Posted by Giusi on June 20, 2010, 3:14 am
>>> Having picked a quart and a half of sour cherries, I was panicking
>>> when I could not find my little made-in-Hong-Kong cherry pitter, the
>>> kind that slips over two fingers and is operated with the thumb.
> <SNIP>
>>> What to do?
> Remove the eraser from a wooden pencil. Poke the (now empty) metal end of
> the pencil through a cherry to remove the pit.
> Quick, easy and almost free.
Sounds crazy enough to be true... thanks!
Posted by brooklyn1 on June 20, 2010, 7:37 am
wrote:
>>
>>>> Having picked a quart and a half of sour cherries, I was panicking
>>>> when I could not find my little made-in-Hong-Kong cherry pitter, the
>>>> kind that slips over two fingers and is operated with the thumb.
>>
>> <SNIP>
>>
>>>> What to do?
>>
>> Remove the eraser from a wooden pencil. Poke the (now empty) metal end of
>> the pencil through a cherry to remove the pit.
>>
>> Quick, easy and almost free.
>true... thanks!
That's how you lost your cherry!
Posted by Susan Bugher on June 21, 2010, 9:59 am
Giusi wrote:
>>>> Having picked a quart and a half of sour cherries, I was panicking
>>>> when I could not find my little made-in-Hong-Kong cherry pitter, the
>>>> kind that slips over two fingers and is operated with the thumb.
>> <SNIP>
>>
>>>> What to do?
>> Remove the eraser from a wooden pencil. Poke the (now empty) metal end of
>> the pencil through a cherry to remove the pit.
>>
>> Quick, easy and almost free.
> Sounds crazy enough to be true... thanks!
You're welcome. :) It does work well - I've been pitting cherries that
way for decades. Before that (way, way back when) I had a house with
cherry trees in the yard and an elderly neighbor who had a cherry
pitter. Her cherry pitter was great for pitting enormous quantities of
sour cherries very quickly. Mostly the cherries came out in halves,
perfect for making cherry jam (yum, yum).
A similar pitter is shown here:
http://www.lehmans.com/store/Kitchen___Old_Fashioned_Cherry_Pitter___16T?Args=
Thanks to Dave for posting the Lehman's link. That's the first time I've
seen one of those pitters for sale.
Susan
Posted by Lou on June 19, 2010, 11:07 am
I added two more relevant groups and edited the subject for clarity.
> Having picked a quart and a half of sour cherries, I was panicking
> when I could not find my little made-in-Hong-Kong cherry pitter, the
> kind that slips over two fingers and is operated with the thumb.
> I thought, well this must be easy to find, only to discover that no
> grocery or hardware or kitchen supply store (e.g. Surly Table) within
> miles carries this any more.
> And this is the canonical cherry pitter according to wikipedia:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_pitter
> All I can find are great hulking things made out of pot metal,
> suitable for pitting olives, egg carton things that can pit four at a
> time, etc. None are suitable for relatively tiny sour cherries.
> What to do?
Years ago my wife and I went to a pick-your-own farm and when we were done,
I asked the person who was weighing our pick how to pit the cherries. She
took a large wire paper clip, unfolded it, tucked it into her hand, and used
the smaller end to scoop out the pit. It took us less time to pit the
cherries than it did to pick them.
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>>> when I could not find my little made-in-Hong-Kong cherry pitter, the
>>> kind that slips over two fingers and is operated with the thumb.
> <SNIP>
>>> What to do?
> Remove the eraser from a wooden pencil. Poke the (now empty) metal end of
> the pencil through a cherry to remove the pit.
> Quick, easy and almost free.