"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
...
> In article <069ui.5128$7m5.1814@trndny02>,
> "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>
>> I still have a few jars of canned pears left from last year. Anyone have
>> a
>> creative use for them? I used a couple of cans and made a pear crisp but
>> it
>> wasn't a big winner. I'd like to get them used up before the pears on
>> the
>> trees are ripe. Not that we're going to have enough to can this year
>> mind
>> you. Husband attacked the trees with his pruning shears and it wasn't
>> good.
>
> OK, I reread this after posting. You don't need to be in that big a
> hurry to use them, especially if you don't have a large crop this
> summer. I'd just make sure I used the FIFO principle. I wouldn't toss
> them unless they'd been around for three years < and then I sure as heck
> wouldn't put up any more. :-)

I thought they had to be used up within a year. I guess I'm safe then. I
don't think I will have any to put up this year. The bartlett tree is the
one he attacked. I see a few pears on there but certainly not enough to put
up. The other tree has some pears but I believe they are Comice. I don't
think they can be canned.