Time for some jam

 Okay, so, I figured out what to do with the pears. Pear Jam. Let me tell you why I chose this. You don't have to peel the pears, so this wins with me, hands down. Here's the recipe, should you be inclined: 

https://foodinjars.com/recipe/pear-cinnamon-jam/

So this recipe was actually pretty great and I loved it, and it tastes so good! I ended up putting a couple of jars into ready for now jars (so I can eat right away) and then rest I ended up canning for future use. 

It ended up making about 9 small jars, and 2 small Tupperware's. So I think I might give these as gifts ... probably, and someone will end up with some awesome jam. 

Canning Pears!

 Well, since my peaches canning went well, I decided to try and can some pears. Basically, the reasoning behind that is because there are no more peaches, but there were plenty of pears. So I followed this recipe: 

https://www.simplycanning.com/canning-pears.html

So if you want to do this also, try there. And then when finished...

Let me tell you about canning pears. 

This sucked. 

Peeling these pears took 100 years, and I did like, 8 lbs of pears and only came away with 5 jars. Will I ever do these pears again? Probably not tbh. But hey, I did it this once. And I still have 8 lbs of pears, so I gotta figure out something to do with them. 

Canning Peaches!

 My peach tree has been plentiful this year. And I'm not sure what to do with the peaches! So what did I decide? Can them! I have never ever done this before, but armed with a helpful internet page and canning supplies from my SIL, I was ready to get going. Epifanio came to help, and he was hype. 

If you want the recipe I used, here is the site: https://fountainavenuekitchen.com/canned-peaches/

So first we weighed the peaches to see how many pounds I had. (6!) Then, we had to peel them. The website said that I needed to put them into boiling water and then a cold bath to shock them, and stop them from cooking. Okay. 

So the peeling wasn't that great, but hey, we did our best. After the peeling, I quartered them. 

Then I followed the directions and boiled them with sugar and stuff. 

Then, poured them into mason jars, added some juice, put the lids on, and put them into the water bath. Then, after 30 minutes, I pulled the whole thing off the stovetop and put them onto the counter, and then took the jars out of the water. (Husband had to lift this off the stovetop, I couldn't lift it once it had water and jars haha)

And they were ready! 

They had to sit for 24 hours, which is how the finish the sealing, with the cool down. Now! I have 3 whole jars (I only did a small batch because of it being my first time) and in 3 weeks or so, I'm going to open a jar, and eat myself some peaches and see how they went. And if they're gross, I'm only out the cost of ... nothing, actually. The peaches were from my tree, so, free, the jars were from my SIL's house, and she got them from her parents house, so, free. So, yeah! Hopefully they worked, I will keep you apprised!