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["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lflj@bellsouth.net>]

On 2/7/2011 12:09 PM, Road's End Farm wrote:
> Just to note, because I'm surprised how rarely people do this: pears
> make a great pie.

Pear preserves, like wild strawberry, plum or other fruit, sweet and for
pastries or on toast or with cheese

... and as a condiment sweet/sour pickled pears with ginger (& maybe 
allspice, cloves, etc.) just as good if not better than watermelon rind 
pickle

pear jam is another delicacy; I would try mixing pear with wild plum for 
a tart but sweet jam