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But when I was a kid, I didn’t know any better (and didn’t have someone in my life to teach me), so I never really thought about just how truly removed from nature maraschino cherries were. Also, you have very good timing in making this comment, because I actually have a few jars of real, homemade maraschino cherries aging in my fridge right now.I thank you again for your very thoughtful comment — it makes me happy to know there are people in the world like your mother and yourself to raise children who already know these things. I know they’re supposed to be cheery and fun, but these little cherries are really bringing me down. Here in Brazil there is a kind of conspiracy theory that says all preserved cherries are made of chayote (a common fruit in South America), because chayote is tasteless and easy to cut in small balls. i loved them as a kid – like, LOVED – and the color has always been very retro-fantastic to me; just that whole sixties-era bright, colorful foodstuffs (and from what i can tell, the heyday of food coloring).

For the kind of maraschino cherries I know, the stems are simply left on the cherries at the beginning of the process. You'll find real reviews of cherries that will give you all the information you need to make a well-informed purchase decision. Randolph of the FDA ruled that if an "artificial bitter almond flavor or any synthetic flavor is used, the product must be labeled artificial or artificially flavored.To add to the maraschino cherry discussion: over here in Europe we hardly get those cherries anymore as there has been much ado about them being a health risk. They are the poster child for decadence: pretty as can be, the embodiment of perfection, the proverbial (and literal), “cherry on top.