[Cecily]

Ya'll can have my share.

[ExcursionGuy84]

...yields were down in Massachusetts...

Lemme guess: "Uncle Teddy" crashed his yacht into the cranberry bogs, eh?

[hispanarepublicana]

I just cooked everything I bought....

[sgtbono2002]

I am the only one in the family who likes the fresh ones. Everyone else likes the jellied from a can.

[RVN Airplane Driver]

Not to worry in our household...wife went out and bought a couple more cans...before checking in the cupboard..where there was already 4 cans....anybody that runs out...holler!!

[operation clinton cleanup]

I think this is an attempt by "Big Cranberry" to drive up prices by Christmas.

[digger48]

Oh great! Now they're gonna hit us in the sauce with cranberry price-gouging. Probably making windFALL profits.

[crazyhorse691]

I never have had fresh cranberries. My mother never put anything on my plate that I could use as an artillery barrage against my sister(no peas and definitely no brussel sprouts). My wife has continued that practice.

[Peace Is Coming]

A friend of mine had a urinary track infection. To get rid of it she ate a can of cranberry sauce. The next day she was better and did not have to go to the doctor. Those cranberries are pretty amazing.

[Righty_McRight]

Tap ths strategic cranberry reserve.

[Alouette]

I like the dried cranberry raisins and use them in salads.

[Western Phil]

Production numbers, I think the 2005 must be estimates since the date of the report is August.

http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/reports/nassr/fruit/zcr-bb/cran0805.txt

[wideminded]

I love homemade cranberry sauce made with whole cranberries. In my opinion there should be a 1:1 ratio of cranberry sauce to turkey.

[SuziQ]

Mmmm. Got a bag a couple of weeks ago. Will use them to make a Cranberry-Apple Pie for Christmas. Got some Jellied Sauce for the turkey. ;o)

[WasDougsLamb]

---I don't like 'em anyway. Neither do my kids.

[Ciexyz]

Finally, a product that is still being made in the USA!

[WIladyconservative]

I bought 10 pounds (at a dollar a pound!) from the growers in my area in October. I have them in jellied form, in whole berry sauce form, and in the freezer.

I'm ahead of the game for ONCE in my life!

[carlo3b]

The Big Cranberry conspiracy.. FREEZE'EM, and beat them at their own game.. :)

Choose firm, deep-red cranberries with glossy skins. Stem and sort. Wash and drain. Unsweetened cranberries freeze very well. To syrup pack, cover cranberries in freezer containers with a cold 50% syrup. Leave headspace. Seal, label, and freeze.

To puree cranberries, prepare as for freezing whole. Cook each quart of cran-berries in 2 cups of water until skins crack open. Press through a sieve. Add sugar to taste, about 2 cups for each quart of puree. Pack into containers, leaving headspace. Seal, label, and freeze.

[Texas Eagle]

Throw away the apple pie. I will eat the cranberries."

I'll take that apple pie.