Cherry, Forever
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No fruit signals the beginning of summer at Beekman 1802 farm more than the pie cherry.
Over the years we’ve made
and even Sour Cherry Bounce
But we’re certainly not the first to carry out a love affair with the cherry. It turns out it’s a very sexy fruit.
At harvest parties in the orchards of Middle Ages England, a common game used two cherries joined at the stem. A young lady would grip one of the cherries between her teeth and the boy took the other cherry in his mouth. They would then nibble the cherries and the game ended in a kiss.
But some young couples were so enamored by the season that they went off into the woods. Many a young girl stopped being a maiden during the cherry festival games and a trip through the cemeteries of cherry growing areas will reveal that many births happened exactly nine months after the cherry festival dates.
So if you try any of our recipes, be very, very careful. They’re so delicious someone may just take your cherry.
