If you place those pits in a small cooking pot and add balsamic vinegar you can create a very delicious cherry reduction for your fresh salads, it's honking awesome!!

👍 Great idea for the pits with the vinegar! But even better than vinegar, try brandy, rum, or vodka .. some sugar or honey to taste, and 1 or 2 cloves and a few shards of cinnamon. .. Orrrr .. keep the pits in the cherries, but slice the cherries from pole to pole (like an olive); then pack them in an airtight jar; add the optional spices; fill the gaps with sugar; and then whatever gaps remain with brandy, rum, or vodka → you'll end up with pickled cherries that will last longer than your will-power, and which you can enjoy in a gazillion ways .. PLUS a delicious, divine, inky "liqueur" that you can sip in pure pleasure or experiment with in cocktails and desserts.

That cherry vinegar looks so good. I have a use for even those spent pits for you, even after the vinegar. Dry them well and sew them into bags. Use like the rice bags for sore muscles. You warm the rice bags and/or the cherry pit bags in the microwave. My husband has arthritis and it is so soothing in the winter. Great for using up literally everything😃

@stanleypennock2118

2 жыл бұрын

Or dry them and sew into bags and use them for a corn hole game. They won't sprout if they get wet after being left out in the rain due to being soaked in the vinegar..

@laurenj.5312

2 жыл бұрын

That's an awesome idea!

@sujo0603

2 жыл бұрын

How do you get all the cherry off the pit?

@laurenj.5312

2 жыл бұрын

@@sujo0603 there are cherry reporters on the market. I got mine from amazon and it can punch 6 cherries at a time.

@ellenchappell1574

2 жыл бұрын

@@sujo0603 I bought a bag of them that had already been done.

I hear you Melissa. Dehydrating cherries is an amazing way to preserve and enjoy that fruit. Another fantastic way to preserve them is by making brandied cherries. This is an historic colonial method to store many fruits. The cherries were specifically preserved this way because brandied cherries are an historic colonial Christmas treat. Right up there with brandied sugar plums. The colonists knew their fruit preservation for sure.

@enkisdaughter4795

Жыл бұрын

I used to do these for my parents (in kirsch); they loved them over homemade vanilla ice cream.

I started eating cherries before bedtime & its a great sleep hack. Cherries are a great source for melatonin & seratonin. Seratonin is important for people who use Adderall or weed.

@tracenixon5487

29 күн бұрын

Eating cherries every day has helped not just with sleep but also with allergies and breathing

What great timing! I just picked cherries from my 2 cherry trees I didn’t know I had! (I moved here last winter)

Wow! I stumbled upon this video when searching on Cherry pitting techniques. I am now making my own cherry vinegar. What an incredible idea! Thank you so much 😊

Thank you!! I always learn from you!!! I clicked on a tomatoe canning video of yours and mentally scolded myself bc of wasting time on something I already knew. I've done tomatoes for 35 years! Still I learned THREE new things!! You are a wealth of knowledge and I get better every time I watch you!

I buy my cherries with stems and I store them in a vacuum seal canister. I place a dry coffee filter inside the bottom canister and fill up all my cherries then apply another coffee filter to absorb moisture. Then I attach my hose and vacuum seal it. It last fresh in the refrigerator for weeks! I vacuum seal everything. Even all my dehydrated dry goods in jars with a dry coffee filter. I have the same jar pitter.

Instead of infusing ACV, you could infuse vodka or whiskey and give as gifts!

This is such a good idea. I would never have thought of using the seeds for anything.

You're really brilliant 👏 looking forward to following along some more. You have such a clear way of communicating.. thanks for sharing your knowledge 🙏

Good morning, Melissa!! Thank you for this video!!

Wish I had a cherry tree, we love them but they are just too darn expensive to buy. Something to maybe look forward to in the future.

I am glad I saw this video in my feed before tackling drying 6 pounds of cherries. I will for sure try the vinegar method. Thank you.

I enjoy your videos so much. I saw the cover of my latest Homesteading Monthly. You are on the cover and I look forward to reading your article. Thank you for all the good information you share.

I'm so trying this as I love cherry's thank you for the information!

Melissa, thank you for a very comprehensive cherry video. I appear to have a dehydrator on my new Cuisinart air fryer so will give it a try!

I have the same pitter! I love it. Makes the job much quicker.

Awesome tips...stem on! Love that pits can be used.

Good evening, God bless you & thank you for sharing today

She's only sharing the cherries this year because he noticed there were dehydrated cherries...🤣😂🤣

I dry cherries too! I love to add them to my Thanksgiving stuffing. I got a new dryer which I did like like. I need to get that pitter. I have the old metal pitter which does a cherry one at a time. By the end of pitting you end up with a blister and purple hands! Will have to get that press.. learn something new at 71!

Love these ideas❤️🍒. Thank you

Great tips.

Another amazing information, thanks

I live in east Tennessee and I had to adjust the temperature to 135 degrees with about the the same amount of time. Humidity is a big factor.

@louislogan6418

Жыл бұрын

Hello beautiful how are you doing ❤️

This was great! TY so much!

Tysm ! I have learned something I can do 😀 ❤️

Good idea!

I love infusing cherry pits in balsamic vinegar ❤️

I'm making the cherry infused vinegar today!

Thank you!

I love buying dehydrated cherries from the orchard near us. Next year I will try dehydrating some myself. Thank you for the video.

Bahahahaha the dried cherries story! 😂 Caught red handed! 🍒

cool ! Thx

I have never thought to save the pits, so thank you for sharing this tip. Where did you get your cherry piter from in the video please? I would love something that does multiple cherries like this and saves the pits in bottom too.

Super tips.

@louislogan6418

Жыл бұрын

Hi how are you doing beautiful ❣️

Hmmm. I wonder if that infused vinegar would make a good ingredient for a shrub. I'll have to try that.

We love cherries!

Dadgum! I just last month processed my first harvest of small tart cherries. I pitted them by hand (torture) and dried them in my car, lol. I keep wondering about whether they are dry enough so that tip is helpful as well as putting the pits to use. I threw mine away but next year will infuse my ACV with them for the nutritional benefits, as well as flavor, of tart cherries. Hmmm...beginning to wonder if I should buy your book.... :) Thank you!

@emberreel3577

2 жыл бұрын

I have jer family garden book.... it's great!

@emberreel3577

2 жыл бұрын

Her*****

Cool...

Good morning Melissa. As always, an excellent video. Fresh cherries are so much better than those that dehydrated.

I imagine you could do this with other fruits (pits from cling-stone peaches and pear cores come readily to mind).

Could you please provide a link to that pitter - it looks awesome!

Can I have the link to your Cherry Pitter?

What?! No link to that pitter you’re using? That looks a million times better than the hand held one I own. Could you please share where you picked that up? Thank you for the video too!

@tracenixon5487

29 күн бұрын

Bought my cherry pitter at Walmart 10 years ago, should have one listed on website

So wonderful! How long can we store the cherry vinaigrette.

I like them frozen on hot summer days!

@becky97462

2 жыл бұрын

Grapes too

@kfors1082

2 жыл бұрын

Me too. I freeze dry some and freeze some for snacking. 🤤

@francesmaurer185

28 күн бұрын

Frozen cherries, grapes ( even cherry pits) are excellent for flavored ice water ....yummy 😊

What brand of dehydrator are you using? I love the size, would be just right for my kitchen.

I’ve done that with vodka

We're just growing cherry trees with our pits

I once took a cup of commercial cherry pits and ground them up completely in a blender. I thought the blender was professional and invincible, and it wasn't. They tasted like a brown cake with cream. I suspect that the formulation of garden cherry species is different. Either that or the seed was somehow denatured into something else because of the blending force. I cracked open the pits of garden cherries with pliers, and the seeds were unbearably bitter. Someone showed a trick where you cook stone fruit and then beat them with a hand mixer to rip off the remainder of flesh. It is mainly for plums.

Thsnk you so much for this idea. Cherries did not do well hear this yeR with all the cold and rain but I'm trying it with peach pits. I make fruit infused vinegar all the time. I have a jar of blueberry basil vinegar that is almost ready to be strained. It smells so good. I think I need your book. How do I pre-order?

@MelissaKNorris

Жыл бұрын

melissaknorris.com/book/everything-worth-preserving/

What is the name of the dehydrator you're using it looks really neat?

I love your intro jingle! Any idea what it's called?

I´d love to this with my plum cores BUT...they have been boiled with the plums when I did jam this morning. Do you think it´s gonna be sustaineble with all that sugar content? I guess they are but just to be sure...

I had no idea cherry pits had cyanide in them! How interesting

@ginaanderson692

2 жыл бұрын

That is what i have heard also

Will the pits infuse if put in the fridge? I would like to try infusing maple syrup but syrup needs to stay in the fridge or it will fermit.

I wonder if you could do this with alcohol and make cherry extract.

Oh... I did toss a batch of cherry pits. I will not do that with the next patch. What is your favorite salad to use the vinegarette?

I have a Nescio and find that the difference of level can cause differences in dryness. I have to rotate them.

@louislogan6418

Жыл бұрын

Hi how are you doing beautiful ❣️

Mmmmm....cherry vinegar! Great idea but I'm a little disappointed...I was hoping you'd show us how to make grappa from those pits! 😂

What is the name of the cherry pitter you used?

Can you infuse other pitted fruit with acv as well...ie peaches, plums, apricots? Love it. Never seen a pitter like that either. Thank you ❤️

@kdavis4910

2 жыл бұрын

Sure you can. Liquors as well.

Does this need to be refrigerated? Are you fermenting them?

How do you neutralize the cyanide in the pits?

I have a jar of over fermented kombucha which Is pretty much vinegar. Do you think I could use it instead of apple cider vinegar?

@MelissaKNorris

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely

I did infuse my cherry pits in vodka. But lol, I don't drink and I didn't think any of my friends would want it...

@amessnger

26 күн бұрын

Try this. Mix your infusion this way. 1 part infused vodka, 1 part water, 1/2 part sugar. Warm the water to melt the sugar and stir until fully dissolved to make a simple syrup. Then pour that into your infused vodka. Chill in the fridge for several hours. Serve in a prefrozen glass. Add a couple of ice cubes. Heavenly. And much less stout than straight vodka! Lol. This is called a cordial.

Your hair looks nice.

HELP ME! I see how knowledgeable you are about canning and I canned green beans for the first time in the pressure cooker. Followed all instructions. 1 quart and 25min under 11lbs. When I got one can out, it was hot boiling and it seems like water gushed out of the jar. Then it stopped when I set it down on the towel. It sealed okay. Today I noticed that some of the other cans, the beans were not fully covered by water, maybe 2cm above the water level (I packed them raw and they obviously absorbed water as they were cut). But I wonder if this is okay.

@MelissaKNorris

2 жыл бұрын

With pressure canning you need to do more than one jar at a time (most canners have a minimum to ensure proper pressure is achieved) but when it's reduced pressure naturally, you remove the lid and wait a full 10 minutes before removing the jars. That will help the siphoning you're referring too

@seekwisdom5102

2 жыл бұрын

@@MelissaKNorris Sorry I was not more detailed. I had 7 quarts inside, but when I opened and removed the first one, water gushing. I then put this one in the towel over the counter and left the other 6 inside. I waited and removed them later and let it sit. A couple hours later I noticed that they are not all the way full, which looking at photos online, they seem to look like them. They are all sealed nice. The water level are okay, but now I wonder if the first one , because I saw the water coming out, I am afraid its not safe. The pressure did fluctuate, a few times I saw it at 15lbs and I lowered the temp and it went down to 11. it was never bellow. My question its that if these are okay to store. I have been so afraid of botulism. I canned dried beans before, many years ago, but never got them out of the canner this early. I needed the burner and thought it was a good idea to just get them out.

Would love to buy your newest book! Is there any way to get it outside of North America?

@MelissaKNorris

2 жыл бұрын

We're working on adding international shipping!

@ingerhaugland6763

2 жыл бұрын

@@MelissaKNorris Oh, that's fantastic, thank you! :)

can I dehydrate cherries with pits ?

Are you by chance related to Alan & Elsa Norris, formerly of Oakton, Virginia?

Awesome use of the whole fruit! Thanks for the great idea. I haven't bought my dehydrator yet- any chance I can pit and then freeze my cherries and to dehydrate later? Or am I better off putting them through the freeze dryer at that point? Thanks!!

@MelissaKNorris

2 жыл бұрын

You can freeze and dehydrate later

@cargold7597

2 жыл бұрын

Frozen cherries are a treat!!

@janet4019

2 жыл бұрын

?l

I am taking a pit to plant🤗

Ealmart has 6 pronged pitter 13.59 goigle cherry pitter should pull up

Just be careful keeping pits of anything like cherries, peaches, apricots, apple seeds, pear seeds, etc. They're cyanide and just 1 cherry pit could kill your pets.

@louislogan6418

Жыл бұрын

Hello beautiful how are you doing ❤️

@novampires223

Ай бұрын

My dogs clean the orchard of fallen fruit, pits and all. Still living.. 😊

Can you plant the seeds afterwards?

@lilcricket4379

Жыл бұрын

I left mine outside in the bowl, they got moldy so I dumped them on the ground and covered them with dirt just so they wouldn't smell, they sprouted up and now I have two pots of little cherry hedges that I hope will bare fruit. They're pretty too.

What do you do to get worm free cherries?

@MelissaKNorris

2 жыл бұрын

Harvest just as they get ripe

Can I put them on the oven if I don’t have the hydrated machine ??

@MelissaKNorris

Ай бұрын

Yes but check that it doesn't get too hot

👍😋

My Ukrainian mother would take the cherry stems, dry them, and infuse vodka with them.

Can you do olive oil

@louislogan6418

Жыл бұрын

Hello beautiful how are you doing ❤️

@amessnger

26 күн бұрын

No. Not oils because there is a risk of botulism.

We Croatian people roast the pits and stems to flavour liqueurs.

@johnritchie4801

2 ай бұрын

Thanks ☺

Acid dissolves. Who's to say the pits are not dissolving?

@louislogan6418

Жыл бұрын

Hello beautiful how are you doing ❤️

Come on Melissa. Link to the potter please..?

@MelissaKNorris

2 жыл бұрын

I bought the pitter at a garage sale, I don't have a link, I'm sure you can search online and find something similar

These is plural.

I have been dehydrating a batch of cherries, 135degrees, so far 30 hours and still feeling sticky and look a little wet. Humm?

@louislogan6418

Жыл бұрын

Hello beautiful how are you doing ❤️

After 62yrs, I just realized the stem factor. Smh. Last longer, fresher, sweeter.

How long do you leave them in the vinegar and should I refrigerate it? Anyone know…Melissa doesn’t answer many questions here. 🙁

@glynisbox1146

2 жыл бұрын

At 9:24, she states that you leave them in the jar for a couple of weeks before straining out the pits. I have never refrigerated my vinegar of any flavor…

@coolstamper

2 жыл бұрын

@@glynisbox1146 Well TY Glynis…guess I missed that. 💕

@MelissaKNorris

2 жыл бұрын

I provided a link to the full written tutorial you can read or print out, with almost 400K subscribers here it's impossible for me to keep up with every question (it's why I provide written instructions with everything on my website and the link in the video description to it). I also stated it in the video, I don't know how to be more helpful than that

@kdavis4910

2 жыл бұрын

@@MelissaKNorris don't pay attention to the trolls. If those 2 or 3 people want to unsub let them go. It's better than copious numbers of subscribers that specialize in complaining. Not a big channel? I can guarantee those people likely don't have 400,000 other people that pay attention to anything they're doing. You DO have a big channel and do some research people. Why respond to someone that could answer their own questions with a little bit of research. The lazy entitlement drives me crazy and when people act like you somehow owe them something right after they just finished watching the information you provided them at no cost to them. Jeesh! What a headache these people end up becoming. Let them go and have peace of mind. I'm so sorry they feel like criticism of your freely provided content deserves critique of that fashion. It's free! Some people complain just to hear themselves speak.

@coolstamper

2 жыл бұрын

@@MelissaKNorris Melissa…I am sooooo sorry I missed that. When I clicked the down arrow nothing came up…probably a glitch because I see it now. My fullest apologies to you. You did an awesome video with wonderful information. I am sooooo sorry. 🙁

I thought cherry pits contained cyanide? Is this safe ?

@MelissaKNorris

2 жыл бұрын

You aren't exposed to it unless you literally crush them and consume a large amount, this is 100% safe

@BUGt95.

4 күн бұрын

No

More than 7 minutes on dehydrating cherries: less than 3 minutes on what to do with the pits. Hmmm...maybe the video title could reflect the content a bit more accurately.