sweet cherries--what to do with excess

[miss_thenorth]

We went cherry picking on the weekend, and have lots still that haven't been eaten. What can I do with them and is there an easy way to de-seed them? I thought for sure they would ahve all been eaten by now, but dd is sick, so no appetite.

Any ideas?

 

[Oblio13]

Poke the pits through with the point of a knife and freeze them.

 

[JennsPeeps]

I'm going to can some.

I've also got 2 jars of brandied cherries in the fridge for Thanksgiving or Christmas treats.

Recipes:
http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1766,132181-240193,00.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/18/dining/182arex.html

I just layered cherries, sugar, & cinnamon in pint jars, covered with brandy, and SHOOK. They're in the back of the fridge, getting good & drunk.

 

[nautical_bouy]

Look around, you can buy a cherry pitter, I use one my grandma had, and they are great for making pie filling and jam.

 

[JennsPeeps]

I use a chopstick.

 

[jkcove08]

You can send them to me....lol

Jenn

 

[Poppycock]

We pit ours with a large size unfolded metal paperclip - it's just as fast as a pitter (at least the whimpy one I have). Keep the ends bent, but unbend the middle. When I bottle sweet cherries though, I leave the seeds in and we just discreetly spit them out at the dinner table

 

[Hangin Wit My Peeps]

We froze ours whole and they were very good after we pulled them back out again...Especially in a nice glass of 7-up!

 

[miss_thenorth]

Well, I pitted them, which wasn;t as daunting as I thought it would be. The brandied cherries sound delicious, so I will put some in the fridge til the next time I go uptown. the rest I will freeze, I think, unless I come up with a few more recipes for them.

Thanks, and the chopsticks sounds like a good idea. I used a knife.

 

[momma's chickens]

I pit mine with a straw, one of the very knowledgeable ladies that lives at the retirement center where I work told me that trick.

I made cherry pie filling and then froze it.