Let me tell you about my first cherry-pitting experience. I was nineteen, living in a tiny apartment, and I used a safety pin. It took me an hour to pit one cup of cherries.
My hands were stained purple, and I was questioning my life choices. There is an easier way, and you probably already own the tool for it. I am talking about a simple paperclip.
Straighten one end into a tiny hook. Gently slide it into the stem end of the cherry, hook the pit, and pop—it flies out. It is weirdly satisfying, like popping bubble wrap.
How to Pit Cherries, Even Without a Cherry Pitter | Taste of Home
The Standby: A Chopstick and a Bottle
You want to know the most viral, easy-going method? It is the chopstick-and-bottle trick. Grab an empty glass bottle with a narrow neck, like a beer bottle or a soda bottle.
Place a cherry right on top of the bottle’s opening, stem-side up. Take a sturdy chopstick, and poke it straight through the top of the cherry. The pit will push through the bottom and fall right into the bottle.
It feels like a magic trick. You end up with a perfect pit-free cherry on top and a bottle full of pits. No mess, no fuss, and you look like a kitchen wizard.
