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.
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 in the oven until the mixture is 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)
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.
I hear pears are healthier than apples! But apparently they have a shorter ripening window and logistically are way harder than apples. Basically, an apple is more profitable.
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.
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.
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?
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.
If you find your favourite cultivar and check for ripeness regularly before deciding to eat them, they're very nice sweet treats :>. Not as easy to get into as apples, but personally I really dislike apple texture.
I can't stand the graininess just under the skin. And the rest of the flesh is too bland. Unripe, they're woody and sometimes stringy. Maybe if you took a perfectly ripe one, peeled and cored and cut it up, and then squeezed half a lemon over it, I would try it. Otherwise, miss me with those nasty things.
When I was a child, my elderly neighbor grew pears, and they were the best pears. My parents live in the same house, and the pear trees my elderly neighbor grew are still in the same spot, still alive.
The pears on those trees aren't the same anymore. They turn meally before they get soft, and they never get sweet enough. They don't have the same strong flavor, and they don't bake up well in desserts.
She taught me many things about growing plants, but never anything about what she did for the pear trees. So now pears aren't what they're supposed to be, and the reason is lost to me.
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funkajunk@lemmy.world · 43 pts · 191d
Maybe because pears I never know what I'm going to get, it's usually a grainy piece of shit
RunJun@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 pts · 191d
I think I’ve had one actually good pear in my life. I might be being generous.
Omega_Jimes@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 191d
I remember the time I had a good pear. I actually thought it was a different fruit.
QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 191d
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.
DJKJuicy@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 191d
Yup it's like a gamble and 80% of the time you lose.
diabetic_porcupine@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 190d
Fruit is a gamblers food
DJKJuicy@sh.itjust.works · 21 pts · 191d
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.
cobysev@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 191d
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.
bstix@feddit.dk · 4 pts · 191d
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.
M137@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 190d
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 in the oven until the mixture is 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)
Fuckfuckmyfuckingass@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 191d
The Onion Newspaper fucking slaps. Everyone should get a subscription, well worth it.
Deceptichum@quokk.au · 15 pts · 191d
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · 35 pts · 191d
cheat700000007@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 191d
He said fuck the pear.
Remember to update us
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 191d
I might need some advice. Let me preface this by saying the cylinder must not be harmed...
cheat700000007@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 191d
The pear doesn't have to be the bottom
M137@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 190d
No, he said fuck the pair.
binarytobis@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 191d
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.
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 191d
You and I are friends now, because I would 100% wear an ancient kilt or something similar almost every single day.
M137@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 190d
Pear written correctly right there in the imahe and so many times in these comments, you: "Imma fail at writing this 4 letter word."
Deceptichum@quokk.au · 1 pts · 190d
cogitase@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 14 pts · 191d
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.
ButWhatDoesItAllMean@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 191d
I love how crisp they are!
hperrin@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 191d
Please, bro! Pears are so good! Don’t you remember how it tasted? No? Maybe if you try harder? Still no? Ok, well trust us, it’s definitely memorable.
xkbx@startrek.website · 18 pts · 191d
some find the taste unpearable
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 191d
rajarizer@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 191d
I hear pears are healthier than apples! But apparently they have a shorter ripening window and logistically are way harder than apples. Basically, an apple is more profitable.
sirico@feddit.uk · 9 pts · 191d
0.5 mins between being a rock and being mush
Agent641@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 190d
Sometimes both simultaneously, somehow
captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 191d
Man up and grow a pear
FishFace@piefed.social · 9 pts · 191d
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.
Agent641@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 190d
Is that "pear pressure" my teachers warned me about?
Darkenfolk@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 190d
Nah, they are talking about this thing:
Real pear pressure right there
curiousaur@reddthat.com · 7 pts · 191d
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.
West_of_West@piefed.social · 7 pts · 191d
TIL that pears aren't common in grocery stores? And people may not like these delicious fruits
ReginaPhalange@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 191d
Because pears are similar to avocados in some way.
riperealitista@lemmus.org · 2 pts · 191d
Neither is anything like a green apple. Have you ever actually eaten either?
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 6 pts · 191d
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?
einlander@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 191d
Pears internal textures feel like fuzzy apples. And not as good.
PopcornPrincess@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 191d
Are you watching me?
I just ate a pear as 1st dessert with chamomile tea and opened Lemmy. Now onto my beloved popcorn.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 191d
a pear of wut?
Alberat@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 191d
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.
Bamboodpanda@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 191d
My wife and I bought a dehydrator and tried all kinds of different fruits. Pears are our favorite.
NastyNative@mander.xyz · 5 pts · 191d
All 100% juice base is pear juice with natural coloring and natural flavors. I love pears cold out of the fridge! Had some last week!
meekah@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 191d
Most juice I see has apple juice as a base
Fleppensteijn@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 190d
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
veniasilente@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 191d
[Sephiroth voice] “Shall I give you dis pear?”
TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 191d
I'm eating a 380g big ass motherfucker of a pear right now
Muscle_Meteor@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 191d
Because its like an apple but usually worse?
Feathercrown@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 190d
How dare you
realitista@lemmus.org · 4 pts · 191d
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.
volvoxvsmarla@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 191d
A friend of mine once said that pears are wannabe apples and this sticked with me
baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de · 6 pts · 191d
i like them so much more than apples though
bstix@feddit.dk · 4 pts · 191d
Apples are much more useful in cooking, except for desserts, where pears are better.
ButWhatDoesItAllMean@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 191d
Team D'anjou represent!
anon_8675309@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 191d
What does one do on a daily basis when working at the national pear council?
SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social · 3 pts · 191d
Last fall, so many right from the tree. Love 'em
Fedizen@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 191d
Harvest season for pears is like september october. Remember they're high in aspirin-like compounds!
IhaveCrabs111@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 191d
Vile_port_aloo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 191d
Slight more elegant way to say got apples?
hayvan@piefed.world · 2 pts · 191d
As a lifelong pear enjoyer, this is making me uncomfortable.
iamdefinitelyoverthirteen@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 191d
Because they're jisr "OK", and they give me gritty sand papery poop.
SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world · 2 pts · 191d
I always have a pair...
andros_rex@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 191d
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.
KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 190d
Like 2 days ago i think
I eat them frequently they're decent
ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip · 1 pts · 191d
Yesterday
ebolapie@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 191d
That long?
ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip · 3 pts · 191d
It's been tough battling the cravings...
bstix@feddit.dk · 1 pts · 191d
How come?
wylinka@szmer.info · 1 pts · 191d
If you find your favourite cultivar and check for ripeness regularly before deciding to eat them, they're very nice sweet treats :>. Not as easy to get into as apples, but personally I really dislike apple texture.
Simulation6@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 191d
Pears make my fillings hurt, for some reason, so I avoid them.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 191d
In my case, literally yesterday.
How come it's that long ago? Because I don't eat fruit in my sleep 🤷
Reet@thelemmy.club · 1 pts · 191d
Everyday
cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 191d
yeah you better run pear
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 191d
I can't stand the graininess just under the skin. And the rest of the flesh is too bland. Unripe, they're woody and sometimes stringy. Maybe if you took a perfectly ripe one, peeled and cored and cut it up, and then squeezed half a lemon over it, I would try it. Otherwise, miss me with those nasty things.
Generica@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 191d
Since iCarly raped my childhood
garbagebagel@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 191d
Well they would make my throat close up, but I'll keep it in mind for when the world gets inevitably worse.
finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 191d
Because I don't wanna break my teeth. These days, they're hard as rock.
yermaw@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 191d
We buy them, then wait a week for them to soften up, forget we bought them, discover the vinegar and flies in a month.
Akasazh@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 191d
Appearently
DiscoCoffee@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 191d
Shout out to pears
prime_number_314159@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 191d
When I was a child, my elderly neighbor grew pears, and they were the best pears. My parents live in the same house, and the pear trees my elderly neighbor grew are still in the same spot, still alive.
The pears on those trees aren't the same anymore. They turn meally before they get soft, and they never get sweet enough. They don't have the same strong flavor, and they don't bake up well in desserts.
She taught me many things about growing plants, but never anything about what she did for the pear trees. So now pears aren't what they're supposed to be, and the reason is lost to me.
realitista@lemmus.org · 1 pts · 191d
I think its mainly strategic and regular pruning, but I'm no expert either.
BlindFrog@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 191d
DON'T LET ME EAT PEARS.
https://youtu.be/SCZ2-9dhXUE