She offered me some a couple of weeks ago. To which, I excitedly accepted, thinking there might be enough for a small batch of butter. But by the end of the afternoon, she and the kids had picked 6 grocery sacks and brought them over.
I'm really glad that we kept our peach boxes, as they were just enough to hold the bounty of pears.
I hadn't put up pears before, but they need to be picked while still firm and then allowed to ripen on the counter. So these guys rested on the kitchen counter for a week.
I processed about 1/3 of them last weekend, as the remainder were still too hard to do anything with.
But after another week on the counter, most had crossed over to too ripe. :-(
These pears were pretty small, so the yield was also quite small for the amount of work involved. However, I did make one small batch each of butter and jam. They are delicious.
I'll be getting started on our apples later today. What a wonderful harvest season we're having this year. :-)
I hadn't put up pears before, but they need to be picked while still firm and then allowed to ripen on the counter. So these guys rested on the kitchen counter for a week.
But after another week on the counter, most had crossed over to too ripe. :-(
These pears were pretty small, so the yield was also quite small for the amount of work involved. However, I did make one small batch each of butter and jam. They are delicious.
I'll be getting started on our apples later today. What a wonderful harvest season we're having this year. :-)
My mum used to bottle pears in 1/4's and we ate them all winter with either ice cream for dessert or with cereal for breakfast. I've never seen pear jam or butter before! - K x
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