On Thu 17 Jul 2008 08:50:50p, Julie Bove told us...

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> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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>> On Wed 16 Jul 2008 10:14:36p, The Joneses told us...
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>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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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!
>>> 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...
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>> Naturally, when the electric goes out, the first thing you want to do is
>> pit 4 cups of cherries. :-)
>
> I know I do!

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