It was the most plentiful cherry crop I've seen in my whole life!! And we took advantage of it! We picked and canned nearly 200 pounds of cherries. Yummy! We had to eat one jar that didn't seal, and the kids agreed that while they were different than fresh, (they'd never had them canned before) they were still very yummy. All 3 kids gobbled them up. They'll be so nice in the winter. We thought Clarke was spitting pits out okay, but I found several in his diaper...All in all, I got 41 quarts and 15 pints of cherries, 14 quarts and 16 pints of pie filling, 13 pints of jam, 2 quarts of dried cherries, and about 6 quarts of frozen cherries. It was a lot of work. Especially pitting the cherries for the jam, dried cherries, frozen cherries, and pie filling. But I can't wait to use them in crepes, plain yogurt, cherry crisp, dump cake, waffles, on cheesecake, and just for snacking! We did the pint jars to give away for Christmas gifts this year. Not very much expense, but a whole lot of love and time into each jar from our entire family!
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