Reply #26: Pears

[murphymom]

We have two bartlett pear trees in our yard and in a good year we get way more that we can use fresh. A couple of years ago I canned about 2 dozen jars of pear slices in apple juice, with a piece of cinnamon stick added and they turned out really tasty, very light and mild. Last year I had some serious health issues just around the time when they were all getting ripe and I wasn't up to canning, so a lot of the fruit went into the compost. I'm hoping they won't get away from me this year.

We have a couple of Italian plum trees, but the fruit production is kind of variable, sometimes we just get enough to eat, other times, there's enough to do something with. If we get enough fruit, I might try some jam.

I'd love to try some pickling, but since I'm now on a low sodium diet, anything I make would pretty much be just for murphydad.