Preserving Pears
Dear Aunt Daisy, I see by The Listener that one of the Daisy Chain is having trouble with her bottled pears going brown after they are bottled. Well, I will give you my recipe. I have done them for many years the same way, and have had none go brown. The pears must be just ripe, not soft and squashy, but firm and ripe. I peel them and cut them in halves if small, and in quarters if large; take out the core and put them into a big bowl, no salt and water, or vinegar and water! I put on the preserving pan with 144 gallons of water to which has been added 3 Ibs. of sugar; bring this to the boil and boil for 20 minutes. Then put in the pears. I fill the pan full of pears and boil for about 3 to 5 minutes, then take off the pan, stand it on the table; fill the heated bottles full of pears; fill up to the top with the hot syrup, and screw down at once. I do about 8 bottles at a time and have never a failure with them. I have done just on 50 bottles this year (Bon Chretien), and they look lovely. They have been done over a month now, and not a sign of going brown! I opened a bottle this week of some I did over a year ago, and they were as white as those you buy at the shops. I think pears need a lot of syrup to cook them in, and that keeps them white. They are less trouble if done this way, and take less firing, as that is a big item in the towns, especially in war time. You can publish this letter if you care to, in The Listener, as it may be a help to others bottling fruit. I do all my fruit the same way, only adding more or less sugar for the different fruits. We are always in a hurry to get The Listener to see if there are any fresh recipes in it. I thank the lady who put in the recipe for sealing fruit and vegetables with the glue and paper tops. I am doing my beans that way and they are quite a success. It is nice to help one another as you are always doing, Aunt Daisy.A Constant Listener (Eltham). Many thanks for a most useful letter.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 95, 18 April 1941, Page 46
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411Preserving Pears New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 95, 18 April 1941, Page 46
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