Yup it's summer! And one thing we love in this house is cherries! I love cherries, but I usually dread the thought of de-pitting my cherries. In the past it has been a painfully slow and messy job and has deterred me from buying all the cherries I would like to buy.
But, a few weeks ago, I was thumbing through the
Lehman's Catalog (love all the fun things in there!) and found
this cherry pitter. At first, I was a bit put off by the price, but finally decided to order it and give it a try.
I'm so glad that I did! I was able to whip through a few pounds of cherries in no time. It did take a little getting used to, and it was a little loud, but it worked quite well. By the end, I was able to just pour the cherries into the hopper rather than doing them one at a time. It also has a decent splash guard so my area was kept quite clean. And NO PINK HANDS! Yay!
As far as I could tell, it got all the pits out. I have not yet eaten all the cherries I pitted, but the ones that I sampled were pit free.
**UPDATE - There were a few missed pits; 2 that I found in about 3 pounds of cherries. I'm still happy with the pitter. Even professionally pitted cherries end up with a few pits, so this pitter is a keeper for me.**
(Featured on GNOWFGLINS,
The Nourishing Gourmet)
I've never even heard of cherry pitters, so this is SO cool to me. Thanks!
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