Having said I don't really come from a canning family (although they do preserve many and sundry other things, especially genealogy, bits of paper, and car-related items), I have been greatly surprised by the memories of those a generation older than I who were children when their parents and grandparents canned. But I also got a great response from the Swiss side of my family with a more recent memory related to my pear posting (see below). Of course, I'm now wondering if I could get the doctor to experiment with the pears in this way next year (it might also be a good way of animal-proofing the pear tree!).
Mike's sister, Auntie Gita, learned to make a special "pear preserve" in Geneva, thanks to her husband, Yann. He showed Gita how to grow and ripen a pear inside the shallow neck of a suitable flask, RIGHT ON THE PEAR TREE. When it reached maturity and dropped into the flask, he just covered it with a suitable pear "schnapps" and thus making their own brand of "Poire Yann." The pear is preserved so long as it remains immersed in the booze. The following year, Yann succeeded in growing TWO pears inside the same flask; now they have "double strength Poire Yann"!
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I think the idea of "bottling pears" sounds like a great idea! Especially if it helps discourage the dog from enjoying as many of the pears as she did this year.
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