Comments on: look, we canned pears

By: Amy

Amy — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 17:54:01 +0000

No, it doesn’t. You do tighten the bands, just not super-tight. You go until there’s resistance, but you could still tighten them a bit more.

By: Jeanne Grubin

Jeanne Grubin — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 16:12:57 +0000

If you don’t tighten the jars before the water bath, does water seep in? A friend tried the water bath and she said water seeped in the jars, so I have been afraid too try the water bath. Thanks, love the recipe but afraid of water bath.

By: Amy

Amy — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 22:28:18 +0000

Thanks for asking, Kathy! That’s a good question. We didn’t can pears this year so my memory isn’t fresh, but I think if you can’t do all the pears at once, you’d:

• Pack the pears that were ready in the syrup (ones that have just cooked 5 min)
• If it’s 6 or 7 jars’ worth, begin processing.
• If it’s fewer than that and you want a full pot for processing, set filled jars in raised rack in canner while preparing more pears in syrup. This means the hot, filled jars will sit for 5 minutes, but they will be half submerged in boiling water and should be fine.

If doing pints, one “round” of one-layered pears in syrup will probably fill 6 jars.

I hope this helps!

By: Kathy Statzer

Kathy Statzer — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 22:18:30 +0000

You mentioned putting pairs one layer in bottom of syrup, do you do the same for all of the pairs one layer at a time?

By: Kathy Statzer

Kathy Statzer — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 22:13:32 +0000

You don’t comment when to put the rest of the pairs in the hot water.

By: Amy

Amy — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 20:58:28 +0000

You can eat them right away if you like! Nothing further happens to them in the jar once canned.

By: donna

donna — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 20:21:54 +0000

just wondering how long should you wait before opening the jars to eat them?

By: Amy

Amy — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 13:22:23 +0000

Thanks, Sherry. If I do, I will!

By: Sherry Naysmith

Sherry Naysmith — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 13:00:08 +0000

My husband says you are a gem! Thank you for the information…it was fun to read. If you ever decide to do illustrated childrens cookbooks, contact me. I do the cutest animals…from kitties to collies.

Sherry

By: Amy Sirk

Amy Sirk — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:21:06 +0000

Thanks for this page. I was gifted two big bags of pears this fall and was baffled as to what to do with them. I followed your example but added a little crystallized ginger just to keep things interesting.