"James Silverton" > wrote in message
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> Christine wrote on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:14:48 -0700:
>
> ??>> Depends on the apple! Quite a lot can weigh a pound each.
> ??>> Some varieties seem to have increased in size over the
> ??>> years which is a pity since I think a bite of apple tastes
> ??>> best if it includes some skin. Fujis are among the best
> ??>> tasting apples, IMHO, but the stores seem to be selling
> ??>> monsters at the moment :-(
>
> CD> These were just an average sized apple. I got several per
> CD> pound.
>
> CD> Oh, and I some lovely pears for about $0.88/pound this week
> CD> as well. I am thinking of making those into pear sauce, to
> CD> accompany the latkes I am making sometime this weekend.
>
> Pears always seem a chancy thing to me. Unless you get them from expensive
> places like Harry and David you can't buy them ready to eat and they seem
> to go thro' the best point when I am looking the other way. The only safe
> thing is to buy Seckel pears which are delicious even when quite firm but
> they don't seem to be cheap :-(

I've gotten Harry and David pears a few times and they were always rotten.
I have two pear trees. I am lucky. Except that husband did a hack job on
the Bartlett. Nothing to can this last season.