Bear Sightings again and Pear Honey Recipe!

Bear Visits

We have had three bear visits this week and last night my husband saw him at the bird feeder by the garden cart in the front driveway area.  He or She (as cubs were seen last year) saw my husband and took off up in the woods! There goes one of my moss gardens, I guess it will not work out where I have tried to cover the ugly hillside where nothing will grow. It has become a path for the bear now and the dogs as I tried to persuade the dogs to use another path I made for them , but it is not working out.  

The bear was at the bird and suet feeders and in the trash can on our back porch this week. I kind of know where he takes his collections from us so I went to the woods and found the suet feeders all mangled where he did not know how to open the door. But he ate all the new suet in them! Hope it was enjoyed. 

Pear Honey

I made some pear honey this week from my Mother's recipe as we got a bunch of pears at the food pantry last week along with a pizza for Easter.  So, I got some canning jars and made 6 pints. I have 6 more jars left and more pears to make another batch. I was not sure really what I was doing as I don't can food and the last time many years ago I tried to make the pear honey it was so sweet I added so much sugar we had to throw it out so I never tried again.

Oh, this batch is wonderful. I have had it on my sourdough bread and it will be wonderful added to ice cream or oatmeal just comes to mind. Also of course, on toast!

Here is the recipe my Mother gave me back in the 1970's

Pear Honey

 5 lbs pears ( 20 medium) 

2 - 8 1/2 ounce cans  crushed pineapple

2 lemons, juice and grated peel (I just put  them quartered in the blender)

Sugar to taste

Peel pears and remove core.

Put pears into a food grinder using course blade ( I don't have a food grinder so I used a potato masher)

Combine fruit, sugar and lemons and cook till mixture is thick and pears are clear,

Pour into hot jars and seal tops or cover with paraffin.

Makes 6 pints

And, it is soooo good! And, so easy! 

Mine is a little lumpy because of the potato masher but I like it that way.

I called her to make sure I was doing it right and she added that while the jars are just filled and the pear honey is still hot to to turn the jars upside down for a few minutes and then turn them back right side up to get them to pop that they are sealed correctly. The heat on the lids helps the process. 

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