Hello, this is Lori Fiechter in the kitchen againthis time, I'm canning pears. Pears are tedious! Why? Because you can't slip the skins off pears like you can with peaches or tomatoes. And you can't use a rotary apple peeler, eitherpears aren't round and the bottoms are mushy. So pears are timeconsuming! But canned pears are deliciousmuch better than any storebought pears. Much! I have the time now, so I used five hours this morning to can 20 quarts of pears. I did 8 quarts last week and I have more to do in a few days. Hoping for a total of 40+ quarts.

The process is a bit different from peaches as well. And I learned a trick since making my pear jam that I'll use from now on. Anyway, except for a couple of jars not sealing (I had to reprocess) they look beautiful!