# What to do with squishy fruit? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 19, 2009, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-squishy-fruit/503559 "2009-07-19T22:11:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2009, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-squishy-fruit/503559/1 "2009-07-19T22:11:59Z")
I’ve got a ton of cherries and a few plums that are past their prime and have gone pretty soft. I’d like to do something with them. What can I do? I was thinking some kind of upside down cake, maybe, but I don’t even know where to start. I can make a fruit crisp, but I’m scared it’ll turn out like warm jam with a crumbly crust on top, since the fruit’s starting out a little squishy. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2009, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-squishy-fruit/503559/2 "2009-07-19T23:04:40Z")
> [@Antigen](#): > > , but I’m scared it’ll turn out like warm jam with a crumbly crust on top, You say that like there’s something wrong with it. 😉 I think a fruit crisp would be good, even with squishy fruit. Plums would make an excellent fruit crisp. _adds plums to grocery list_ ---
**Author:** ![otorophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3ab097/32.png) [@otorophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otorophile)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-squishy-fruit/503559/3 "2009-07-20T01:09:20Z")
Actually I had this same problem a few days ago, with squishy apricots. I made a sauce to go with a duck breast. I tossed the fruit in a pan, along with red wine, balsamic vinegar, sherry vinegar, rice vinegar, soy sauce, brown sugar, diced shallot, ginger, garlic, and rosemary. I stirred on medium heat for about 20 minutes. It turned out really nice; fruity, sweet-but-not-too-sweet, very morish. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-squishy-fruit/503559/4 "2009-07-20T01:41:26Z")
You can toss the cherries (pitted and de-stemmed) into a saucepan with some sugar and cook for a while, then serve over vanilla ice cream. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-squishy-fruit/503559/5 "2009-07-20T03:37:45Z")
Blender+ice+rum+squishy fruit+confectioner’s sugar = adult smoothies! ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-squishy-fruit/503559/6 "2009-07-20T04:19:52Z")
Compost. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-squishy-fruit/503559/7 "2009-07-20T15:34:21Z")
I was going to suggest a simpler version of \*\*otorophile’s \*\*post. Just gently cook the fruit down with a little sugar, stirring often. Cool and refrigerate. You can either put it into a little squeeze bottle and pipe it over ice cream or other desserts, or just chill it for a couple of days until you can come up with something better! 🙂 I see no reason you can’t cook all the fruit together, but if you feel like dirtying two pots you could make a separate cherry sauce and a separate plum sauce - then see which one you like more! ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-squishy-fruit/503559/8 "2009-07-20T16:23:16Z")
Pit them and freeze for later use in fruit smoothies. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-squishy-fruit/503559/9 "2009-07-20T20:55:08Z")
Like **otorophile** said, a sauce will work well with fruit. A simple [bechamel](http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/White-Sauce-or-Bechamel-Sauce-40046) sauce works well with fruit and a little garlic added. Served over orange roughy, mahi mahi or other mild white fish, or even chicken… yum. Sweet and savory.