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Ummm…deliver better pears to the grocery store and I’ll buy some every week.
I’ve had delicious, refreshing pears. So I know they can be good.
Most of the pears in US grocery stores are dry grainy garbage. Like 80-90% of the time.
The apple people figured it out. No one wants dry-ass mushy Red Delicious garbage apples. Now I can buy Cosmic Crisp or Envy apples and they are always consistently sweet, tart, juicy, and crisp. And guess what? I buy dem shits every week.
Figure it out pear people. Get on it.
Is that “pear pressure” my teachers warned me about?
Nah, they are talking about this thing:
Real pear pressure right there
Am I the only one who thinks they’re too expensive? Even my favorite pear juice went up 105% in price in a short time
0.5 mins between being a rock and being mush
Sometimes both simultaneously, somehow
I stopped eating apples and bananas and pears for some reason, until I had a kid and cut them up for him all the time. I’ve now rediscovered how great pears are.
Maybe because pears I never know what I’m going to get, it’s usually a grainy piece of shit
I’ve always hated pears, then I had a good one. No graininess, just incredibly juicy and flavorful. Haven’t found one like it since.
Yup it’s like a gamble and 80% of the time you lose.
Fruit is a gamblers food
I think I’ve had one actually good pear in my life. I might be being generous.
I remember the time I had a good pear. I actually thought it was a different fruit.
My wife and I bought a dehydrator and tried all kinds of different fruits. Pears are our favorite.
i did this a month ago, ate a pear and was like wow i havent eaten a pear in decades… just strange that you just dont come across pears that often.
Like 2 days ago i think
I eat them frequently they’re decent
I know this is a shitpost, but to answer honestly… the last pear I had was when I was a child, and I’m in my 40s now.
I still remember their wonderful taste and I haven’t been intentionally avoiding them. I just never came across an opportunity to eat one since my childhood. I’ve primarily consumed apples and oranges over the years and I can’t even remember seeing pears at the store.
Maybe I should go check out my local grocery store and buy a few.
Highly recommend pear dessert recipe my family makes on some holidays and birthdays:
Tosca butterscotch pears:
1 can (850g) preserved pears halves
100g almond shavings
50g butter
1/2 dl sugar
1/2 dl golden syrup
2 tbsp flour
2 tbsp milk
Good quality vanilla ice creamSet your oven to 200°C
Drain the pears and put them with the flatter/inner side up on an oven safe dish (DON’T get rid of the liquid from the can, it’s delicious and worth saving for whatever)
Melt the butter, sugar and golden syrup in a pan and bring it to a boil
Stir in the almond flakes, flour and milk
Let it simmer until it thickens
Spoon the mixture over the pears
Put the oven dish in the oven until the mixture is golden brown on top
Serve with the vanilla ice cream
(Tosca is a Swedish word used for deserts with nuts, mostly almonds, and caramel/butterscotch)
Try it, but don’t get disappointed if it doesn’t match your childhood memories at first try.
The ones my parents had in the garden wouldn’t be found in a store. They’re honestly just plain bad, but they’re the ones I remember most fondly.
All 100% juice base is pear juice with natural coloring and natural flavors. I love pears cold out of the fridge! Had some last week!
Most juice I see has apple juice as a base
Yesterday?
Pears are delicious. Conference pears are my favourite… Actually all other pears I’ve tried have been less good so maybe only conference pears are good. They don’t last as long as apples, but they’re amazing for about three days and decent for a few days either side. Also in my experience they don’t all ripen as uniformly as bananas, so you’re more likely to have the whole punnet edible over a week.
You can judge the ripeness of a pear by trying to wiggle the tip - the easier it is, the riper the pear, so you can eat the ripest first.
Because its like an apple but usually worse?
How dare you
I got an Asian pear tree, a Nijisseiki specifically, a few years ago. Asian pears are usually really good, particularly the expensive ones that come in little pear bear bras. When you have your own tree though, you can harvest at absolute peak ripeness without having to worry about them going bad. Absolutely amazing fruit. Chill it in the refrigerator for an hour or two before eating so it’s cool but not cold. Perfect dessert.
I love how crisp they are!
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