Cherie's Place » National Cherry Day http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life… Sun, 03 May 2026 22:32:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 National Cherry Day http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2010/07/17/national-cherry-day/ http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2010/07/17/national-cherry-day/#comments Sat, 17 Jul 2010 20:36:21 +0000 CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=3683 A Little Bit of What You FancyThe summer edition of the National Trust magazine advises that today is National Cherry Day.  At one time the south and west of England were ripe with cherry trees, but in the last 50 years 90 per cent of their number have been lost and currently 95 per cent of the cherries we eat are imported.

In order to combat the decline of the British cherry, food writer Henrietta Green launched CherryAid.  This campaign is to celebrate and save the British cherry.  In addition National Cherry Day was introduced.  This year an event to celebrate the day took place today at London’s Borough Market.

The magazine also informs me that the first Sunday in August is ‘cherry-pie Sunday’, where traditionally cherry dumpers would be eaten accompanied by a tankard of ale.  If any of you are wondering about a cherry dumper, it is a regional version of the Eccles cake.

To enter the spirit of the occasion I went to my local garden centre and indulged in a cherry scone which is something I am rather partial to.  I tried to locate some English cherries in the farm shop, but unfortunately only imported ones were available.

For those of you who were expecting the real Cherry, the bottom photo is for you ;-)

Elegance

FUTAB Moment

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