Red Tinned Cherries.

[Vimto]

Where can I obtain dessert, tinned, red cherries. I used to be able to purchase them from most grocery shops many years ago. They were bright red, contained their stones and were in a syrupy juice. We used to play Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Sailor with the discarded stones. I haven't seen them for certainly over 30 years. Can anyone please help?

[ummmm]

I was trying to buy some to make a cherry sauce but no luck. I had to buy fresh cherries and a cherry jam.

Plums are another hit and miss.

[rockyracoon]

I've only seen the dark ones in a can, but I do have a jar of cocktail cherries that are bright red (they don't have stones). I got them in Tesco, they sit with the pickles, strangely.

https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/250414393

[Old_Geezer]

Any use ? https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/products/princes-red-cherry-fruit-filling/020527-9999-10000?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIiJu7ppGu3wIVirTtCh2--gWKEAQYAiABEgJZKvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

[dannyk13]

ummmm, Tesco's sell a cherry sauce:-
https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/search?query=cherry%20sauce&icid=tescohp_sws-1_m-ft_in-cherry%20sauce_ab-226-b_out-cherry%20s

[Rockrose]

Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose do them.
We used to serve them with Brandy and whipped cream

[ummmm]

Thanks Danny, I'll make my own as my food delivery is coming today :-)

[EDDIE51]

The 'Bright' red cherries were coloured with artificial colour. This was found to be a possible Cancer hazard. You can still get 'natural colour' red cherries but the colour is a lot less intense.

[woofgang]

EDDIE if that is so why are cocktail cherries still bright red?

[ummmm]

Probably read it in the Daily Mail...

[Rockrose]

Or perhaps he learned about it when he worked as a chef.

[EDDIE51]

Cocktail cherries are intended as a garnish or decoration , they are not classified as 'Food'.

[woofgang]

ummmm EDDIE Snopes say you are wrong wrong wrong
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/shirley-temple-whack/

[kvalidir]

Errrm that's not true Eddie, they most certainly are classified as a food.

[Mamyalynne]

This is how misinformation abounds.