Has anyone tried this for pitting olives?
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OK Nancy, you got my curiosity going after my first answer. So I dug out my pitter and tested 2 olives. It seems that the olive must be placed up & down in the pitter for it to work. The longway the pit is just too big to fit in the devices "pit hole" to go into the bucket below. Not sure how it would be for fast pitting of olives. Hope this is more helpful!
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I haven't but have used it on wold plums which have a somewhat similar pit.
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I always pay the few extra cents for pitted, so I haven't tried it. The only problem I see could be the lack of meat(olive) around the pit. Some squishing action goes on when pitting a cherry, that would be missing with an olive, and the pit is larger and a different shape. Good luck. Hope this helps!
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Does a great job on apples, but never tried on limes. My guess would be no, since the cutter was designed for an apple, and it cores the center
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yes I have used on strawberries and worked great...also water chestnuts and olives(pitted) pretty much works on anything that fits in holder that is not too soft..needs to be firm
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I've read that some people have used a few drops of olive oil. However, I haven't tried it myself.
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I have really had good luck with mine. I tried to grate all my "Italian" type cheeses like this. Hope it works out well for you.
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Hello Jennifer,I've used it on everything from tomatoes to kiwi fruit and vegetables. On oranges it doesn't do enough in a single pass so you will have to do it twice. Much easier to use a knife. An excellent peeler but be careful of your fingers as it is easy to cut a finger if you are a bit careles. If you are like me, you will only do that once though.Well worth owning one. I bought a few and handed them around to all my family members.Regards,Peter
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Yes, I have used it for limes and it works perfect. The unit is really not that big.
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It will work on the pits but the fruit is too soft. maybe once the fruit is dried however I am unsure about that.
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After "losing" several pans to stick residue, I decided to use a mist sprayer filled with olive oil. So far no problems, but I don't know if there will be long term problems. Somehow, I've never bought into the "no spray cooking" theory.
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I wouldn't know; I haven't tried it. It did an EXCELLENT job removing both butter stains and olive oil stains from my leather-finished white granite.
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No. I have not. It works pretty well on mango fruits. You have to position it just right and it works best on fruit that is not over ripe. I would be curious to find out if anyone has tried it on other fruits.
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Yes, I have, and I've had no problems with pitting. I love this stockpot! The only possible con I would have is that it's heavy - but, that's also a plus for me. I dislike thin, tinny pans.
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Hello Jennifer, I've used it on everything from tomatoes to kiwi fruit and vegetables. On oranges it doesn't do enough in a single pass so you will have to do it twice. Much easier to use a knife. An excellent peeler but be careful of your fingers as it is easy to cut a finger if you are a bit careles. If you are like me, you will only do that once though. Well worth owning one. I bought a few and handed them around to all my family members. Regards, Peter
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I have a U-pick orchard including sour cherries and the Leifheit is the best pitter that I've found so far for pitting them. Get extra gaskets if you plan to use it a lot though because the gaskets do wear out after a few gallons of pitting.
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I think I may have used a bit of olive oil when I sauteed something. The unit didn't last long - very disappointing - would not purchase again. Sorry...
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i have used it only for lemons so far, maybe few times for oranges. sorry i could not help you.
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I'm not sure if the B2B food strainer is like mine, and I don't have a salsa screen. What are you putting through that has seeds coming through? I use the regular screen for apples and Autumn Olives and it comes through very satisfactory. I have a berry screen, but it didn't do as well for Autumn Olives, and I've not used it for anything else. It's supposed to be good for tomatoes, but I like my old fashioned cone shaped sieve and wooden plunger for tomatoes. Sorry that I can't tell you more.