Another great idea I had was putting cherries in the freezer as soon as they start to lose their lustre. They become frozen little popsicles; juice bombs, fun to eat on a hot summer day.
It doesn't matter what, we're always intrigued by new ways to experience our food.
The cherry solution is brilliant because it takes no effort. I had always previously put the downhill cherries aside for pitting and juicing. But because pitting is such a dreary job and because I usually ended up mashing the cherries, I never got around to it and - ta da - another bowl of cherries bites the dust. Chucking them in the freezer takes 2.5 seconds, and you still get to enjoy the pit-spitting contest afterward.