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texdane
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Nicole
Sandy Hook
CT
USA
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 Posted - Sep 24 2014 : 7:02:16 PM
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A friend of mine has two pear trees and gave me all the pears I can pick! I made spiced canned pears tonight. Took forever to peel and quarter, and I only ended up with three jars! (You will know you're really special if you are given a jar of those pears, hee hee).  I also plan on making pear butter, canned. Any other suggestions?
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Nicole
Farmgirl Sister #1155
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Edited by - texdane on Sep 25 2014 06:03:28 AM |
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hudsonsinaf
True Blue Farmgirl
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Shannon
Rozet
Wyoming
USA
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Posted - Sep 25 2014 : 04:42:51 AM
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I was given a bushel of pears last week and made pear sauce. To about half a bushel I added two tablespoons of cinnamon, a teaspoon of allspice and a teaspoon of allspice. I got a total of sixteen quarts from the bushel, minus a few pears my kids ate :) Dehydrated pears are also tasty.
~ Shannon
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Red Tractor Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Winnie
Gainesville
Fl
USA
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Posted - Sep 25 2014 : 05:53:58 AM
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We have a hard pear called the Sand Pear, which is not good to eat, but makes a great jam, pear sauce, or pear slices in a light syrup. Like you Nicole, by the time you peel the skins off and take out out the seeds and bad spots, the yield can be small for all the work. I ended up making a few jars of a Pear marmalade which has fresh orange juice, orange zest and nutmeg for seasoning.
Winnie #3109
Red Tractor Girl
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hudsonsinaf
True Blue Farmgirl
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Shannon
Rozet
Wyoming
USA
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Posted - Sep 25 2014 : 06:02:32 AM
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Why did you take the skin off? I vitamixed it into my pear sauce. I'm not a pear person, so maybe that is an idiot question.... are you not suppose to eat the skins?
~ Shannon
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - Sep 25 2014 : 06:33:05 AM
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I haven't done much with pears except pear jam but I have eaten pear jelly. If I was going to make pear jelly here's how I would do it.
Wash the fruit - take out any bad spots - quarter them without peeling or coring & cook with enough water to cover.
When soft put it all through a sieve then the juice through a jelly bag to make clear juice. Use jelly recipe of choice.
I always use a jelly bag or cheese cloth because I prefer clear jellies.
Sara
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82kygal
True Blue Farmgirl
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Laura
Somerset
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Sep 28 2014 : 1:04:38 PM
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This was my first year my pears did really well. Problem is I have a broken arm in a cast. So I pealed and cut up mine with one hand. Neadless to say I didnt get much done but I do have some sauce in the freezer,. LOL.
With God, all things are possible. (Mark 10:27)
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AFinkberry
True Blue Farmgirl
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Ally
Kalama
Washington
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Posted - Sep 29 2014 : 4:57:20 PM
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Oh pears! We have three pear trees that have just gone CRAZY this summer! we have about 25 quarts of pears in syrup, and pear sauce! We didn't make any pear jelly or jam...maybe I'll make that with the rest that we couldn't reach and are just falling off the tree! Good luck!
Ally
Farmgirl Sister #5672
"There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness." ~His Holiness the Dalai Lama |
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texdane
Farmgirl Legend Chapter Leader Chapter Guru
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Nicole
Sandy Hook
CT
USA
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Posted - Oct 01 2014 : 06:09:52 AM
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Shannon, the recipe I used said to peel them...can I leave the skins on? Oh that would be soooooo much easier...
Anyone?
Farmgirl Hugs,
Nicole
Farmgirl Sister #1155
KNITTER, JAM-MAKER AND MOM EXTRAORDINAIRE
Chapter Leader, Connecticut Simpler Life Sisters
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AFinkberry
True Blue Farmgirl
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Ally
Kalama
Washington
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Posted - Oct 01 2014 : 10:44:54 AM
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I think and I've been told (from someone...) that the peels come off so your not left with rough chunks of skin in your finished product. We skinned ours only because they were not very pretty and pretty scarred. But we did leave the skins on our tomato products because we used our food processor and the skins just kind of blended into the rest of tomatoes, and our salsa came out just fine. We couldn't tell the skins were left in.
Ally
Farmgirl Sister #5672
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Calicogirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sharon
Bruce Crossing
Michigan
USA
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Posted - Oct 09 2014 : 03:50:59 AM
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My Mother always made Pear Jam.
I just posted a recipe for Vanilla Pear Jelly over on the other pear thread :)
Farmgirl Sister #5392
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levisgrammy
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Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Oct 09 2014 : 05:05:51 AM
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I have never made jelly from the actual fruit, except of course grape or berry. My mother taught me how to just use the peels.
That way it seemed we were using all the parts of the fruit.
~Denise~
Farmgirl Sister #43
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