Fruits of Our Labor

Pun intended.



Yesterday I made my first cherry pie. It also happened to be the first cherry pie I've ever eaten. It was sweet with a perfect hint of tart (for me, anyway). It was the focal point of our housewarming party -- when I cut it there were about 10 people hovering around me just waiting to jump in for their piece!

Also pictured is our cherry wine, slowly but surely fermenting in our basement. It will be ready to taste in early 2016. Can't wait! A fun experiment.

Yet Another Adventure in Food

We probably should have realized it earlier, but it wasn't until last weekend that a neighbor informed us that the tree in our backyard is a cherry tree. At first they just looked like berries, then when they got larger an Uncle suggested perhaps crabapple... nope. Cherries.

Once we learned that they were cherries, we got right to work and picked something like 12 lbs (only a quarter or so of the berries on the tree!), which then became closer to 9 pounds when pitted. We froze 4 lbs for pie (sadly that only makes 2 pies...considering how long it took to pit them), and the other 4 lbs were frozen until we began the process of making cherry wine with them yesterday. Should be a fun experiment, and thanks to SB's beer brewing hobby, we have essentially everything we need already.

bad picture, but a lovely tree (and big!) 

warm from the sun 

in 9 months, this will be 1 gallon of wine