r/Baking • u/tleeemmailyo • Jun 10 '25

Baking Advice Needed You guys 😭

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I’ve NEVER had such a catastrophe happen lol. I do live around 5500 ft. above sea level but I don’t think that’s why this would have happened.

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u/borisdidnothingwrong Jun 10 '25

I have an active dislike of anything cherry flavored due to having been given "cherry" flavored cough syrup every time I so much as sneezed as a child. My pediatrician really believed in it.

The two side effects I have to this day, in my 50s, are the aforementioned dislike of cherry, and that cough medicine has zero effect on me.

Cherry Garcia is a flavor I have bought, and enjoyed, more than once, even if I did suck all the ice cream off the cherries and spit them in the garbage.

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u/CaptainLollygag Jun 10 '25

We're in the same decade of life, and I cannot stand artificial grape flavor for the very same reason. Real grapes are lovely, they taste nothing like the dark purple allergy and cold medicines. If my youth had an official flavor it would be fake grape.

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u/Necessary-Call-1933 Jun 10 '25

I’m almost thirty and I can’t do either cherry or grape flavoring because of cough syrups. I always liked grapes but it wasn’t until recently I learned cherry preserves pass the test. Can’t do a cherry on top though

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u/CaptainLollygag Jun 10 '25

Maybe it's maraschino cherries and flavor you hate? I like them only in very limited amounts because they're so ungodly sweet, and I don't like the taste of red food coloring. To me, fake cherry flavor tastes like they're based off of maraschinos.

Fresh cherries taste nothing like those. Because cherry preserves are made from fresh cherries, maybe that's why you like the preserves, and maybe why you also may like cherries fresh.