I usually order maraschino cherries for our manhattans on Amazon, but sometimes I imagine that I’ll have occasion to stop and grab a jar. Today, this was my intention; we picked up groceries and I was gonna shoot into the liquor store for a jar. But I forgot.

I asked Copilot for a quick cherry syrup recipe, and so combined equal parts fresh cherries, sugar, and water to make one. I strained the cooked cherries out and put three cherries, which I’d been soaking in vodka, in the syrup while I mixed the drinks. Came out pretty good.

I did just order a can of Luxardo cherries though.