On Wed 16 Jul 2008 10:14:36p, The Joneses told us...

> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> ...
>>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!
> I've been lusting after a rotating sort of dealy with a hopper. I have a
> single cherry/olive pitter which is okay for 1/2 cup for a recipe, but a
> pain for 4 cups. I'd like to avoid another attachment for a fancy
> schmancy food processor like my buddy's got, cause what if the electric
> goes out? Edrena, on a Quest...

I bet you'd like one like this, Edrena...

http://www.kitchenkrafts.com/search.asp?t=ss&ss=cherry



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