Bonnie Staffel on thu 10 feb 11
Lili, a friend of mine used to work in the maraschino production factory =
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up
here in cherry country. He told me that if you knew what went into =3D
making
them, you wouldn't eat them He never told me and really I don't want =3D
to
know. I think there is some soaking in a chemical, the name of which I =3D
do
not know.
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Lili wrote: " As to Maraschino cherries. When we wintered in =3D
Charleston, SC
one of the places we rented at, had a dancehall attached. They would =3D
have =3D3D
receptions and the like, and whoever would empty out the punch bowls in =3D
the
parking lot. The seagulls would swoop in, eat everything in sight (get
drunk too, I suppose) and all that would be left were the Maraschino
cherries..which, of a Sunday morning, polka-dotted the parking area. I =3D
ask
you: WHAT can be in those cherries that seagulls--of all scavengers and
garbage eaters--won' t touch them?"
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Warm regards,
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Bonnie
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Randall Moody on fri 11 feb 11
On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 9:12 PM, Bonnie Staffel wro=
te:
> Lili, a friend of mine used to work in the maraschino production factory =
up
> here in cherry country. He told me that if you knew what went into making
> them, you wouldn't eat them He never told me and really I don't want t=
o
> know. I think there is some soaking in a chemical, the name of which I do
> not know.
>
>
They are made in a pickling brine. There is nothing too outrageous in the
process, just sulfur dioxide and calcium chloride. It is probably the sulfu=
r
that turns people off. You can use simple pickling salt if you want to make
your own.
I am not sure if this has been noted but bentonite is used in drilling as a
lubricant and as a stabilizer.
--
Randall in Atlanta
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