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How to pit cherries
"Boron Elgar" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:19:47 -0500, The Cook >
> wrote:
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>>On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:46:21 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:
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>>>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!
>>>
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>>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.
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> 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.
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> http://www.kingarthurflour.com/shop/... 924C?id=7165
Thanks!
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