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
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Is that "pear pressure" my teachers warned me about?
Nah, they are talking about this thing:
Real pear pressure right there
Like 2 days ago i think
I eat them frequently they're decent
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.
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.
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.
Harvest season for pears is like september october. Remember they're high in aspirin-like compounds!
What does one do on a daily basis when working at the national pear council?
Because its lile an apple but usually worse?
How dare you
I remember reading like a Williams-Sonoma catalog that had several “pear of the month” clubs, and wondered how so many people were so into luxury pears.
A friend of mine once said that pears are wannabe apples and this sticked with me
i like them so much more than apples though
Apples are much more useful in cooking, except for desserts, where pears are better.
Because they're jisr "OK", and they give me gritty sand papery poop.
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.
Since iCarly raped my childhood
Everyday
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.
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.
Last fall, so many right from the tree. Love 'em
Yesterday
That long?
It's been tough battling the cravings...
How come?
Man up and grow a pear
I eat as many pears as possible, but they are one of the most frustrating fruits to ripen. Out of season sometimes they refuse to ripen at all.
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 cream
Set 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 with everything in the oven until 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.
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.
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The only reason I haven't had a pear in a while is because the only kind I can find after moving are the brown ones that have the taste and texture of a sandy beach. Those pears suck ass. I want the kind pictured here.
Who the hell even wants those brown ones enough that it's the only kind in this city? 🤔 Do they even sell or are the people in charge of determining what they put on shelves just bad at their job?
Fuck the pair, I want to hear about the Druid!
I bought a couple a friends some really nice cloaks once, but I don’t know if they actually wear them ever. Too afraid to ask.
You and I are friends now, because I would 100% wear an ancient kilt or something similar almost every single day.
The Onion Newspaper fucking slaps. Everyone should get a subscription, well worth it.
Pears internal textures feel like fuzzy apples. And not as good.
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