# They're here! They're here! \[cherries\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 23, 2013, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-here-theyre-here-cherries/659178 "2013-05-23T23:48:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-here-theyre-here-cherries/659178/1 "2013-05-23T23:48:04Z")
Took a 2.5 mile (round trip) walk to my local grocery store to get some exercise and pick up some cash and milk. Walked in the door, glanced over at the fruit. :eek: _Ra…rain… **Rainier Cherries**?!?!?!?!_ :eek::eek::eek: WOOHOOOOOO!!! Damn! I remember driving around the second week of June last year looking for the damned things without success. Will be doing my favorite summer time activity\* this weekend, and now I have the pleasure of my favorite snack pack accompaniment. Red Plums, Rainier Cherries, Dark Chocolate, Cherry Coke (now the Zero variety, but whatever). - Driving around out in the country, sunroof open, windows down, stereo set to liquify… ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-here-theyre-here-cherries/659178/2 "2013-05-23T23:55:07Z")
Between May-June I tend to make myself sick between Rainier cherries and wild caught Alaskan salmon. My pocketbook also becomes very light. And yeah, both seemed to be available only for about two weeks last year. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-here-theyre-here-cherries/659178/3 "2013-05-23T23:55:19Z")
Who, the mods to edit the thread title? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-here-theyre-here-cherries/659178/4 "2013-05-23T23:57:53Z")
I thought this was about the new phone books. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-here-theyre-here-cherries/659178/5 "2013-05-24T00:16:56Z")
Or someone left the TV on static again. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-here-theyre-here-cherries/659178/6 "2013-05-24T00:20:12Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > I thought this was about the new phone books. That’s the sort of spontaneous publicity that MAKES people. ---
**Author:** ![EmAnJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-here-theyre-here-cherries/659178/7 "2013-05-24T00:30:19Z")
Mmmm, I LOVE Rainer Cherries as well. And banana potatoes, which are hard to find here as well. Yum summer fruits and veggies! ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-here-theyre-here-cherries/659178/8 "2013-05-24T02:26:57Z")
So NOT fair, where are you??? I will pay a king’s ransom for them!! ---
**Author:** ![Zago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecccb3/32.png) [@Zago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zago)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-here-theyre-here-cherries/659178/9 "2013-05-24T02:53:49Z")
I grew up in Oregon and had a black cherry tree in the yard. I’d gorge myself on those. Here in Boston I just have to make do. Like strawberries - they aren’t the same out here in Boston. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-here-theyre-here-cherries/659178/10 "2013-05-24T02:55:56Z")
> [@DummyGladHands](#): > > So NOT fair, where are you??? I will pay a king’s ransom for them!! I was wandering about that too. Here in Washington, we don’t get them until around July. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-here-theyre-here-cherries/659178/11 "2013-05-24T12:42:55Z")
My grandfather is a pretty serious gardener. I think I spent half my childhood summers halfway up a tree, stuffing cherries in my mouth. And sweet peas, tomatoes, sweet corn…mmm summer. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-here-theyre-here-cherries/659178/12 "2013-05-24T14:52:47Z")
We have 'em here in Texas, too. And they always start at five or six bucks a pound. Doesn’t stop me from buying the first bag of the season, though. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-here-theyre-here-cherries/659178/13 "2013-05-24T15:03:52Z")
My 25-year old daughter asked me what the best fruits are. The answer is of course cherries (Ranier’s the best but most sweet cherries are good), followed by fresh freestone peaches. Of course she hates both - I don’t know why she’s so weird. Black sweet cherries are $4.99 here (Minnesota); Ranier is $6.99 a pound. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-here-theyre-here-cherries/659178/14 "2013-05-24T15:55:16Z")
I have a summertime obsession with peaches, preferably freestone yellow ones. And after all those years of eating supermarket peaches, I developed a preference for the slightly under-ripe firm ones. But cherries are good too. And plums are usually available after the peaches disappear. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-here-theyre-here-cherries/659178/15 "2013-05-24T16:29:24Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > Black sweet cherries are $4.99 here (Minnesota); Ranier is $6.99 a pound. That’s where I’m at and that’s what I paid. Will probably be buying a second bag by Sunday. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-here-theyre-here-cherries/659178/16 "2013-05-24T16:29:43Z")
Love cherries, I’ll grab a couple handfuls every grocery store run, even if they are $5.99 a pound. ( The farmers market sells the translucent sour cherries which are exquisite to bake things with. Almost impossible to find a place to park and they get all bruised on the way home, but nothing like them.) ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-here-theyre-here-cherries/659178/17 "2013-05-25T22:58:06Z")
Yay!! Got mine today at Safeway–$5.99/lb!! Bought 4 lbs., ate probably an entire pound while I washed them!! ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-here-theyre-here-cherries/659178/18 "2013-05-26T05:05:47Z")
I’ve been buying lovely red sweet cherries for over a week now and will continue to do so regardless of price until I can’t find any more. I eat some every day. I have two sour cherry trees in my back yard but alas, they haven’t been doing too well the past couple of years. When I was a child I asked my mother to make cherry pie for all my birthdays. I kind of like cherries. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-here-theyre-here-cherries/659178/19 "2013-05-26T05:24:46Z")
My wife loves black cherries. Saw them today for the first time this season. Bought her a bag for $3.98 a pound @ Winco. > [@NDP](#): > > I was wandering about that too. Here in Washington, we don’t get them until around July. I live in Washington State. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-here-theyre-here-cherries/659178/20 "2013-05-26T06:58:34Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > My wife loves black cherries. > > Saw them today for the first time this season. Bought her a bag for $3.98 a pound @ Winco. > > I live in Washington State. I should’ve distinguished between cherries grown locally in Washington (which usually don’t start appearing in stores until late June at the earliest) and cherries grown in California (which are now for sale for where I am). I was at the store today and saw Bings for sale. Didn’t get any though.