"Kate Connally" > wrote in message
...
> Hi all,
> I just posted my recipe for Grittibanz which I am
> planning to make this year as gifts. I have always
> accompanied it by a batch of my Pear Honey. However
> I seem to have lost the recipe. I have searched high
> and low at home and can't find it. I know it must be
> there somewhere but is probably misfiled (I have hundreds
> of recipe cards in 4 large file boxes!) or stuck in one
> of my 100 or so cookbooks. My aunt thought I had given
> her a copy but couldn't find it. I have e-mailed by
> sister to see if I gave it to her and she still has it.
>
> I went online and tried to find it. I found about 10,000
> recipes called Pear Honey. And about 9,998 of them have
> pineapple or pineapple juice in them. Mine does not!!!
> The other 2 were not the same recipe. I'm going nuts here.
> I love that stuff. Everyone else loves it.
>
> So, does anyone out there, by any chance, happen to have
> this recipe? It is just pears, sugar, honey (I think),
> and maybe a pinch of cinnamon or lemon juice. I haven't
> made it for at least 5 years and my memory is getting
> cloudy. But it sure as hell does not have pineapple in
> it! I got this recipe from, I think, Bon Appetit over
> 20 years ago, maybe as much as 30 years ago.
>
> Please help!
>
> Thanks,
> Kate

Only ones with no pineapple.

6 lb. (12 c.) sugar
3 pt. water
6 pears
2 apples

Mix water and sugar. Bring to a boil and boil for 10 minutes. Grate the
pears and apples and add to the syrup. Boil 30 minutes. Put in canning
jars and process.

# 2
8 c. ripe pears (peeled & chopped)
5 c. sugar
1 lemon, juice & rind

Put all ingredients into large, heavy pot. Bring slowly to a boil and
simmer, until thick, about 45 minutes. Stir frequently to avoid burning.
Pour boiling mixture into jars. Leave 1/2" headroom. Process in boiling
water bath 20 minutes. Makes 1 quart.

#3

8 c. pears, chopped
1 tsp. ground ginger
1 lemon
5 c. sugar

Wash, pare, core, finely chop and measure pears. Add lemon (sliced),
sugar, ginger and 1/2 cup water to pears. Boil until thick. Pour boiling
hot into jars and seal at once.

# 4

6 pears
2 apples
1 orange
1 1/2 lb. sugar
Orange rind, grated

Pare apples and pears. Remove seeds. Peel orange. Remove seeds. Grind
pears, apples and orange. Add sugar and cook 20 minutes, stirring
frequently. Add grated orange rind. Cook until thick.


Dimitri