What about the pits?

I’ve been eating cherries in several preparations lately, from the berries I made jam and cooked with some sugar to top some ice cream, but from the pits I’ve made a few batches of ice cream. I knew the flavor wouldn’t be that strong, so I wanted to avoid eggs, but I also didn’t think that an all-cream Philadelphia-style fit the bill. That’s when I settled on a cornstarch thickened spin on gelato. It took a few batches (pity) to get the recipe right, but I think this one’s a keeper. [...]

Cherry Jam

One of the wonders of early summer is cherry season. Sweet Bing and Mount Rainier cherries start popping up at the grocery store, while tart sour (or pie) cherries start to burden the branches of Midwestern trees. My parents have a few fruit trees  and after many, many years of bad luck have finally had a bumper crop year for cherries. So when I went home for a wedding two weeks ago, I decided to pick a few gallons worth of cherries and make a batch of sour cherry jam. My father and I went outside with a couple of ice cream buckets and talked while filling them up. [...]

Updated!

Today I’m officially unveiling the new home of my blog – www.roastingrambler.com! The new address comes with a refreshed look and a new header. Any attempts to access the old site should redirect you here – I’m stilling trying to redirect individual posts to their relevant new location, but if I don’t succeed, try the search function (it works really well). If any visitors to the site have previously linked to my Blogspot address, please update your links accordingly.

The content of this blog is going to stay the same, but I plan on updating it a little more regularly. Also, I’m finally feeling recovered from my great trip to Poland, so look for the first of a few still brewing posts later this week.

Thanks!