pennyaline wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> > One labour saving device I never developed an appreciation for is
the
> cherry
> > pitter. They are the most painful tool to use for any amount of
time.
> Thank
> > goodness I have sour cherry orchards near my house and some of them
> process
> > their own cherries. I can go and buy a pail of pitted cherries
almost
> right off
> > the tree, and for a fraction of the cost of buying them by the
basket at
> the
> > market.
>
> And then there are the folks like me. I have a massive tart cherry
tree in
> my backyard, and my inexpensive handheld cherry pitter proves its
worth
> annually.
>
> I am thinking, though, since the tree is SO productive, of buying one
of the
> smallish mechanized pitters. Are they worth the bread?

They are not very expensive: http://tinyurl.com/c2g2x

Sheldon