On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:19:47 -0500, The Cook >
wrote:

>On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:46:21 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:
>
>>I had a lunch sack mostly full of Bing cherries today that I pitted. My
>>pitter is old and rusty and I need to get a new one. The kind I have has
>>three loops on it and a plunger. You put one loop around your thumb, and
>>the others are for your pointer and middle finger. You then put the cherry
>>in the end of it, depress the plunger and if it works right, the pit pops
>>out of the bottom. I seem to remember it working better in the past. Today
>>only about 1/3 of the pits popped right out. And now my fingers are all
>>purple. Is there a device that works better than this? Thanks!
>>
>
>Check Amazon.com for cherry pitters. They have everything up to $200+
>ones. I got the Oxo one. It does work fine for small quantities. It
>would be much better than the paper clip method for large quantities.


King Arthur has a nice one that I have used for larger quantities. It
isn't automatic, that's for sure, but is quite easy to use and
dishwasher safe.

http://www.kingarthurflour.com/shop/... 924C?id=7165

Boron