Tinned Cherries

[Lucienne]

I have found a recipe for Cherry meringue,. My problem is, where can I buy tinned cherries? Waitrose, Sainsbury, Tesco and Morrison's in the nearby towns have all said they used to sell them, but they have now been discontinued. Does anyone know where I might be able to buy tinned cherries?

[theonlyone]

Our local Co-op has a Polish food
section and they do bottled cherries ..
maybe you can use them ...

[CheekyChops]

We had some from Tesco about 3 weeks ago and even today they are available on Tesco's website.

However we have hunted high and low the last two weeks in a row and not been able to find them...

[jack daniels]

use fresh cherries if it comes to that

[ruby27]

Lidl sell them in a jar. They are delicious, but I don't know if they are an adequate substitute for tinned ones as I have never eaten them from a tin.

[Lucienne]

Thank you, I've just added Asda and the Co-Op to my list of calls, but no luck. The need for the tinned cherry is that the recipe suggests using the syrup with a good dollop of kirsch. I think I'm going to have to go back to Lemon Meringue...AGAIN!

[mccfluff]

have you tried a cash and carry, they used to do tinned cherries, they might be like the others now but may be worth a try

[Ed Strong]

Have you tried contacting the customer advice section of the makers of your tinned cherries (if you can remember)? They will usually be able to supply you with the name/s of your nearest stockist.

[Lucienne]

Thank you for that Ed. The trouble is I always bought the Waitrose own and the Tesco own cherries, and in both stores, I was taken to where they used to be kept, and then followed the element of surprise when they were no longer on the shelf. After checking, I was then told by both stores, that they had been discontinued. Like Cheekychops, I remember seeing them on the shelf about 2 months ago. I think I may now be doing chocolate and brandy pots with raspberries. Thank you to everyone for their most helpful suggestions too.

[mccfluff]

if you need any one to try them for you........

[jack daniels]

Lucienne you can cook fresh cherries in a little water & sugar & still use them like the tinned ones

Give over fluff! - you beat me to it!

*shoves fluff over & borrows BOO's spoon*
Hi hun

[Lucienne]

Hey Jack, cherries are for buyng a bag full, and just trying one, then another, and just one more, until they've all gone. Trust me, I've done that. At least in a tin I can't scoff the lot before get a chance to use them. I'll make 2 extra chocolate pots for you and mccfuff! Lxx

[masterchef]

Would Cherry Pie Filling do?
That is usually kept on the shelves over the vegetable freezers in my Tesco's.
Lots of nice syrup in that!
masterchef

[ethandron]

asda have fairly recently started stocking small frozen punnets of fruit and i'm pretty sure cherries are one of them. they might be a good substitute for tinned once they're defrosted.
masterchefs idea is a good one too, you could dilute the thick juice in the pie filling with kirch.

[Lucienne]

Now that is a good idea, ethandron. I think I'll have a dummy run with your idea, and see if it works. Thank you very much.