One of my favorite pies - thanks to Tammy - is cherry mulberry pie. While the mulberries are pretty much no-prep, the cherries have pits to be removed. The easiest way to remove pits is probably a cherry pitter, but we don’t use cherries enough to spend the money on one. With this tip, I’m not sure we’ll ever have to. (unless we find one for cheap because I can’t resist a good deal)

What you’ll need:

A sturdy drinking straw. Those big ones you get with a slush at convenience stores (or with Taco Bell’s Fruitistas) work best for me. Depending on the size of the cherry and pits, you may need more than one straw available.

That’s it! Well, you might want a couple bowls and some paper towels to clean up splatters. Last year, while pitting dark cherries (not very carefully, I might add), I ended up with dark red splatters everywhere from flying pits.. walls, floor, counter, myself. It looked like I’d killed someone. Just saying ;)

Thankfully, I was much more careful this time.

Okay, take your straw in one hand and a cherry in the other. Place the opening of the straw at the top (or bottom) of your cherry. Gently twist and push straw through cherry (photo). The pit should now be inside the straw (photo). Push it out, and move on to the next cherry (photo).

If viewing photos, ignore the fact that I’m wearing a Tinklebell PJ top.. and the Christmas mug, please and thank you. ;)

See it done –

 

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