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This is the first year that Caitlyn has gotten involved in the madness that is prepping 20 pounds of cherries for the dehydrator. That may have a lot to do with this being the first year that the box of cherries arrived at the house before dinner-time.
Using the cherry pitter, naturally, was the thing she was most excited about, but the appeal wore off once it became clear that pitting cherries requires a certain amount of precision. You can't just bang away on the pitter.
![arranging cherries](http://www.dolcideleria.com/images/blogger/IMG_9588.jpg)
She did a great job of loading the dryer trays with halved cherries, though, and loading the trays into the dryer.
![cherries](http://www.dolcideleria.com/images/blogger/IMG_9582.jpg)
So pretty!
![cherry hands](http://www.dolcideleria.com/images/blogger/IMG_9602.jpg)
Of course, everyone's hands turn purple. Cherry juice stains your fingernails for days.
![dried cherries](http://www.dolcideleria.com/images/blogger/IMG_9621.jpg)
Two days later, we have this: a bowl full of dried cherries! This batch worked out to being something like 14 half-pints. Edible happiness!
![cherry jam](http://www.dolcideleria.com/images/blogger/IMG_9615.jpg)
Oh, and a batch of Bing jam. Just because. The process of putting summer in a jar has begun!
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