It's cherry season (somewhere – since I don't think cherries actually grow in the Arizona desert) because they are on sale at many of the local grocery stores going for as little as $1.27 a pound. My husband has brought home several pounds and they are huge and juicy and delicious.
Matthew has been helping me to pit them using our Progressive International GPC-5000 Cherry-It Multiple Cherry Pitter. I'd never actually used this tool myself but my husband taught Matt how to use it and we decided to put together a demonstration video to show how it works. Pay special attention to the hand washing segment and Matthew's comment. This is definitely one of the perks of having a child with Down Syndrome – they continue to say “cute things” as they become adults.
Here is the photo demonstration. First rinse your cherries.
Remove the stems. You will see there is a piece that lifts out of the cherry pitter. One end has four small cavities, while the other end has four larger cavities.
If your cherries are large, as were ours, position the insert so that the larger cavities are at the outer end of the cherry pitter. Insert your cherries as shown.
Now here's where it gets a little tricky. On the top part of the cherry pitter you must press the spring loaded piece and then lock it on the top. In this image you can see the locked and unlocked position. Please be aware that the pitter blades are quite sharp so watch your fingers as you hold it in to lock in place.
The cherry pitter is placed in the locked position while pressing down on the cherries. Then, while the lid is still down. unlock the device. The spring loaded piece then pops out and disengages the cherries from the sharp pitter blades.
Here is a closeup of the top and bottom of the cherries, once pitted.
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That is really cool. My kids will not eat cherries though. I bought some at the local fruit stand and they would not touch them. I cannot keep my hands off of them. I used to crave them in my younger twenties, I remember carrying cherries with me everywhere.
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Our family loves, loves cherries! YUM! So please enter me!
Tell Matthew that he did a great job on the demonstration! 🙂
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I love cherries! This would be used everyday in cherry season. Hope I win. Great demo. Just signed up for newsletter.
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That is crazy cool!!!!!!!!!!! I want one!!!
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What a great demonstration Matthew! I’ll need to get one of those if I don’t win!
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I am just opened your email and I am sitting here eating Michigan cherries as I read.
Hope you are doing well.
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mmm I have been loving cherries, too. I was just thinking how nice it would be to have a cherry pitter!
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I just saw this giveaway. What a fabulous little tool! I had no idea there was such a thing. I love cherries and would love to win this…it would make life a bit easier! 😉 Thanks for the giveaway!!
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Yeah! Thank you so much! I can’t wait to start using this!
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