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.

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...

"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 bits!

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!

I only pit sour cherries... sweet cherries are for munching and pit
spitting.

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.

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.

Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
>I've not bought cherries yet this year. Still expensive and not at peak
>flavor yet.

I bought $5 worth earlier this week from the Tops Market in town, They
were excellent:
Northwest Cherries
Washington State Extra Large Cherries
Sweet & Rich in Vitamin C & Antioxidants
$ 2 .99 lb. Save with your TOPS BonusPlus^®

On 2017-06-30 10:01 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

> 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.

My mother used to pit and freeze sour cherries. One year she was pressed
for time and threw them into the freezer without pitting them. Some time
during the winter she took a bag of cherries out of the freezer and,
thinking they were pitted, made a cherry pie. You were guaranteed at
least one pit in every forkful of pie.




> I've not bought cherries yet this year. Still expensive and not at peak > flavor yet.
My wife bought some yesterday. They are pretty good. We take our dog to
the leash free park every day and we the road we take passes through a
cherry orchard. It looks like a bumper crop this year. We are hoping
for cloudy days because we have had so much rain. The cherries have been
growing steadily, but if it clears up and we have a couple hot sunny
days they will undergo a rapid growth spurt and burst like they did a
few years ago.

On Friday, June 30, 2017 at 7:51:48 AM UTC-7, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2017-06-30 10:01 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> My mother used to pit and freeze sour cherries. One year she was pressed
> for time and threw them into the freezer without pitting them. Some time
> during the winter she took a bag of cherries out of the freezer and,
> thinking they were pitted, made a cherry pie. You were guaranteed at
> least one pit in every forkful of pie.
>
>
>
>
> > I've not bought cherries yet this year. Still expensive and not at peak > flavor yet.
> My wife bought some yesterday. They are pretty good. We take our dog to
> the leash free park every day and we the road we take passes through a
> cherry orchard. It looks like a bumper crop this year. We are hoping
> for cloudy days because we have had so much rain. The cherries have been
> growing steadily, but if it clears up and we have a couple hot sunny
> days they will undergo a rapid growth spurt and burst like they did a
> few years ago.

If you can get your hands on Washington State cherries, particularly the Rainier cherry, which is a golden and pink/red cherry, to me those are the best cherries on the planet.

On Friday, June 30, 2017 at 6:43:12 AM UTC-10, ImStillMags wrote:
> On Friday, June 30, 2017 at 7:51:48 AM UTC-7, Dave Smith wrote:
> > On 2017-06-30 10:01 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> >
> > > 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.
> >
> > My mother used to pit and freeze sour cherries. One year she was pressed
> > for time and threw them into the freezer without pitting them. Some time
> > during the winter she took a bag of cherries out of the freezer and,
> > thinking they were pitted, made a cherry pie. You were guaranteed at
> > least one pit in every forkful of pie.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > I've not bought cherries yet this year. Still expensive and not at peak > flavor yet.
> > My wife bought some yesterday. They are pretty good. We take our dog to
> > the leash free park every day and we the road we take passes through a
> > cherry orchard. It looks like a bumper crop this year. We are hoping
> > for cloudy days because we have had so much rain. The cherries have been
> > growing steadily, but if it clears up and we have a couple hot sunny
> > days they will undergo a rapid growth spurt and burst like they did a
> > few years ago.
>
> If you can get your hands on Washington State cherries, particularly the Rainier cherry, which is a golden and pink/red cherry, to me those are the best cherries on the planet.

They certainly are pretty cherries. Someone told me they're on sale at Target for $3.99/lb. She thought that was a pretty good deal. I don't know about that but the least she could have done was offer me a bowl. Hee hee.

Sheldon wrote:

> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> >
> >I've not bought cherries yet this year. Still expensive and not at peak
> >flavor yet.
>
> I bought $5 worth earlier this week from the Tops Market in town, They
> were excellent:
> Northwest Cherries
> Washington State Extra Large Cherries
> Sweet & Rich in Vitamin C & Antioxidants
> $ 2 .99 lb. Save with your TOPS BonusPlus^®


I used to steep cherries in wodka, very flavorful. And years ago when I canned I used to put up a few pints/quarts every summer, they were much appreciated as holiday gifts. But pitting several cases of cherries is very tedious. When I was a kid we'd get frozen cherries - in a big gold/yellow can - from the local meat locker...they sold lotsa frozen fruit in addition to meat.


--
Best
Greg

"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
...

> 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.

Some people have ripe ones here. Mine are Bing and not quite ripe. Most
years they are perfect on the 4th of July. I bought the ones for the salad
for a very good price.

On 2017-06-30 12:43 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
> On Friday, June 30, 2017 at 7:51:48 AM UTC-7, Dave Smith wrote:
>
> If you can get your hands on Washington State cherries, particularly the Rainier cherry, which is a golden and pink/red cherry, to me those are the best cherries on the planet.
>

I live in cherry country and know that the primary factor in cherry
taste is freshness. The less time between tree and eating the better. I
have had Washington state cherries and they were okay, but they were a
few days old by the time I go them.

ImStillMags wrote:
> On Friday, June 30, 2017 at 7:51:48 AM UTC-7, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2017-06-30 10:01 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>
>> > 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.
>>
>> My mother used to pit and freeze sour cherries. One year she was pressed
>> for time and threw them into the freezer without pitting them. Some time
>> during the winter she took a bag of cherries out of the freezer and,
>> thinking they were pitted, made a cherry pie. You were guaranteed at
>> least one pit in every forkful of pie.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > I've not bought cherries yet this year. Still expensive and not at peak > flavor yet.
>> My wife bought some yesterday. They are pretty good. We take our dog to
>> the leash free park every day and we the road we take passes through a
>> cherry orchard. It looks like a bumper crop this year. We are hoping
>> for cloudy days because we have had so much rain. The cherries have been
>> growing steadily, but if it clears up and we have a couple hot sunny
>> days they will undergo a rapid growth spurt and burst like they did a
>> few years ago.
>
> If you can get your hands on Washington State cherries, particularly the Rainier cherry, which is a golden and pink/red cherry, to me those are the best cherries on the planet.


they are kind of like miniature peaches

cherries are my favorite fruit