Sweet or sour cherries thrive with proper care and storage
Cherries in Iowa vary from sour to sweet. Dwarf trees bear fruit in about three years, standard trees in four to five. Peak harvest times and calories per serving are noted, with guidance on storage and preservation for maximizing flavor and longevity.
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Ralph Adolph
Four Seasons Hardware and Garden Center
How to Freeze Fresh and Sour Cherries
Instructions for freezing fresh sweet and sour cherries in various methods. Includes drying, syrup packing, and dry sugar packing. Details on container types, washing, freezing steps, headspace, and ascorbic acid addition.
Fresh Sour Cherry Pie and Variations
A collection of cherry pie recipes including Fresh Sour Cherry Pie with lattice crust and baking steps, Canned and Frozen Sour Cherry Pie variants, a Cherry Chicken Avocado Salad, and Fresh Cherry Cream Pie with cream cheese filling. Includes exact ingredient amounts and baking times for each option.
Eastern Iowa Recipes Good cooking from family traditions
Denise Wilcox credits her talent to mother Arlene Saeugling who passed down cherished recipes from the family boat days. Her husband Kirk’s anesthesiology residency influences meals at home featuring Veal Supreme and German Caraway Meatballs. Vegetables come from a neighbor’s garden and summer cookouts give Denise a break from kitchen duties.
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Iowa City
Denise Wilcox
Arlene Saeugling
Denise
Kirk
Bobby
Kyle
Wilcox
Les
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