On Wednesday, December 26, 2018 at 5:17:11 AM UTC-6, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Tuesday, December 25, 2018 at 11:50:30 PM UTC-5, John Kuthe wrote:
> > On Tuesday, December 25, 2018 at 4:42:40 PM UTC-6, Nancy2 wrote:
> > > No,brand I could see, but it was about the size I described, shiny silver, and the cherry could go
> > > in any which way, and it had very smooth lever action. I will say it was hard to tell if the cherries
> > > remained basically whole, or if they were in pieces.
> > >
> > > N.
> >
> > The purpose of any cherry pitter I've ever seen or heard of is to keep as much of the cherry intact as possible. My little 20+ year old one is made of chromed wire and has a yoke and a plunger to pop out the pit, but mine misses a lot especially with some cherries, One batch I bought and pitted recently had many cherries that did not want to give up their pit! :-(
>
> Were the cherries underripe? To withstand shipment from wherever they
> are currently in season (Chile?) they'd have to be picked when they were
> pretty firm.
>
> Cindy Hamilton

No, I think they were OVEDripe and somewhat soggy! And the fibers INSIDE many of the cherries would NOT LET GO of the pit! And I had to try and DIG OUT the pit, splitting the cherry and sometimes destroying it! And then I had to eat many!

:-(

John Kuthe...