Thanks to everyone for their suggestions, both here and by email.
Right now I'm canning Vanilla Pear Jelly and have another pear cake in
the oven (this one will be cut into smaller pieces and frozen). I
also have several jars of orange pear marmalade waiting for labels.

I think that pear sauce is next. I still have a LOT of pears left!



On Tue, 05 Oct 2010 08:18:46 -0700, Linda >
wrote:

>My husband and I received a very large crate of (Bosc) pears from a
>friend (we live near Medford, the pear capital of the world!). I've
>looked at crockpot pear butter recipes on the Internet, but thought
>that I'd ask the experts (you guys) for your favorite crockpot pear
>butter recipe.
>
>I also have a large box of Comice pears that I need to turn into
>something yummy. I will be making Gale Gand's walnut pear cake this
>afternoon.
>
>I do have a Cook N Home 9-1/2-Quart Stainless-Steel Juicer Steamer
>that I can use if needed.
>
>If I have more pears that I can deal with I do plan on bringing a
>bunch of them to our local senior center. There are only two of us
>living in our house (both 61-years old) and can't eat a whole lot (and
>I still need to make another batch of tomato sauce and another batch
>of green tomato relish).
>
>TIA.