Question about the pears. I've picked and done it from my neighbors pears for years. After we pick, it takes some time for the pears to ripen, they just don't ripen on the tree. I was wondering if it was because of the type of pear they have or what? Do you have to let yours sit for awhile to ripen or do you peel and can them right away?My husband helped me prep our pears this morning. This is the first year we've gotten more than a few pears off the trees we planted several years so. So we picked all the pears from our trees. It was AMAZING how much easier it was to have someone helping.
So I've got two pots of peelings boiling - and I'll make jelly from that. Then I've got another pot of the cores boiling - plan to strain that and make pear butter from the pulp.
Then I've got two pots of cut-up pears. I'm going to can a few for use in salads, I'll make pear preserves from some, and I'll make pie filling from some. My pear tarts always sell well at our church's fall festival each year.
And the parts that weren't suitable for any of those uses went to the chickens who loved the special treat. I feel so good that we used every single part of every single pear. And the house smells wonderful with all those pear parts cooking on the stove!
Next project - apples from our apple trees!
