4kids4me Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 I canned cherries a couple of years ago but they smell like alcohol now, so I'm thinking they're fermented, or just plain bad? Can I use them for anything (and if so, what other than getting drunk :D) or do I have to throw all of them out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K in MI Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 I'd err on the safe side and throw them out (then cry, because I know how much work canning is, and how wonderful it is to have canned fruit!:sad:). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Compost? I wouldn't risk it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G5052 Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 I was hospitalized twice in college with food poisoning bad enough that I required medical attention, and I don't mess with that sort of thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahbobeara Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 100 years ago, wouldn't folks have fed them to the pigs and enjoyed the drunk piggie show? :lurk5: Got any pigs you can feed them to? Other than that, I can't think of any use for them. Sorry for all that work wasted :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4kids4me Posted April 13, 2011 Author Share Posted April 13, 2011 You ladies are funny...my SIL says, "Just rinse them off and throw them in a cake." Here you all are ensuring that my family actually stays alive! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueridge Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 :cheers2::ack2::svengo: Glad you're going to throw them away! Although they would make an awesome cherries jubilee! Flame on! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audrey Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 I canned cherries a couple of years ago but they smell like alcohol now, so I'm thinking they're fermented, or just plain bad? Can I use them for anything (and if so, what other than getting drunk :D) or do I have to throw all of them out? Nope. Toss 'em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookfiend Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 I'm curious. Is this a different type of fermentation than converting to alcohol? Why can't they be cooked into an ice cream topping or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audrey Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 I'm curious. Is this a different type of fermentation than converting to alcohol? Why can't they be cooked into an ice cream topping or something? Because it's a home-canned product that has altered from its original state of canning. You really don't want to mess around with that. Best to toss it and remind yourself next time to eat more cherries sooner. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4kids4me Posted April 14, 2011 Author Share Posted April 14, 2011 Wouldn't it be funny if the *only* thing I could do with them was make moonshine??? :D Now *that* would be a school lesson for the kids! (Of course, I wouldn't let them taste it, just help make it!) :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalicoKat Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 I canned cherries a couple of years ago but they smell like alcohol now, so I'm thinking they're fermented, or just plain bad? Can I use them for anything (and if so, what other than getting drunk :D) or do I have to throw all of them out? We can grapes in syrup and they get fizzy by the end of the year. Other than NOT giving it to the kids. :D We still use them. But if you're in doubt, throw them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justamouse Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 I would drink some first and see if I either threw up or got drunk. :D I'd hope for the latter, of course. I am kidding. Kinda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara R Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Doesn't Ralph and his sister get drunk off of fermented home-canned fruit in one of the Little Britches books? I know that happened to my grandma and her sister. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serenade Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 I'd probably cook 'em for a while, and then try 'em. If I didn't die, then I would have more! :D I buy fresh apple cider when I can (unpasteurized), and let it get to the fizzing state, and that is when we drink it. My mom always did this, and it's so good. I think the Germans call it Most. Anyhow, that's fresh apple cider that's not been canned, just fermented as is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara R Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 I found it! Page 219 - 220 of Man of the Family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonshineLearner Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 You can take them to the county extension office maybe?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In The Great White North Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Suessmost, at least, is pasteurized. I don't know about the alcoholic variety. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4kids4me Posted April 14, 2011 Author Share Posted April 14, 2011 Doesn't Ralph and his sister get drunk off of fermented home-canned fruit in one of the Little Britches books? I know that happened to my grandma and her sister. :) Are you suggesting that perhaps this is a part of childhood my kids should experience? :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Oops--AnnE of Green Gables. It's much more refined. :0) :lol: Glad you fixed that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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