On 2013-12-11 3:02 PM, sf wrote:

> Different strokes. I think they are a real treat on a salad with
> pears and blue cheese (Cambozola for me). After determining that the
> pears are fresh, not canned - the item I'd tell them to leave off that
> salad is tomato. It is just plain wrong.
>
They may be more for colour.

I confess to liking canned pears..... but not in a salad. I love the
combination of (fresh) pear and blue cheese. It is one of the world's
great flavour combinations. I hear that nuts are supposed to be good
with blue cheese too, but I don't eat nuts.