I need cherries!

For the vast majority of my life, I was convinced I hated cherries ("allergic," if you will). I think this was because I was only aware of the maraschino variety that come with sundaes and drinks. I liked cherry flavored fruit snacks, but never wanted to give real cherries a try. Even when my family started going to pick cherries and touted how awesome they were, for years I was like "nah."

I'm not sure what changed. I think I went to go pick some cherries just to hang out with some family and help pick cherries for them. Someone finally convinced me to try one, and about 25 cherries later I was like "hey these aren't bad!" I figured out I actually REALLY like cherries! I went to "help" pick cherries the next few years, but picked mostly for myself. I know we had mostly Bing and Rainier cherries there, but I think Rainier was at the top spot for my favorite.

Because I haven't been out picking cherries for myself here, I kind of forgot about them. This year, I saw a big display of cherries at the store and I remembered that I really like cherries, so I got some. And I was SO disappointed! They were kind of tough, and not all that flavorful. I complained a bit, and asked around if there were any places to go pick your own cherries because I felt like those HAD to be better, if not as good as the ones I remembered at home.

I feel like I had made it my mission to try and find some good cherries because I was so disappointed by the ones I'd gotten. I decided to check out the local farmers market to see if there were going to be any cherries there. I guess at the other farmers markets I'd been to, I hadn't really been looking specifically for cherries, so I never saw them and wasn't sure if they'd be there. Are cherries a farmers market item? I was nervous I was on a wild goose chase. I was pleasantly surprised to find multiple booths selling cherries! I found some really good Rainier cherries that I'm very happy with and will most likely be going back for more eventually when my "I need cherries" impulse kicks in again. The farmers market here was actually pretty great, way better than I was expecting. Some great fruits, vegetables, and other goods. I also got a super tiny plant to keep in my apartment and I hopefully won't kill for lack of attention!