On 6/30/2017 9:30 AM, sanne wrote:
> Am Freitag, 30. Juni 2017 15:16:16 UTC+2 schrieb Sheldon:
>> On Thu, 29 Jun 2017 20:44:48 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "John Kuthe" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On Thursday, June 29, 2017 at 10:00:02 PM UTC-5, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>> I bought a new pitter last year that works for cherries and olives. It
>>>>> worked fine up until this last batch of cherries. They seemed to have
>>>>> overly
>>>>> large pits! This is the one I have:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://smile.amazon.com/Cherry-Pitt...=cherry+pitter
>>>>>
>>>>> The way it works is that you put the fruit in the opening on the side,
>>>>> hold
>>>>> it over a bowl or whatever you want to use to contain the pits, then
>>>>> press
>>>>> down. The pit is then shot through a hole in the bottom. Then you turn
>>>>> the
>>>>> pitter sideways over whatever vessel you are using to contain the fruit.
>>>>>
>>>>> This time it was a big fail because about 80% of the pits were too large
>>>>> to
>>>>> be pushed through. Weird because they weren't overly large cherries.
>>>>> Luckily
>>>>> I was only serving the fruit salad to the family and not guests because
>>>>> the
>>>>> end result was not so pretty. I wound up having to sort of rip the
>>>>> cherries
>>>>> open to pull the loose pit out. Yes, I could have used a knife and it
>>>>> would
>>>>> have looked neater, but I was in a hurry.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have used the pitter many times prior. Normally it punches a neat
>>>>> little
>>>>> hole into the side of the fruit, the pit is gone and that is that.
>>>>
>>>> Every batch of cherries is a little different. In my experience!
>>>>
>>>> John Kuthe...
>>>
>>> That could be. This was just the first time I've noticed big tits!
>
> <g> Catchy, isn't it? EQF!
>
>> I only pit sour cherries... sweet cherries are for munching and pit
>> spitting.
>
> Indeed.
>
> Bye, Sanne.
>
I pit them when making Cherry Vanilla ice cream or when adding them to a
green salad or fruit salad. Not when just eating them.
I've not bought cherries yet this year. Still expensive and not at peak
flavor yet.