Last year my mother, father and I stood on stepladders, a fine drizzle falling over us as we picked cherries off of our cherry tree. Big bags of cherries took up room in our fridge over the following days as we promised ourselves that soon we would make cherry wine, cherry pancakes and cherry pie.
However, our cherries began to rot long before we found or really I should say, made time to use them and our bounty turned to waste. This year I decided to leave the cherries right there on the tree for the birds to eat but there were too many even for them!
About half an hour ago I went out in this 97 degree heat to collect as many cherries as I could reach which turned out to be quite a few. As I picked I tried to think of what I could make using these cherries and came up with scones! The only problem was that we did not have buttermilk in the house. Not feeling like running to the store, my mother suggested making our own using a cup of milk and a tablespoon of lemon. Her recipe worked beautifully and within a moment we had buttermilk. I still have a ton of cherries to use so there may possibly be more food to come!
To find the scone recipe I used go to HTTP://whatscookingamerica.net/Bread/CherryScones.htm
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