I've just been given several pounds of fresh picked cherries

[jabberwocky]

Any suggestions?

Ooooooh, just eat them!

Forget recipes and just eat them! Yum Yum

Another vote for "just eat them"

I lurve cherries.

Lucky you.
Make cherry brandy/vodka
Cherry Jam
Cherry Pie
Cherry cheesecake.

Oh and Black Forest gateaux!!!

I love cherries too, but these are the "cooking" kind, I'm told. They are a bit tart when eaten alone.

crossed posts Carmenere. Great ideas!

that's right up my alley...

Duck with cherry sauce is nice too!

Stone 'em and freeze 'em. No need to do anything else, just bung them in. Then use them for cherry pie or crumble in winter. Yummy.

we had a glut of strawberries the other weekend (over-enthusiastic pick-your-owning), and I made jam from a recipe my mum used to use that involves no boiling or testing for setness etc and hence is dead easy.

Original (for strawberries) is \link{http://www.certo.co.uk/Recipes/Freezer/Strawberry%20Freezer%20Jam.htm\here} but I can't find a decent UK version for cherries - if you fancy it, their Jam Advisor is [email protected]

I like that idea. Seems like it will be easier to stone them with jam processing.