Inspired to get started on some summer food preservation, we headed to the farmer's market last weekend and bought 13 pounds of Rainier cherries (that's two of the above bags) to dry. While I halved and pitted the fruit, Tres built a super sweet outdoor drying rack, with some wood leftover from building the shop. Even though the work was fairly tedious (probably worth investing in a cherry pitter, if I'm planning to preserve them on a regular basis), I couldn't help but admire the beauty in each cherry as I sliced it, such beautiful colors and so perfectly ripe and juicy. Is there much better than summer fruit?
sliced and pitted
on the rack
the drying rack and its engineer
after two days in the sun
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