Comments on: Cherries & Blackberries & the First Wine of ‘09 http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2009/06/22/cherries-blackberries-the-first-wine-of-09/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:15:14 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Claire http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2009/06/22/cherries-blackberries-the-first-wine-of-09/comment-page-1/#comment-193002 Claire Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:31:38 +0000 http://biggerthanyourhead.net/?p=2108#comment-193002 I recently had the Innocent Bystander Moscato, even though I'm generally not a fan of Moscato, I loved this stuff! Perfect for hot weather sipping.. I recently had the Innocent Bystander Moscato, even though I’m generally not a fan of Moscato, I loved this stuff! Perfect for hot weather sipping..

]]> By: Fredric Koeppel http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2009/06/22/cherries-blackberries-the-first-wine-of-09/comment-page-1/#comment-192212 Fredric Koeppel Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:28:13 +0000 http://biggerthanyourhead.net/?p=2108#comment-192212 David ... weeds, ha! well, it's a long way from Vancouver to Memphis, geographically and climatically speaking David … weeds, ha! well, it’s a long way from Vancouver to Memphis, geographically and climatically speaking

]]> By: David Gill http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2009/06/22/cherries-blackberries-the-first-wine-of-09/comment-page-1/#comment-192140 David Gill Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:22:50 +0000 http://biggerthanyourhead.net/?p=2108#comment-192140 ... Paying for blackberries?? Out here in the Pacific northwest, we call them 'weeds'. You can pick a few pounds in an hour. In any alleyway. Sorry. Of course, they still sell them for an arm and a leg in Whole Foods. Go figure. --David, Vancouver, B.C. …

Paying for blackberries??

Out here in the Pacific northwest, we call them ‘weeds’. You can pick a few pounds in an hour. In any alleyway. Sorry.

Of course, they still sell them for an arm and a leg in Whole Foods. Go figure.

–David, Vancouver, B.C.

]]> By: Thomas Pellechia http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2009/06/22/cherries-blackberries-the-first-wine-of-09/comment-page-1/#comment-191986 Thomas Pellechia Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:44:35 +0000 http://biggerthanyourhead.net/?p=2108#comment-191986 Benito, I'm in NY but never have been a Yankee...old enough to remember the Dodgers leaving Brooklyn, however. Still feel that pain. Benito,

I’m in NY but never have been a Yankee…old enough to remember the Dodgers leaving Brooklyn, however. Still feel that pain.

]]> By: Benito http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2009/06/22/cherries-blackberries-the-first-wine-of-09/comment-page-1/#comment-191918 Benito Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:57:59 +0000 http://biggerthanyourhead.net/?p=2108#comment-191918 Thomas, Yankees growing okra? Great God have mercy, my world view is shattered. ;) Cheers, Benito Thomas,

Yankees growing okra? Great God have mercy, my world view is shattered.

;)

Cheers,
Benito

]]> By: Thomas Pellechia http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2009/06/22/cherries-blackberries-the-first-wine-of-09/comment-page-1/#comment-191915 Thomas Pellechia Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:30:43 +0000 http://biggerthanyourhead.net/?p=2108#comment-191915 Fredric, Benito, try okra omelet and okra risotto: incredibly wonderful. But yes, its true calling is in gumbo and pickling. And yes, I grow it here--after a fashion. I also grow figs and eggplant, which are impossible in the Finger Lakes. But I have made a life of challenging the impossible... Fredric, Benito, try okra omelet and okra risotto: incredibly wonderful.

But yes, its true calling is in gumbo and pickling.

And yes, I grow it here–after a fashion. I also grow figs and eggplant, which are impossible in the Finger Lakes. But I have made a life of challenging the impossible…

]]> By: Benito http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2009/06/22/cherries-blackberries-the-first-wine-of-09/comment-page-1/#comment-191907 Benito Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:44:29 +0000 http://biggerthanyourhead.net/?p=2108#comment-191907 Re: Okra Stewed, fried, boiled, pickled, skewered and grilled.... Okra is good eatin'. There's the old joke about someone who loves okra so much that his socks won't stay up. I love fresh cherries, and one of my fondest memories is visiting my great-great-uncles in Oregon who harvested all kinds of them: big and yellow, little bitter red ones, sweet ones that were almost black... up to that point I only knew the canned pie filling and artificially sweetened maraschinos. Re: Okra

Stewed, fried, boiled, pickled, skewered and grilled…. Okra is good eatin’. There’s the old joke about someone who loves okra so much that his socks won’t stay up.

I love fresh cherries, and one of my fondest memories is visiting my great-great-uncles in Oregon who harvested all kinds of them: big and yellow, little bitter red ones, sweet ones that were almost black… up to that point I only knew the canned pie filling and artificially sweetened maraschinos.

]]> By: Fredric Koeppel http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2009/06/22/cherries-blackberries-the-first-wine-of-09/comment-page-1/#comment-191901 Fredric Koeppel Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:54:09 +0000 http://biggerthanyourhead.net/?p=2108#comment-191901 you grow okra! that's amazing. personally, though i have lived in the South the vast majority of my life, I can't abide okra, except in gumbo. you grow okra! that’s amazing. personally, though i have lived in the South the vast majority of my life, I can’t abide okra, except in gumbo.

]]> By: Thomas Pellechia http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2009/06/22/cherries-blackberries-the-first-wine-of-09/comment-page-1/#comment-191889 Thomas Pellechia Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:09:39 +0000 http://biggerthanyourhead.net/?p=2108#comment-191889 Nice entry, Fredric. I just came inside from picking my own Queen Anne cherries and strawberries. The blackberries and black raspberries aren't quite there yet... It's been cool and damp here--the okra isn't growing, but it isn't supposed to in NY State! Nice entry, Fredric. I just came inside from picking my own Queen Anne cherries and strawberries.

The blackberries and black raspberries aren’t quite there yet…

It’s been cool and damp here–the okra isn’t growing, but it isn’t supposed to in NY State!

]]>