# I pit cherries **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 31, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cherries/629980 "2012-07-31T19:15:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cherries/629980/1 "2012-07-31T19:15:31Z")
Last night I was pitting all the cherries before they went bad and began processing them to put them up. I was doing deep red Ranier cherries, very ripe ones. It was my first go at pitting cherries and I was scattering the juice all over the place before I got the technique down. Fortunately I got it all up off the counter without staining. But my fingers got deeply stained. I took a shower and scrubbed thoroughly, but my hands and worst of all my nails still look filthy even though, apart from cherry pigment, they’re immaculately clean. It was embarrassing that I had to go shopping today and I tried to keep my hands hidden. Trying not to feel like I’m replaying the role of Laura Palmer in the fingernail scene in _Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me_. So do any of you Heloises out there know how to get cherry juice stains out? (Need answer ASAP.) ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cherries/629980/2 "2012-07-31T19:19:25Z")
Lemon juice. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cherries/629980/3 "2012-07-31T19:21:40Z")
Only monsters hate cherries. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cherries/629980/4 "2012-07-31T19:22:56Z")
It’s the things we love that hurt us the most. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cherries/629980/5 "2012-07-31T19:23:56Z")
She didn’t say that she hated them she was pitting them for a reason. Mmmm, delicious cherries. I concur with the lemon juice idea but it may be too late for it to be very effective. This is one of those jobs where washing a few times during the process is a good plan. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cherries/629980/6 "2012-07-31T19:26:28Z")
You might try getting your hands stained with juice again and then doing the lemon juice. What? It works with dry erase markers! ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cherries/629980/7 "2012-07-31T19:26:33Z")
It’ll wear out eventually. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cherries/629980/8 "2012-07-31T19:36:09Z")
Walk around looking guilty and shout “Out, damn’d spot! Out, I say!” ---
**Author:** ![artemis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/91b2a8/32.png) [@artemis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/artemis)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cherries/629980/9 "2012-07-31T20:20:59Z")
I’m glad you’re pitting cherries. I love to eat them, but hate getting the pits out. It’s so nice of you to do the job for me! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cherries/629980/10 "2012-07-31T20:21:50Z")
The hate starts with Cherries but pretty soon you’re moving on to Prunes and Peaches. Get help soon. ---
**Author:** ![artemis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/91b2a8/32.png) [@artemis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/artemis)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cherries/629980/11 "2012-07-31T20:22:01Z")
As for the stains, I concur with lemon juice. You can also try hydrogen peroxide. ---
**Author:** ![Shark\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Shark\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark_Sandwich)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cherries/629980/12 "2012-07-31T20:47:52Z")
Go and buy enough cherries to fill your bathtub up about halfway. Roll yourself in the cherries until the rest of your skin matches your hands. Make cherry wine. You’re welcome. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cherries/629980/13 "2012-07-31T20:51:20Z")
I disagree with all of the MORONS recommending lemon juice, because I would use lime juice! MORONS! Lemon juice! Sheesh. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cherries/629980/14 "2012-07-31T20:56:41Z")
Hmm. The Rainier cherries I’ve eaten have always had yellowish flesh/juice rather than red. Admit it, you just made this up to get sympathy! ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cherries/629980/15 "2012-07-31T20:58:06Z")
We’ve been duped! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cherries/629980/16 "2012-07-31T21:00:43Z")
Why are cherries so delicious fresh and so horrible in ice cream?! ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cherries/629980/17 "2012-07-31T21:09:30Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Hmm. The Rainier cherries I’ve eaten have always had yellowish flesh/juice rather than red. Yeah, I was wondering about that one. No way anyone is getting stained red by RANIER cherries. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cherries/629980/18 "2012-07-31T21:10:35Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Why are cherries so delicious fresh and so horrible in ice cream?! Yeah, I don’t know. Listen, why don’t you send all your cherried ice cream to me and I’ll dispose of it in a safe and humane way. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cherries/629980/19 "2012-07-31T22:48:00Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Yeah, I don’t know. Listen, why don’t you send all your cherried ice cream to me and I’ll dispose of it in a safe and humane way. It’s not just ice cream. Cherries are horrible in **any** form but fresh (or maybe dried) cherries. Cherry Coke? Cherry 7-Up? Cherry candy? They all taste like maraschinoes. [searches in vain for blech-smiley] ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cherries/629980/20 "2012-07-31T23:08:36Z")
Why would you “put up” rainier cherries? It doesn’t make sense. Eat them. I’m sure preserved rainier cherries are worth eating, but they are worth a small fraction of fresh cherries. If you want dried or canned or frozen cherries, buy them that way. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cherries/629980.md?page=2)