Logging cherries?

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lanky_doll
lanky_doll Posts: 1 Member
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So it's cherry season here and I haven't eaten them for years and I finally want to try some.
But I'm not sure how to weigh and log them, I mean their pits are not consumed therefore I have to somehow weigh the cherries without the pits... is there a certain cherry-pit ratio, like 100g of cherries yield x grams of pits?

Please tell me how you weigh and log your cherries!

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  • tinkerbellang83
    tinkerbellang83 Posts: 9,136 Member
    edited June 2017
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    Perhaps search for usda pitted cherries in the database or use the with pits option depending on if you're prepping them.
  • Nbaker0909
    Nbaker0909 Posts: 102 Member
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    I have a cheery putter so I remove the pits before I weigh them
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
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    I use the USDA entry for cherries with pits.
  • MsChucktowski
    MsChucktowski Posts: 121 Member
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    I'd weigh it the same way I do with anything that you only eat part of (apples, corn cobs, pistachios):

    - Weigh the whole fruit/veg/nut/serve
    - Eat the edible part
    - Weigh the inedible part
    - Subtract the inedible part weight from the whole weight

    I wish i had some cherries right now.. :p
  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
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    I'm using the entry Cherries 100 g 50 calories.

    Nowhere near in season here, but I have bags of them in my freezer, pitted. I'll eat 2-300 grams when I do, more if I need to get "things" moving and it seems close enough for me.
  • inertiastrength
    inertiastrength Posts: 2,343 Member
    edited June 2017
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    ruqayyahsmum wrote: »
    Weigh the cherrys
    put pits to the side while eating.
    Weigh the pits after you finish.
    Subtract the weight of the pits from the overall cherry weight
    Log this number

    This is how I would do it. I do this with steak too. Once I cut all the fat off I weigh it and subtract the ounces haha It's cooked weight vs raw weight but the inaccuracy is in my favor and I'm not logging 2oz of fat red meat I didn't consume lol
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
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    jemhh wrote: »
    I use the USDA entry for cherries with pits.

    This seems like the easiest option.

    Last summer I weighed the pits afterwards a couple of times and got an average per amount of cherries, but this seems better.
  • Derf_Smeggle
    Derf_Smeggle Posts: 611 Member
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    jemhh wrote: »
    I use the USDA entry for cherries with pits.
    Beat me to it.

    OP, this entry has an accurate calorie count for the flesh of the fruit from the weight of the whole cherry. Makes weighing them easy.
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 8,996 Member
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    ruqayyahsmum wrote: »
    Weigh the cherrys
    put pits to the side while eating.
    Weigh the pits after you finish.
    Subtract the weight of the pits from the overall cherry weight
    Log this number

    I would do this once with one average size cherry - log it as 1 cherry, x grams

    And then assume every cherry is the same and log it as same amount first one was.

    Not entirely accurate but averages out and would be good enough for me.
  • megdnoorman
    megdnoorman Posts: 282 Member
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    I swallow the pits because I'm lazy and my GI track is basically a garbage disposal (I can eat anything w/no GI issues...) probably not the best plan but... yeah. I weigh the whole cherry, put and all, for this reason lol.

    Pro Tip: don't be like me.
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
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    megdnoorman wrote: »
    I swallow the pits because I'm lazy and my GI track is basically a garbage disposal (I can eat anything w/no GI issues...) probably not the best plan but... yeah. I weigh the whole cherry, put and all, for this reason lol.

    Pro Tip: don't be like me.

    This made me laugh. Yesterday I was chewing gum and wanted to be rid of it but there was no trash can nearby. I was thinking of swallowing it but then though no, I don't know how to log that.

  • megdnoorman
    megdnoorman Posts: 282 Member
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    @jemhh I swallow gum too... and I eat apple cores and don't spit out the seeds when I am eating apples... and I swallow watermelon seeds...
  • sgt1372
    sgt1372 Posts: 3,978 Member
    edited June 2017
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    There are already entries on MFP for cherries - - pitted or unpitted. Take your pick.

    I live w/in 5 mins of cherry orchards and have already picked, eaten and canned over 20# of them. Yum! :)

    The season is almost over. So get them while they last.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 27,902 Member
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    ruqayyahsmum wrote: »
    Weigh the cherrys
    put pits to the side while eating.
    Weigh the pits after you finish.
    Subtract the weight of the pits from the overall cherry weight
    Log this number

    This is what I've done, but I am considering using the with pits entry now that I've learned about it.

    Cherries...nom nom nom.
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 13,643 Member
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    My last batch of cherries the pits and stems were 9%

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