{"id":217,"date":"2018-01-14T19:27:58","date_gmt":"2018-01-14T19:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skatinguphill.com\/?p=217"},"modified":"2018-01-14T19:32:09","modified_gmt":"2018-01-14T19:32:09","slug":"love-pears-me-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skatinguphill.com\/?p=217","title":{"rendered":"Love Pears?? Me too!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I love pears and in fact have a book titled “THE GREAT BOOK OF PEARS” that I use all the time. Fresh pears are yummy, of course, but canned pears are really good too. I use the pears packed in lite syrup rather than the ones packed in water. I guess the Iite syrup probably is not as healthy as just water, but the flavor retention is so much better I think it is worth it.<\/p>\n

Did you know that there are over 2,500 varieties of pear? Of course, not all are readily available. I find the best around here (West Virginia) to be the Bosc and the Anjou which are not exotic, but easy to store and very versatile.<\/p>\n

I like poached pears too and let me tell you, you can poach a pear in anything from red wine, port, and bourbon to simply it’s own juices or apple juice.<\/p>\n

Have you ever tried pear soup? Easy yet so yummy.<\/p>\n

PEAR SOUP<\/p>\n

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  1. Seeded peeled and chopped pears (about 6) or use 3 undrained cans and less stock<\/li>\n
  2. Stock-I use vegetarian stock but use what you like. (8 cups or so) then add 3 teaspoons honey<\/li>\n
  3. Just a pinch of chili, nutmeg, cinnamon, and pepper and salt to taste<\/li>\n
  4. 1 cup of fat free half and half<\/li>\n
  5. A little grated cheese-your choice, but something strong, for garnish (optional)<\/li>\n
  6. Boil gently until pears are soft. Blend in your food processor and serve cold or hot.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    This is so easy, yet so unusual you will get rave reviews, I promise. Serve as a first course. or with a salad for lunch. Love, Judith<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I love pears and in fact have a book titled “THE GREAT BOOK OF PEARS” that I use all the time. Fresh pears are yummy, of course, but canned pears are really good too. I use the pears packed in lite syrup rather than the ones packed in water. I guess the Iite syrup probably […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skatinguphill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skatinguphill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skatinguphill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skatinguphill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skatinguphill.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skatinguphill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skatinguphill.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skatinguphill.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skatinguphill.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}