Coffee anyone ?

[Baymule]

@Mini Horses how did the dehydrated pear turn out? Did it turn brown? I still have some pears from picking several days ago. I've put up 31 pints and I'm tired of canning pears. I thought about freezing some for pie or cooking with frozen Welches grape juice for fruit roll ups. I've made those before and they are good. But I just got tired of spending all day in the kitchen....... Those durned pears are still there, making me feel guilty, I guess I oughta do something else with them.

On a bright note, I picked the TWO pears we had on our own tree, this morning.

 

[messybun]

@Mini Horses how did the dehydrated pear turn out? Did it turn brown? I still have some pears from picking several days ago. I've put up 31 pints and I'm tired of canning pears. I thought about freezing some for pie or cooking with frozen Welches grape juice for fruit roll ups. I've made those before and they are good. But I just got tired of spending all day in the kitchen....... Those durned pears are still there, making me feel guilty, I guess I oughta do something else with them.

On a bright note, I picked the TWO pears we had on our own tree, this morning.

You might be able to sell the excess at a farmers market if there are just too many to work with, or trade for an animal?

 

[Alaskan]

Me..... I am stuck in bed feeling like crud.

Actually sitting up at the moment... thinking shower and then back to bed.

Actually ate breakfast... don't feel nauseous... so... good....

Uh... maybe I will go to sleep first..... shower later

 

[Mini Horses]

Feel better, Alaskan!!

@Baymule I peeled, cored and thin sliced...tossed in some water with fruit fresh (Ball brand) ... Just enough to get some on surface, couple minutes. Shook off, placed on tray. They dried enough within roughly 24 hrs to be just slightly chewy, not break up hard. Kept color, slight brown on edges...very nice, very mild. Good in caramel sauce and also cinn/sugar. I'd consider a little thicker cut next time. Other fruits do have more taste dried but these were good. I don't need to can that much! Those a little thicker had more obvious pear taste. I'd do more. Figs are my concern as they don't wait a minute to get over ripe! These pears are a little more forgiving.

I did some plum tomato slices last year and they were great. May be able to find some next week...

 

[Bruce]

Me..... I am stuck in bed feeling like crud.

What's going on Al? Does anyone else have similar symptoms? Always worried about Covid when people get sick these days.

 

[Baymule]

@Mini Horses how did you core them? With an apple core gadget?

 

[Baymule]

You might be able to sell the excess at a farmers market if there are just too many to work with, or trade for an animal?

I gave away 2 buckets of them. Still have lots, but they are real small. I may smash them with a hammer and give to the horses or sheep.

 

[farmerjan]

Make pear butter.... cut and take out seeds, cook down in a big pot to mushy, run through a food mill, put the pulp in a slow cooker and let it slowly cook down into pear butter....

 

[Baymule]

I always get the hog heads, they skin them, saw in half and vacuum seal. I took out 2 halves and cooked them in my big granite ware roasting pan. It's full of fat, so today I'll cook up a big pot of rice to help absorb some of the fat and act as a filler so the dogs don't get the squirts from all the fat. Then I'll can for it for the dogs. Meant to cook the other 2 halves I have, but for got to take them out to thaw last night. I'll have head halves from 3 more hogs coming in a week or so.

 

[promiseacres]

Sorry for the absence. Got busy then got sick. So got a test done... so we have covid in our house. So far just like a bad flu. Girls both have had fevers also, but theyve bounced back more quickly than I. Boys so far haven't had any symptoms. We'll still get school done. Just nothing social until we are past the quarantine.