[Sca-cooks] maraschino cherries, was I quit- and froup!

[Sue Clemenger]

No, they're not the same thing.  Glace cherries (I agree with you about
the toothache) are candied cherries, used in fruitcakes and such.
Maraschino cherries are purchased still swimming around in a lot of
sweet liquid, and are used, oh,...on top of icecream sundaes, in some
desserts, some drinks, and in chocolate-covered cherries (one of my
mother's favorites <shudder>).
--Maire

Jessica Tiffin wrote:
>
> >According to Epicurious (www.epicurious.com), Maraschino cherries are a
> >specially treated fruit that can be made from any variety of cherry,
> >though the Royal Ann is most often used. The cherries are pitted and
> >then macerated in a flavored sugar syrup (usually almond flavor for red
> >cherries, mint for green). At one time they were traditionally flavored
> hmmm, is that the same as the horrible beasties sold under the name of
> glac{e'} cherries (that's an e with an acute accent in the curly brackets)?
>  Give me toothache, those things - way too sweet and somehow plastic...
>
> JdH
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