Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> 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.
>
> With a dollop of cottage cheese in the center, atop a lettuce leaf. Top
> the cheese with a maraschino cherry. Right out of the 1950s. :-)
>
> Puree and cook to fruit butter consistency.
> Dice and combine with other fruits as "sauce."


IIRC, I used to eat them (in the 60's) atop a lettuce leaf with a small
dollop of Miracle Whip in the center and a little grated "rat cheese"
(sharp cheddar cut from a wheel at the butcher shop) over the top.

Bob