WASHINGTON 鈥� If you are planning to bake a tart cherry pie for the Fourth of July, you may find it tough to find the main ingredient.
Sour cherries are in limited supply. reports聽the cold snap in March took a toll on the sour cherry crop in many farms across the East Coast.
Fans of sour cherries know they are rarely found at the supermarket, you have to go to a farmers market to find them as they are highly perishable, but it may be worth the effort.
Sour cherries have been labeled a super fruit 鈥� with some athletes on college teams taking up drinking sour cherry juice as it is believed to relieve inflammation and pain.
A study of runners who participated in the 198 mile Oregon Hood to Coast Relay race found runners had less pain after drinking sour cherry juice than regular fruit juice.
