Can You Freeze Cherries?
By pyewacket
@pyewacket (43903)
United States
June 11, 2008 12:03am CST
All over the place near me fresh cherries are being sold...I've been buying them like crazy as I love them..Now sometime ago I had read that eating a handful of cherries on a daily basis is actually good for any kind of arthritic or joint pain.
Now some might remember from former discussions how I've been having a lot of pain especially in my joints of my ankles making it hard for me to walk. I've been taking that Glucosamine stuff and it's helped only a tad, but not much. Well I swear, ever since I've been eating fresh cherries the pain in my ankles has improved considerably. I haven't even had to take a pain killer of any kind
So I'm thinking I would love to really stock up on cherries so I'll even have them when their season is over so I was thinking of freezing them...but do cherries freeze well??? I've heard of people freezing something like grapes, but never cherries...so does anyone know? And did you know cherries were so good for arthritis, goat or joint problems?
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@polachicago (18716)
• United States
11 Jun 08
My favorite are dries cherries. I don't like frozen fruits, but yes, you can make frozen cherries.
Be careful, goat can like it too and eat it all....
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
11 Jun 08
How do you dry cherries??
Geez...not going to live down the goat business
@polachicago (18716)
• United States
11 Jun 08
I have food dryer. I am going to dry possible all kind of food. Mostly food from my own garden.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
11 Jun 08
Someone even suggested the idea of juicing the cherries...not a bad idea either..oh, and thanks ever for that link...I sent away for that free sample
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@Angelwhispers (8978)
• United States
11 Jun 08
I do not see why they would not freeze just like any other fruit Pye. Cherries never last around here long enough to get them in the freezer. But gosh I love them. No I have not heard about their other properties. mom use to stew them with sugar and spices and freeze them for cobblers... Our hands would be stained all colors of red by the time we got done pitting them. She also made homemade jellies. of course I am not quite the cook my mom was, so all I do with fruit is chop them up plop them in a freezer bag and toss into the freezer.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
11 Jun 08
My great-grandmother did a lot of her own "canning" of just about everything and made jams and jellies as well...took a lot of patience to do that I'd imagine. oh, and thanks for not mentioning how good cherries are for goat..LOL
@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
11 Jun 08
i've noticed berry-types don't hold up too well in the freezer,particularly raspberries due to ice crystals.as far as cherries go..maybe if you add something to it
like pectin? i would think your best bet would be to dry them like raisins.they keep well that way.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
11 Jun 08
Where would one get pectin?? Never seen that around here.
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@faith210 (11224)
• Philippines
11 Jun 08
Hi pyewacket! I do love cherries. I used to buy them by the pound each day when I was in London a few years back. But here in our country, there are no fresh cherries available in our local market. The only cherries available are the preserved ones in a bottle and they cost a lot. Thanks for the information, I never knew that they are good for any arthritic and joint pain.
Take care. God bless! 
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
11 Jun 08
That's strange that they don't have cherries where you are, and yes I can imagine the preserved ones would be very expensive
@kerriannc (4279)
• Jamaica
11 Jun 08
Yes cherries can be freeze. Maybe those green bags can be used to store them. My mother in law suffer from arthritis pain and if she was not a b'tch, I would suggest this to her. But when one wants good, they must do good isn't it. I am glad that your pain is going away. Why don't you juice it as well. You don't have to use a lot of sugar/or no sugar. All the best.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
11 Jun 08
Yes I was thinking juicing might be a good thing to do as well. Ever since I've been eating the cherries a lot of my pain has been going away.
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
11 Jun 08
Thing I don't like about canned cherries is that they have so much added sugar..yep...guess the only way to find out how they freeze, is to just freeze them..LOL
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@chertsy (3797)
• United States
13 Jun 08
You can freeze anything, all you need is freezer bags. They have those bags now, where you can seal them with the gadget. We have one and it is worth every penny. Just put them in a bag, seal and freeze. My dad has gout, so cherries, cherry juice works wonders for him. I need to eat cherries myself, since my arthritis, hurts a lot.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
14 Jun 08
I see I'm not the only one who has heard how good cherries are for gout or arthritis
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@suspenseful (40192)
• Canada
12 Jun 08
You can freeze cherries, but you have to remove the pits first. The only way I have eaten them is fresh (I used to live in British Columbia) and canned or in pies. I suppose with the price of fruit going sky high, that picking or buying them fresh and freezing is a good idea, and if you love pies or cheesecake, you can have something for company, so here is a web site that tells how to freeze them.
http://www.ehow.com/how_2081375_freeze-cherries.html?ref=fuel&utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=ssp&utm_campaign=yssp_art
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
12 Jun 08
Thanks suspenseful...I just took a bunch of cherries now and washed them off place on a square tin and put them in the freezer..then later when they are frozen will put in a freezer bag.
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@ruby222 (4847)
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13 Jun 08
There is a certain cherry called the acerola cheery,and that is extremely rich in vitamins..especially vit c..and minerals..its sold in health food shops in tablet form..and maybe in a drink form too im.not too sure about the drink though.We used to have a Morello cherry where we lived..and every year it was laden with fruit..but along came the birds in their hundreds lol and just devoured them!!It was like something that they had waited all year for had suddenly arrived..and it would have been awful to deprive them!!!
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
14 Jun 08
Yes I've heard of acerola...didn't think it was a cherry though. Aww...never heard of birds going nuts over cherries...LOL
@jer31558 (3683)
• United States
11 Jun 08
First things first, we have frozen citrus fruit, but not whole...never tried anything like grapes or cherries, but if you do let us know how it goes...we may want to try it someday. Second, as I am beginning to get arthritis in a couple of joints, it is good to know about cherries helping that...and if they don't, oh well, they are still good to eat.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
11 Jun 08
LOL--I meant to type gout,..not goat..hehee..oh well, silly errors one makes. Yeah, I read about cherries while surfing the net...isn't it amazing what one can find on it?
@jdyrj777 (6528)
• United States
12 Jun 08
Yes, you can freeze cherries. I buy at costco and sams club. I buy everything in bulk. Even fruit. I always freeze mi fruit. I enjoy a good smoothie almost everyday. The cherries are best cut in half, pit removed. I dont think you can freeze them whole. A lot get eaten as im cutting them. LOL.
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
12 Jun 08
I'm so glad there are so many cherries now to buy...almost every supermarket and produce store has tons of them
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@chinnu3579 (661)
• India
13 Jun 08
Thank you very much for your suggetion .My mom and my wife had same problem,we have visited lot of physicians and spent lot on medecines and got side effects for the same.Now hearing your concept of cherry's I will try and as you are asking about storage,there are cooled storage plants in all the cities,you can go through any yellow pages for the address.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
14 Jun 08
I don't think I need a cold storage place to store the cherries...just the good ole freezer in my refrigerator.
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
12 Jun 08
I never really thought to freeze cherries before
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
11 Jun 08
I'm finding out here that yup--one can freeze them..and I just got a big bagful of them today
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
15 Jun 08
I have bought frozen cherries in a container so I assume they can be frozen but I have never frozen fresh, can't afford to by them here, they are so expensive.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
16 Jun 08
gosh I don't know I haven't bought them in ages, I rarely buy fruit because I have so little money, sometimes I buy bananas.
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
16 Jun 08
When the cherries first came out here they were $3.99 a pound..they've now come down to only $1.29 a pound. How much are they near you?
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
11 Jun 08
Glad to hear you're eating bananas since they are good for potassium levels...how is that going anyway? Did it come back to normal levels????
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@kareng (80243)
• United States
11 Jun 08
I think you can. I don't see why not, you can freeze other fresh fruits like strawberries and melons. I would give it a trial run with a small ziploc bag of cherries first and then you will know for sure! I love fresh cherries and you are right, they are really good for you!
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
11 Jun 08
I rather eat/use something more natural like cherries to help my joint problems..my doc once wanted to prescribe a medication that was known to trigger strokes and heart attacks....yikes..no thanks
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@howard96h (11640)
• New York, New York
11 Jun 08
There is a man I know who live around here and he has gout and he eats cherries every day and he says it controls his gout. I see him buying them in the fruit market/grocery store that is open 24 hours/7 days right next door to the movie theater. I just found this online and it says you can freeze cherries with pits or without pits... http://www.cjolsoncherries.com/facts.htm
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
11 Jun 08
Thanks Howard for that link...I just got a big bagful of cherries today. Uh, and thanks for realizing I meant gout, not goat
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@Rosekitty (19368)
• San Marcos, Texas
11 Jun 08
Hahahahaha..I want a goat and some cherries..LOL
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
11 Jun 08
Mmm..never going to live down the goat business
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