{"id":299,"date":"2009-09-20T20:20:43","date_gmt":"2009-09-21T01:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/?p=299"},"modified":"2010-03-20T16:11:27","modified_gmt":"2010-03-20T21:11:27","slug":"pear-butter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/pear-butter\/","title":{"rendered":"Pear butter"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Along with apples and pumpkins, pears are one of the tell-tale signs of the season to come. I love pears, and have been known to eat them to the point where the core is merely a string barely holding onto the pear\u00a0seeds. My pear-love is one of those taken-for-granted loves. Pears have so much potential, yet I barely delve into the possibilities. So, I decided, at least, to make pear butter.<\/p>\n

So, I looked up a recipe. And went to town. Now neither the yogurt nor breakfast grains have to be naked!<\/p>\n

The recipe that I used was pretty basic and called for 1\/2 cup sugar and 1\/2 cup water for every pound of pear that you used. I added cinnamon, allspice and ground ginger. Alex can’t wait to have some!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Along with apples and pumpkins, pears are one of the tell-tale signs of the season to come. I love pears, and have been known to eat them to the point where the core is merely a string barely holding onto the pear\u00a0seeds. My pear-love is one of those taken-for-granted loves. Pears have so much potential,… Continue reading Pear butter<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13],"tags":[67,68,69],"class_list":["post-299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cooking","tag-31-goals","tag-pears","tag-preserves","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p33KTw-4P","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3867,"url":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2014\/10\/pear-butter-funnel-cakes\/","url_meta":{"origin":299,"position":0},"title":"Pear Butter Funnel Cakes","author":"admin","date":"October 27, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I had a pot of barely used oil on my stovetop and I wanted to put it to good use. 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