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Friday, February 15, 2013

Cheers for February-Cherries, Hearts,Chocolate

February is National Cherry Month, and we usually think of cherries as red-bright red tart cherries, dark red sweet cherries, but there are also yellow sweet ones. Michigan growers provide more than 70% of the nation's tart cherries, and Traverse City is the cherry capital of the world!
And, who chopped down the cherry tree? was it George Washington? I think so.
February is a very important month-Valentines Day, President's Day, and now Cherries. And your health tip of the day-tart cherries are loaded with antioxidants, they have anti-inflammatory properties, and help fight heart disease.Dark chocolate, cherries, what a month!

2 comments:

  1. Now I want cherries! Hi to you from down the road in Brooklyn :).

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  2. Me too! I think we should plant a tree. We had a yellow sweet cherry tree when we lived in Livonia-yellow with a pink cheek-m-m-m good.

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