Picking Pecks of Pears
On the 7th of this month Mr Chiots and I headed over to my parents’s house to pick pears. They have 2 pear trees that were just loaded with pears this year.
Since they didn’t want them, they told us we could have them. So we spent an afternoon picking Barlet & Bosc pears. I picked all the low ones while Mr Chiots scaled the ladder and got the high ones.
So how many pears did we end up with?
We picked 116 lbs of pears. Not bad for FREE (hm, I wonder how much 116 lbs of organic pears would cost me elsewhere). Our table was covered with pears for a week while we waited for them to ripen.
We actually should have picked them a week earlier, they were already pretty ripe and some of them had fallen off the tree. I guess the deer & other critters will enjoy those. I’ll have to mark the first of September on my calendar for picking pears next year.
So what am I doing with these pears. Well, this is what we were canning on Sunday when the lights went out. I dried some (super delicious you should try it), I made a batch of gingerbread pear butter and I also made 1 quart of spiced pickled whole pears for Thanksgiving.
Anyone else out there enjoying the delicious pears this season?
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to James's comment
What a harvest! And a great deal, too :)
I have never really been a fan of pears, as most of the ones I’ve tried have had a bad aftertaste to them. They are, however, from the grocery store, so they were probably artificially ripened. I’ve never had a pear off the tree…I bet they’re delicious.
One thing you might do with those pears is create a French dessert I once saw. The dessert consisted of peeled baked (?) pears covered in melted chocolate! Delicious!
to Joe's comment
That sounds great. I’ll have to try it.
to Susy's comment
Greetings from Dayton, Ohio.
Just surfin’ the blogs and found you.
I am a first time canner.I didn’t do pears this year but they are on my list to try next year.
Carolyn
to Carolyn's comment
Carolyn: I would suggest making pear butter for sure and dried pear. Super delicious!
to Susy's comment
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to On the Preservation Front: In Jars at Chiot’s Run's comment
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to Picking Pears | Chiot’s Run's comment
WOW. And I thought I had it bad when I came home with 40 pounds of pears. Nice job managing the bounty!
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