On Sunday we made a trip to Hastings to harvest Oriel's cherries. The full day festival carried over into Monday morning to finish the pitting. Oriel is Christy's mom and is nearing 100 years of age. She still makes a mean cherry pie. See the proof here on NET's Nebraska Stories:
http://netnebraska.org/interactive-multimedia/television/nebraska-stories-oriels-cherry-pie
Her two laden trees are mere babies at around 15 years old.
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| the trees |
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| cherries, cherries, and more cherries |
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| full sun, over 90 degrees, heat stroke avoided |
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| 15 buckets |
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On Monday morning the rest of the gang got in on finishing up the cherry
pitting. We see pies, clafloutis, jam, jelly, focaccia in the future.
All photos courtesy of Christy.
All photos courtesy of Christy.
1 comment:
This is so awesome. Good Job you all! Looks like it was a fun few days.
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