Pears

A woman brought down a truck load of pears from :up north" for people to buy for bottling.  I had ordered 2-30 pound cases and my parents ordered 1-30 pound case.  They picked them up for us last week and then we decided to use Labor Day to bottle them.

It was quite the process, but we finihsed my parents box and one of my boxes before noon (at least they were ready to process but weren't completely finished yet).  It was a mess but we now have 26 quarts and 51 pints of pears!

For FHE the kids and Bryan helped me finish the other box.  We pulled the TV out into the living room and watched Harry Potter while Ethan peeled pears, Bryan cut them and Courtney put them in the Vitamin C water (so they wouldn't go brown).  I loaded them in the jars and put them in the water bath to process.  It was actually a lot of fun!