Mmmmmm Peaches

[DOUBLELUNG]

My favorite recipe is for the dutch oven but works in the regular oven.  10 in oven.  5 lbs peaches sliced and lightly sprinkled with sugar left overnight in fridge.  Next day (or two) arrange peaches in the bottom, evenly add a dry white or yellow cake mix, pour a coke or pepsi (not diet)over the top.  You can add cinnamon but I like a little nutmeg sprinkled on top.  Cook for 45 minutes.  Same recipe we used in scouts 45 years ago.

Thanks!  I'm going to try this one

[jackmaster]

He would have claimed he had a patent on it and you couldn't use it anyway.

[pianoman9701]

He would have claimed he had a patent on it and you couldn't use it anyway.

He's a pretty good guy.

[jackmaster]

Where i work at this family had a huge peach tree, right here in sea tac , I didn't know peaches would grow on this side of the mountains,can yeahs these peaches were the size of grapefruits and insanely juicy and awesome, after they were heavy with fruit the dude cut the tree down and ground the stump, I couldn't believe it. They were the best and now they are gone sorry got off topic

[DOUBLELUNG]

Elegant Lady about a week away from ripe

[Sitka_Blacktail]

Drove to Mt. Vernon yesterday to pick frost peaches from a friends tree. That sucker was loaded and they were huge! I'm surprised they turned out so well this year considering how wet and cold it's been half this summer. We'll be canning ours.

We have two Frost peach trees. Had so many last year that three main branches broke out of our big tree while the family was in Alaska. I pruned it up good this spring and it's coming back nicely, but had few peaches on it this year.  Frost is a great peach for western Washington.

[huntnphool]

I look forward to the Pence and Frog Hollow Peaches every year, the brix levels are unbelievable!

[huntnphool]

Always reminds me of Kramer on Seinfeld

[DOUBLELUNG]

I look forward to the Pence and Frog Hollow Peaches every year, the brix levels are unbelievable!

Curses!  I've considered buying a sugar refractometer ...

[huntnphool]

I look forward to the Pence and Frog Hollow Peaches every year, the brix levels are unbelievable!

Curses!  I've considered buying a sugar refractometer ...

 I know this grocery store is not close to you, but they test the brix levels daily and post them for customers. http://peachorama.com 

[DOUBLELUNG]

I look forward to the Pence and Frog Hollow Peaches every year, the brix levels are unbelievable!

Curses!  I've considered buying a sugar refractometer ...

 I know this grocery store is not close to you, but they test the brix levels daily and post them for customers. http://peachorama.com 

That's really nice - takes the guesswork out of buying.  I suspect ours are teens to 20s when we pick.

[MtnMuley]

.........some of us eastsiders have other ways of knowing when the peach is prime   Peaches are hard to beat, but when a guy gets the right nectarine at the right time, they're unbeatable. Actually switched to canning necs, but they have to be exactly right.

Back to Nock's original question: is there really a bad peach cobbler?!

[NOCK NOCK]

So true!!  For a quick and easy one, grocery stores sell a fruit cobbler mix, can use any fruit, fresh or canned.
It's made by Louisiana....the fish fry folks...I have used it with peaches and huckleberries, its pretty darn good for a quickie.