Besides all the honey extraction of the past week or so, I have been working with pears, canning them up. I bought 4 boxes of pears and had them ripening all over the house.
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| This is one and a half boxes of pears. I worked with 4 full boxes this year. When the pears have lost most of their green and have become somewhat yellow and slightly soft to the touch at the stem end, they are ready for canning. |
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When the pears are ready for processing, I peel, quarter, and core them, and put them into a lemon juice/water solution. Then they are packed into jars with a light sugar syrup of 2 cups of sugar to 6 cups of water and processed in a boiling water bath for 25 minutes.
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| These are the pears I did yesterday. I did an equal amount the day before. The winter pantry is looking good these days! |
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