Originally Posted by
corky
I just read in the August issue of Bon Appetit that cherries that still have stems attached mean that they were hand picked which is apparently a good thing. I don't know how to link the article as I have a paper subscription but interesting cherry facts on there.
Hmm, but don't you usually find ones with and ones without mixed together in a bag (and a bunch of unattached stems at the bottom)? I can't say I have ever seen a bag of all stemless cherries, unless we're talking frozen pitted. (And my quick googling suggests that cherries are a crop that requires hand picking, although they are working on technologies for machine picking.)