How to cut peaches to remove the pit easily: Here's a simple hack.

Cody Godwin, USA TODAY
·2 min read

Peaches are a delightful summer treat. The juicy and flavorful fruit can be enjoyed as is, grilled and served with ice cream and honey or used in a peach ice cream pie.

Regardless of how you prefer to enjoy your peaches, one thing is for certain: you're going to have either a freestone peach or a clingstone peach.

The names refer to how easy it is to remove the pit, also referred to as the stone, from the fruit. A freestone pit comes out easily, while the pit of a clingstone likes to cling on, making it more difficult to remove.

However, this simple hack will help you easily remove that pesky clingstone pit.

Watch this video to see a simple hack for easily pitting peaches.

How to easily remove a peach pit

The pit of a freestone peach will come out with very little effort, but getting out a clingstone pit can be a challenge.

To easily remove a clingstone pit:

  1. Cut the peach in half horizontally, not along the seam.

  2. Twist the two halves apart. One side should be pit-free.

  3. Place the side with the seed, pit-down.

  4. Make a perpendicular cut across the seam.

  5. Twist. This should separate these halves.

  6. Pop the pit out.

  7. Enjoy or cut it into slices for canning.

Clingstone peaches are the best for canning as they tend to be firmer than freestone peaches. They're also the peaches you'll typically find in cans in the canned fruit aisle at your grocery store.

How to plant a peach pit

Once you've removed the pit, you can grow your own peach tree from it, but it's not a quick process.

According to Better Homes & Gardens, you have to:

  1. Dry the peach pit.

  2. Remove the seed from the pit.

  3. Soak the seed.

  4. Chill the seed.

  5. Pot the seed.

  6. Plant the seedling outside.

As with any plant, the success of the planted pit depends on where you are located and the conditions the seedling is exposed to.

If your thumb is more brown than green, check out your local farmers market or peach orchard to snag some delicious peaches.

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