my family's recipe involves brandy instead of vodka. When I was sick as a small child, my mother would slip me a couple of cherries from the bottle as a special treat.
It is very simple.

Wash some morello cherries - those are the best ones for this purpose.
There is no need to pit them unless you have time on your hands.
Put the cherries in a clean bottle and then fill it with brandy. Cork.
Let it sit in a cool place for at least 3 to 6 months. That is the hard part!
Drink. That is the easy part.
The cherries are delicious served with vanilla icecream.