How Maraschino Cherries Are Made - Small Screen

[@Grasshopper80s4ever]

When I was a teen I worked at a canning factory and one year they decided to try making maraschino cherries . To make a long story short myself and my coworkers were sick for two weeks after mixing tubs of chemicals without any breathing mask of any type . The owners told us it's harmless, it's just like water vapors it won't hurt you . I remember it was hard to breathe and I felt like I was hung over for like 2 weeks.

[@Nikkisowner0]

Law suit!!!

[@mybackhurts7020]

factory workers are like what the hell

[@scottpollock5555]

Some Nobody ikr

[@Jae-lv2nn]

did you come from how to cake it?

[@AB-yh7xw]

Why was I gonna say that😂

[@donlipton6264]

Yeah they're like " b**** you voted for a border wall we'll paint these with your blooooood.".

[@marek5530]

"De wite woo men"

[@mushy213]

when the white lady grabs a cherry on the belt and eats it in front of the workers HAHAHAHHAHAHA THAT HAS TO BE THE FUNNIEST THING IVE SEEN ALL DAY

[@SimpleLifeAlways81]

Why?

[@julieagain]

& why call out her skin color. We’ll never rid humanity of racism if we keep calling out the race of a person

[@ClownActual]

​@@julieagainyou're the basic comment anyone from your generation would make

[@reginal1691]

Am I the only one here cuz Yolanda from how to cake it told us not to search it up?

[@katycampman7012]

Same

[@teacake8758]

Your Killer same

[@everyonesbella]

same

[@wthbruh2067]

Same

[@alynar5322]

Your Killer I'm here

[@RRSYSinfo]

I love the texture and the centre. I remember making the mistake of thinking they were glaced. Ordered loads And I was almost sick lol.

[@sanayabreanna]

yolanda told me not to do it. i still did.

[@hexthermxrie]

Sanaya Breanna same

[@trinitybaylor7523]

Sanaya Breanna same

[@DorkOrc]

omg same

[@user-kh9ki3kq8m]

I like how she keeps saying orchard to jar as if it's not Orchard to Sorting Line to Bleach Bath to Chemical Dye to Dye Strainer to Jar Filler to Jar.

[@nothingtoseehere5760]

Right? I mean it is interesting how they make it but they are... not exciting, traditional, coveted, or any of those other claims. I get the feeling this video was made in a time when the audience was assumed to be dumber in general.

[@SirBoycie]

Spot on.

[@a.b.37-f9v]

Tbf, she said it was a process from orchard to jar. No one assumes these are freshly jarred cherries. She even compared them to olives and pickles!

[@elwynbrooks]

for everyone getting up in arms s about it being unhealthy-- did you eat maraschino cherries thinking they were basically a fruit? it's clearly a candy check your perspective

[@G1NZOU]

Exactly, and the whole point of brine is to preserve the cherries, I'll bet these same people complaining would be up in arms if their maraschino cherry jar only had a four day shelf life. Things get preserved for convenience, and often oils, sugars, brine, or frying makes it a whole lot less healthy than fresh food, which is why you use these as garnishes and don't replace more nutritious food in your diet for stuff like this.

[@len-Lovelace]

right? who thought they were natural at all? it literally sits in syrup that's bright red who tf thought they were healthy.

[@delaneygrace3569]

I'm here from how to cake it 😂

[@acf870]

camo _cowgirl same

[@queendestiny3739]

camo _cowgirl same 😂😂

[@nahjahstephen8081]

camo _cowgirl me too 😂

[@lani8594]

camo _cowgirl SAME

[@maryorihuela8265]

camo _cowgirl samee😂😂😂😂

[@laurahughes5281]

I never knew that the cherries soaked in a brine solution for so long! Actually, I never really knew how they were made at all. This was very interesting!

[@SmallScreenNetwork]

Laura Hughes Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@sian2337]

I love them! Im working my way through a jar now!

[@splendasmom]

I always pour the juice on my ice cream!

[@FrostDragon33]

Yolanda sent me 😂😂

[@adelaidekeech7225]

here from how to cake it

[@antares2767]

I have an exam tomorrow morning but this is more important

[@LadyPisces96]

Well, this was fun to watch! ☺

[@taput4175]

Lol yes sadly I am another person brought here by How to Cake It because I just love to waste time for absolutely no reason that I know of 😂😂 And I watched the whole video! fml, but Happy Birthday Yolanda! 😂

[@busybeingblack]

Yolanda brought me here

[@SpotterEats]

Very cool! Had no idea this is where they came from.

[@TonyWebster]

I was wondering why the chemical process was glossed over so quickly: "Produced by ... National Cherry Growers & Industries Foundation."

[@whitestguyuknow]

Yeah they basically give no proper info. "They go into this vat for ____ long. Then they go into THIS vat where they turn red! Then they're bottled!" Ok?...

[@m8sonmiller]

Preservatives are leached out with acids, then they're slowly infused with sugar syrup.

[@weatherstorms]

How are the seeds taken out of the cherries before they maraschino?

[@kolumbianerin666]

Poor cherries :( Now I understand why these cute little things taste like hell.

[@mkprestige7727]

Andre ツ yeah

[@KaLa1865_]

IKR

[@ashleyblake6386]

Because that woman breathed on about 100 of them

[@nurelkamash]

The only brand maraschino i use are from luxardo so tasty soooo good! If I come into a bar where they use these terrible red fuckers I'll probably just order a beer

[@Beam3178]

All I wanted to know was how they removed the cherry pits without leaving behind a hole :/

[@LizaHanderhan]

Me too

[@teacake8758]

The color from 2:55 to 3:01 of the water or juice or whatever is pretty like I would make my bath water that color

[@user-tr3oq2gc3w]

The lady: orchard to jar! Me: orchard to chemicals and coloring to sugar to jar!

[@bockium33]

I love these things but honestly they are super toxic...notice how they leave out a bunch of information like what that brine is composed of.

[@stephaniekortyka8098]

+Travis Bockmier i looked it up, it's actually just salt water and calcium carbonate - aka Tums. not exactly so ominous as all that.

[@bockium33]

This made me curious so I looked up some things too. Originally these were a treat enjoyed by the wealthy class, which were whole cherries soaked in a drink made from distilled Marasca cherries. Now days this isn't really the case at all. I found it is actually sulfur dioxide and calcium chloride they brine them in...which sounds bad but both actually aren't that toxic in small amounts. Then they are usually soaked in a bitter almond oil which is like a food like embalming process...probably not altogether toxic. The real problem is the food coloring they always add. Red 3 is banned, red 4 was banned but due to the fact they consider maraschino cherries "mainly decorative" they sometimes use this coloring which is toxic. Most often though they use red 40 which the jury is still out on but likely has negative health benefits. Sometimes they use other coloring that isn't even red for other types of these cherries. Take or leave it though...other then they taste really good...I think...they are essentially stripped of all their nutrients by this process and toxic dyes are added along with large amounts of unnecessary sugars so they really have nothing else going for them. That all being said I still enjoy them as most people are scarfing down whole jars in one sitting and there is definitely worse things out there.

[@youtuuba]

Travis Bockmier, clearly they are NOT "super toxic". If they were, everyone who east them would get sick and/or die. "Very slightly toxic" might be more accurate, but when we get into that low level, LOTS of things we eat that are considered to be healthy, or even necessary for living, are also to some degree toxic if too much is consumed.

[@yanettdominguez3433]

Who came here right after she said "warning go don't look it up" ( by she I mean how to cake it)

[@gothicGumshoe]

Yanett Dominguez Me. Lol.

[@ChristineMeis]

One comment says: "Why the negativity?". Come on! They take a healthy, wonderful fruit from mother earth and bath it in chemicals and present this as such an amazing thing. I just can't believe it.

[@G1NZOU]

You realise cherries are literally made of chemicals right? So are you for that matter.

[@poppysdaddi]

Harry Akira Eaton You're right. The chemicals we're made of are *totes* the same thing.

[@PAULBLUNTZER]

Kind of like when they make cucumbers into pickles.... it's the same concept, and the end result, delicious.

[@treswaluya]

2:06 **Faking smile** "The audacity!!!"

[@SarahPalinQuit]

what's in the brine though? HFCS?

[@zigma10473]

in the TV show the host says a brine which is a flavored liquid it sits in to intensify the flavor, but here the cherries are being bleached! wow

[@WildWillieWiccan]

Brine is a salt solution of some type, like saltwater(sodium chloride), calcium chloride, etc. It is not part of the food color dyeing step or flavoring step, unless you are making pickles or pickled peppers or pickled onions.

[@mikecmike6163]

I'm here after just eating some some. Yummy yumm.

[@XC2long4u]

So is the brine salt or lye?

[@greenie2600]

For everyone whinging that these aren't "real" maraschino cherries: The bright red maraschino is indeed traditional - it's been around for eighty years, and it's a standard garnish for various dishes (such as ice cream sundaes and various baked desserts). It's just a different tradition. No, they're not as delicious as the marasca-preserved variety. But - at least here in the US - those are an expensive luxury. They cost $20 a jar in the US (compared to less than $2 a jar for the bright red ones), and aren't even available in some areas - they would have to be mail-ordered. I'd certainly rather have a marasca-preserved cherry in my cocktail - but if you're telling me that I'm only allowed to drink at the expensive cocktail bars that serve those, then I'm going to tell you that you're being kind of ridiculous (and elitist). And if you're going to complain about Americans bastardizing your traditional foods: some of y'all have your own crimes to answer for. The tales I've heard about Mexican food in Europe... It's just food. Just like language (and every other aspect of culture), it changes across different time periods and cultures. That's a beautiful thing - it's how the world has developed such incredible culinary diversity. Eat what you like, and let others do the same.

[@Thompson1776]

Yeah they butchered Mexican food pretty bad, I found myself in charge of a Taco Bell at one point in my life and to be fair they refer to their food as 'mexican inspired' 🤣 I'd never heard of the traditional maraschino cherry either, so thank you for that 🤙

[@onelife7188]

So you can eat the seed too?

[@emilyscott690]

That lady made me feel so uncomfortable... 😂

[@awwwyeaboyeeee]

I'll have some of whatever she's on.

[@hannahshouse4391]

i watched this to see how they take the pit out but it didnt say :(

[@Lycandii]

they just cut it a little and take it out.

[@AnthonyFarias]

`So the only good cherries for you are the fresh ones? are there seedless ones worse than seeded?

[@Rose-jaee]

As a child when i first ate this.. never thought it came from a real living cherry.. if u know what I mean.. i thought it was 100% artificial.. but that was my first n last one whole marachino cherry

[@MrJed_s]

Should be called "How Imitation Maraschino Cherries Are Made"? You don't have to do much research to know that traditional Maraschino cherries are not "vibrant red" and bear little semblance to what is shown here

[@Hazbin_Hotel_fan_11]

This comment was 9 years ago. And only got 4 likes. So sad.

[@jaded804]

Pongansen a sortear!!!

[@Luvyybuns]

There's 'negativity' because in the video they don't say how they bleach the cherries ...they don't explain how they go from normal looking to completely unnatural yellow

[@tommurg]

They aren't unnatural yellow. There are cherries that are only yellow.

[@alf3526]

My friends and I call these cherries a decoration. We never eat it because it's not as good as fresh organic cherries.

[@naomiolutayo]

Lololol "these taste wonderful! OHH this is a good one, MMHH"

[@57AB]

I love fresh cherries the Maraschino taste to waxed but that's my opinion 😁

[@redraven699]

Anyone that thought Maraschino cherries grew like that and were not made to be that funky red or green are fools. Just by the taste you can tell they have been altered.

[@Hazbin_Hotel_fan_11]

Who else loves Maraschino cherrys? 👇

[@gothicGumshoe]

How to cake it told her fans not to watch this...

[@whitestguyuknow]

Yea you can tell by how many comments are saying "I'm here cause of How to cake that!" It's like nearly every comment on here without exaggeration

[@mikecmike6163]

Who is Yolonda?

[@soulchorea]

Didn't Sesame Street do a segment on this?

[@programevolutionist]

🍒💕

[@miaestrella3024]

Why she always touching things😂😂

[@babakazi808]

but HOW are they pitted??

[@SmallScreenNetwork]

Small Screen has received 7 nominations at this year's Taste Awards! Thank you for all your support!

[@ezralimm]

Wrong. Traditional marachino cherries are soaked in cherry liqueur to preserve them, and are not bright red!

[@Phily1494]

True. The Luxardo Maraschino cherry is done properly. We pronounce this abomination in the video as Marashino (i.e the fake, cheap Maraschino cherry). So i dont know if "traditional maraschino" is something she should have said

[@msxeneyxo]

Wow so I'm not the only one who came here straight after watching how to cake it's ice cream sundae 😂😂😂

[@RRSYSinfo]

I always ask for extra maraschino cherries every time I'm in casinos celebrating wins with fancy cocktails.

[@Lycandii]

I keep eating these cherries send help

[@NEENABORDEAUX]

why the hell shorty have no gloves at 2:10??

[@JDSteffano]

At 2:03 you can see that they forced these ladies to smile.

[@flyingmango9284]

lol this vid is getting so many views because of how to cake it!

[@squidleystudios277]

Rule of thumb, you probably should be cautious about eating a fruit that's been dyed a blatantly unnatural color.

[@bhazlett13]

I grew up thinking I hated cherries because of these candy red little bastards. Today, at 36, I finally questioned how cherries were turned into these little monstrosities, and now I know!

[@tweezerjam]

Who thought to soak cherries in salt water? And why? 😂

[@sheepwolf2004]

one time years ago, I saw blue maraschino cherries

[@Raihills]

incrível :(

[@calebofeoritse7320]

me too lol,am also from how to cake it lol

[@angieanaya5282]

How to cake it!!!!!!

[@pnuemagger]

Real maraschino cherries are made from marasca cherries candied in sweetened marasca cherry juice… and that’s it. They’re not chemically brined, bleached, dyed and flavored Queen Anne cherries. 🤮

[@eerielconstantine5051]

I like how she completely glossed over the harmful chemicals that go into processing the marachinos.

[@brannonwinchester7054]

Wow they didn't show us how they pitted the cherries

[@moramaraschio8911]

I feel like a Cake now

[@lornahayes981]

fron how to cake it

[@ErikaSoriano]

Which video are y’all talking about that you’re coming from there

[@marissawebb8250]

Everyone complaining about the brines in these comments are probably scared of dihydrogen monoxide 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@bubblegumanimations4561]

lol, you mean water?

[@balooc2]

how hard can it be? its maraskino, not marasheeno. and btw this is cringie ass hell!

[@AGJ117]

I hate these cherries but my mom loves them.

[@m8sonmiller]

I worked in that bottling facility lmao

[@Mahdi-cq1yj]

anyone else here from HowToCakeIt?

[@Roxy-ch4gv]

I need a gallon of cherries

[@marcusgoguanco6921]

Yolanda was right... I shouldn't have done this😵🤢

[@whitestguyuknow]

Why? They don't really tell you how they're made at all. I don't like them but you're acting like you saw something gross whenever they don't hardly show a thing but vat transfers and conveyer belts

[@Haydusagi]

2:37 Yam... Slap!

[@BobJones-gn2tr]

2:00 funny they let a random person enter factory floor without a hairnet :) "You must keep our rules"... "No, I don't, I'm a youtuber"... "Oh a youtuber?! Oh sure break our rules and get hair in our product and cause us to go bankrupt, no problem"

[@BlindBabeBeth]

I always thought they were like glacé fruit. Either way, euuuugh. Informative video though, thanks.

[@Pastorlinda54]

great video. why the negativity?

[@chrisjd1116]

Please fire this person before you expend anymore revenue towards their salary.

[@joelrodriguez6123]

Akimbo for the win-bo

[@pesto12601]

umm.. I don't think you are supposed to eat on the line - those workers are like "Man... she is going to be in trouble..." - hope they washed those cherries you were handling without gloves again.. :)

[@TheGoDeus]

Comida morta!

[@grapetonenatches186]

If you have never tried a Luxardo then you dont know what a Maraschino really is.

[@joshuamiller-le753]

these cherries are the good ones, the seeded ones at the grocery store are nasty

[@nva236]

same

[@saimasattar9989]

Yolanda did this to me

[@scottpollock5555]

Funny thing is she only took a bite of the fresh cherries not the maraschino cherries xD

[@hexthermxrie]

She did at the very end.

[@minsu1848]

Sad looking cherries

[@eugene6472]

It's like they decided that they will turn a real cherry into a fake cherry

[@Sahltnpephr]

Me eating Maraschino cherries in 2022

[@98karlh]

If this is related to bartending and such, why is it targeted for children with the goofy host?

[@lokivanni2500]

I’m here because Yolanda said not to come. That’s the magic of reverse psychology!

[@CandyHam]

absolutely disgusting

[@xandon24]

If you think this is gross, you'd hate to see how pickles are made. Hint, it's the same as this only with different flavorings. Also I'm sure you'd die hearing how yogurt is made. Oh and cheese, don't look up how cheese is made. Also don't look into penicillin, the life saving drug.

[@DonJetblack00]

Seriously?! Then you must think your face is absolutely disgusting too.

[@domachondri]

You're name is literally candy ham.

[@HeyGirlItsAllyson]

Here from How To Cake It lol