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Default Cherry pitters made of wire -- Obsolete?

Susan Bugher wrote:
>> On Jun 18, 11:56 am, spamtrap1888 > 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.
>
> Susan
>



There's usually paint (lead?) on the ferrule (metal end.)
A sturdy plastic soda straw should do the same thing.

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