Krieken, where to source them?

[Eoin]

Trying to get our hands on some sour cherries such as morellos with pits in.

I've found a few sources on ebay.de but they are all pitted and about 20 euros for 1kg.

I want pits and all....hard to source.

Anyone got any online sources? I'm pretty sure as well we could get some sort of group buy action going on.

[Eoin]

http://www.buywholefoodsonline.co.uk/cherries-dried-morello-sour-w.s.-3kg.html

I found those with stone, but they are £61 without tax......something cheaper would be better.

[Will_D]

Suggest you phone round the catering suppliers(food).

I am sure they should be available in large tins for the catering/cooking/cake making companys

In the case of rasberries for ecample Musgraves sell 2.5 kg of frozen for €10.

Compare that price to the super markets!

[Jacob]

Check in Polish shops, they may have them frozen but without pits.

[Eoin]

Check in Polish shops, they may have them frozen but without pits.

Yeah I've had a look in Netpol locally, but I want pits.

I'm checking in Smithfield market also.

[Eoin]

www.caterway.ie do cherries in season, he reckons they would be extortionate at the moment but in season they will drop as low as 4-5 per KG in season.

[Will_D]

Hi Eoin,

Thanks to a roundabout thread on Beor about Apricot Puree I found these listed by Pallas foods Dublin:

http://www.pallasfoods.eu/apps/foodbook/product/T130

and

http://www.pallasfoods.eu/apps/foodbook/product/F19Z

BTW they do do Apricot:

http://www.pallasfoods.eu/apps/foodbook/product/F2Z

Any chance you could have a word and see what the score is viz a viz cash sales etc. or maybe a small group but.

They also do raspberry and blackberry

[imark]

Wonder what's in the cherry puree?
The tinned ones are black cherry so not what you would want. They're readily available.

[Eoin]

Wonder what's in the cherry puree?
The tinned ones are black cherry so not what you would want. They're readily available.

No pits though Mark.

[Will_D]

I always believe that Morello is the sour cooking cherry!

Suggest you phone and ask about the puree and the tinned MC. Puree will be pit free and I bet the tinns will contain pits.

BTW: If you really want the cyanide flavour then use apricot kernels!

Yes: Cherry stones and apricot stones do contain low level cyanides!

[Kieran the Human]

Tinned are around 70% fruit
Puree is 88% fruit

[Eoin]

I always believe that Morello is the sour cooking cherry!

Suggest you phone and ask about the puree and the tinned MC. Puree will be pit free and I bet the tinns will contain pits.

BTW: If you really want the cyanide flavour then use apricot kernels!

Yes: Cherry stones and apricot stones do contain low level cyanides!

Yep I'm aware of the cyanide levels, it's traditional...

[imark]

I'm just after appropriate cherry flavour. Couldn't give a rats as about cyanide.

[Eoin]

I'm just after appropriate cherry flavour. Couldn't give a rats as about cyanide.

But it is part of the appropriate flavour.

[imark]

Does it contribute much to the flavour? I wasn't aware it was part of the flavour to be honest.
What I'm trying to understand is just how critical the stones are because they seem to be the main stumbling block.