One of our neighbors was doing a school fundraiser selling boxes fruit.
We eat tons of fruit and thought this was terrific so we bought 2 boxes of apples and 1 box of pears. About the same time there’s a business associate who sends us a box of apples and that arrived. We shared some and apples last a long time so that’s no problem. Plus I want to try this recipe for apple-peanut butter pie.
However, one thing you should know about pears is they are super needy. They go from zero to ripe in a day and they all get ripe at the same time.
We’ve both been eating a couple of pears a day. We went to a party last night and I brought a pear crisp. We’re starting to lose them now. I composted a half dozen yesterday. You can see a bloopy one in the photo.
The smart thing would have been to can some but I was out of town last weekend and there’s no way I could have pulled it off on a weeknight this past week. This weekend I only have about a half day that’s not scheduled and I can’t bring myself to devote that to canning.
Lesson learned for next time.
Do you have a crockpot? If you would eat it, I hear pear and apple sauce is awesome because it makes the apples sweet without sugar. Or you could just make pear sauce and freeze it. I want to do this but I haven’t found cheap pears. I did make applesauce with blackberry cider for sweetener in my crockpot and it is amazing.
Also, you know how to can? That shouldn’t surprise me, btu we’ve never discussed it. Awesome.
Pears are very high maintenance, but when you catch them on the right day they are truly magical.