I've had a love affair with Maraschino cherries since childhood. My mom started me on this affair of the heart when she began giving me one cherry for a treat. I never got over it.
All through my life I've been after those cherries. The perfect snack for me was two cherries, some UTZ potato chips and chocolate--they went together deliciously and delighted by palate! For the life of me, though, I can't remember which order I ate them in. There was definitely an order. As the years passed, I've had to stop eating this favorite formula, but my mind has it stored away as a favorite memory.
Cherries still take preference on the top shelf of the refrigerator, and I treat myself to three every day.
Remember those blueberry muffins I spoke about a few weeks ago? The ones where I accidently forgot to measure the blueberries and put the entire container in the mix. Well, the other day I thought about my cherries and wondered: "Why don't I try cherry muffins?" And I did!
One jar of Maraschino cherries puts three whole cherries in eight muffins, and two whole cherries in four muffins. I added a little juice to the batter and waited for the, hopefully, delicious results.
Just as Jerry's blueberry muffins delighted his palate, my cherry muffins delighted mine! You know, I really like being retired and finding all these new recipes to try. Even ones I make up!
PS Buy two jars of cherries so all those delicious muffins can have three whole cherries each! Do I dare put in four?
All through my life I've been after those cherries. The perfect snack for me was two cherries, some UTZ potato chips and chocolate--they went together deliciously and delighted by palate! For the life of me, though, I can't remember which order I ate them in. There was definitely an order. As the years passed, I've had to stop eating this favorite formula, but my mind has it stored away as a favorite memory.
Cherries still take preference on the top shelf of the refrigerator, and I treat myself to three every day.
Remember those blueberry muffins I spoke about a few weeks ago? The ones where I accidently forgot to measure the blueberries and put the entire container in the mix. Well, the other day I thought about my cherries and wondered: "Why don't I try cherry muffins?" And I did!
One jar of Maraschino cherries puts three whole cherries in eight muffins, and two whole cherries in four muffins. I added a little juice to the batter and waited for the, hopefully, delicious results.
Just as Jerry's blueberry muffins delighted his palate, my cherry muffins delighted mine! You know, I really like being retired and finding all these new recipes to try. Even ones I make up!
PS Buy two jars of cherries so all those delicious muffins can have three whole cherries each! Do I dare put in four?
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Dave loves cherries, I'll have to try this too! So glad you are enjoying your retirement and I enjoy reading about it! Linda
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