Julie Bove wrote:
> "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.
>
>
Why do you think you can't can comice pears. We do, they have a much
betterf taste than bartlet, I think.
Ellen