My Midnight Snack...

I live in Missouri and there are no roadside stands where I live. I paid $3.99 a pound for mine and $5.99 a pound for the Rainier cherries. I like them or I wouldn't be willing to pay that much for them.

@DaddyEvil They sure are good though. Western Washington here. Fruit and fireworks all along the highway.

@Vikingswest1 It must be nice... I can only wish for fruit stands. Once in a while you can find cherries at the Farmer's Market on Saturday by the park but usually, not. I'm allergic to the smoke from fireworks.

@DaddyEvil You're not being nice at all.

@Jlyn10 I'm offering to load you both down with cherries... How is that not nice?

I'd be more than happy to let you come and get some. I'll even have some waiting. You could drag @vandana7 along and I'll load you both down with them.

@DaddyEvil Interesting about eating the grape - will have to try that! Thus far I have had good luck with the regular cherries this season - I just go by the way they look - like I said I like the dark ones. I am seeing less of the Rainier now . . . not sure why.

@much2say Because the Rainier cherries have a shorter season than the red cherries do.

We saw other red cherries at Walmart but I don't know what kind they are. (I tasted one and it wasn't sweet, so I didn't buy any of them. I also learned I need to eat a grape before I buy them since some of them can really be sour.)

@rebelann we have a tree of blackberry outside my house.

I haven't looked for them, I have to be in the mood for sweets and usually if I am I end up with frozen mango

The Bing cherries are in the stores now. They are really tasty.

Sometimes, I'll also buy the jars of pitted and stemmed cherries. I like adding them to my tea or to ice cream. (I prefer the fresh cherries but they're only available for a couple of months.)

@LadyDuck I'm honestly not sure what the cherries I buy are preserved in. I usually dump the liquid out and just use the cherries. Yes, the season is the end of May, June and half of July... Not nearly enough time.

@LadyDuck I didn't know that. Thank you for telling me. Yeah, moms often do something just because they know their kids hate it.

Yes, that's why I've been worrying about you. I never see vultures here and I hope they aren't following you around. Please do be careful. I often have a fresh fruit snack around midnight and don't eat in the morning until we get home from our walk. When I was a bodybuilder, I didn't eat after 6 pm or before 6 am, either. Let me see... I might have a picture of me from back then... DE. Photo is mine.

@DocAndersen I usually don't sleep at night anyway. After Pretty and I take our walk, I go to sleep for a while until she wakes me up around noon. Then we eat and do chores around the house. Sometimes I get in a nap between 6 pm and midnight and then I'm awake all night.

@DaddyEvil i can't eat after 6 messes up my sleep structure.

@DaddyEvil I don’t really have a favorite fruit. I enjoy them all.

@Tampa_girl7 I will eat them all but there are a few, like pineapple, that have to be mixed with something else or I don't want it. Peaches are my favorite fruit.

They aren't my favorite fruit, but they are delicious.

Mmmm... Cherry pie! Pretty won't eat pie, and I don't need that much sugar so I'll just eat them the way they are. You're so lucky!

@sallypup I don't like baking pies when I'm the only one who'll eat them.

@DaddyEvil I use Bings in my cherry pie. I do not add sugar. Some folks might not like it that way but we do fine with it.

I just wish the Rainier cherries has as long a season as the Bing cherries do. We only get them for a month or so in the middle of the Bing season.

@DianneN I've never believed it, but yes, I've heard that saying.

@DaddyEvil I agree that the season is too short. It’s just as well that we have them to look forward to next year. You know what they say about too much of a good thing.

It sounds like the two of them loved the cherries! They aren't my favorite fruit, which is peaches, but I do like them a lot.

@just4him Mom used to tell us that when we were picking strawberries or blackberries.

@DaddyEvil My parents went cherry-picking every summer up to Door County. My dad always said, cherries in the bucket, not in your mouth. He said that more for my sister who loves cherries. I guarantee every cherry I picked went into the bucket.

It's delicious. It is firmer than a Bing cherry with a sweeter taste.

@thelme55 Let me know if you find them, please.

@DaddyEvil I wonder if we have those yello cherries here. I will check them in the supermarket.

@nela13 Me, too.

Do you have a favorite type?

@DaddyEvil no, I like it all

I have no clue which ones your mom used, but there are three types that you could be talking about... Morello cherries have a dark red flesh, Amarelle cherries have a yellow-ish flesh and Montmorency are the most popular sour pie cherries sold in the US.

@spiderdust Oh, those are semi-sour... roughly half way between the other two types.

@DaddyEvil From what I've been researching, they were likely Montmorency cherries. My grandpa had a big tree of them!

@Nevena83 Oh, I see... Last summer, when the US government was giving away all kinds of fruits and vegetables I dried all the extra stuff and we still have a LOT of it on hand. We don't have a lot of freezer space.

I prefer cherries fresh. I'm the only one who eats them here. Pretty can't stand them.

@DaddyEvil That’s good, but we have a lot of them and we can’t eat them all before they fail, and when I freeze them I have them all year long.

@DaddyEvil I’ll take everything except the bacon. I’ll watch for the cherries.

@shaggin You know all the animals we ear go willingly to the slaughter, right? Turkeys line up first... I hope you can get some... they're delicious!

I just made a bunch of turkey bacon and scrambled eggs with onions and bell peppers in them. I'd be happy to share with you. The Rainier cherries are available for a very short time when the Bing cherries first appear in the grocery store here. Usually, only for two to three weeks and they're all gone.

@DaddyEvil I won't let you eat my share

I won't force you to eat any... That leaves more of them for me.

@sjvg1976 If you don't want them, then I can eat them.

@DaddyEvil Your lucky. I think in bigger supermarkets there are preserved cherries in jars. I only taste cherries few of them in fruit cocktails

@averygirl72 Yes, I buy jars of Maraschino cherries. They are pitted and stemmed cherries with nothing else in the jar. I like to add them to vanilla ice cream or into my tea.

Oh, that's sad... Do you at least get the fruit cocktail that is 1/2 cherries? I think it's called Very Cherry Fruit Cocktail.

They are really good and good for you, too.

@DaddyEvil I agree.

Exactly. No fat and taste better, too.

@DaddyEvil yeah

I'll take the fries. Both of you may have the cherries.

Oh, that's interesting. Do the cherries taste delicious?

@ladyhero Oh, I like that kind of taste! YUM!

@DaddyEvil yes sweet with a little sour