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

--
Kate Connally
“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?

"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

On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:46:03 -0500, Kate Connally > wrote:

>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


Pear Honey
Yield 4 pints

Ingredients

8 cups peeled, cored and chopped pears
1 cup unsweetened pineapple juice
8 cups white sugar

Directions

1. Place chopped pears into a large pot, and pour pineapple juice over them to
prevent them from browning. Stir in sugar, and bring to a boil over medium-high
heat. Stir frequently to prevent scorching. When the pears are at a full boil,
reduce heat to medium, and cook until the mixture is the color and texture of
honey. The longer you cook it, the thicker it gets. Cooking time is usually 2
to 3 hours.

2. Ladle into hot sterile jars, filling to within 1/4 inch of the top. Wipe
rims with a clean damp cloth, and seal jars with lids and rings. Process in a
boiling water canner for 10 minutes, or the amount of time recommended by your
local extension for your area.

Amount Per Serving Calories: 111 | Total Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 0mg

On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:46:03 -0500, Kate Connally > wrote:

>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


Funny, I found two in the recipes ( one I already posted ) both seem to come
from Bon Apetit 1997


Pear Honey

Ingredients

1 1/2 pounds pears - peeled
4 cups sugar
1 8 ounces can crushed pineapple - drained
1 tablespoon lemon zest - (yellow rind)
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

Preperation

Chop peeled pears and process in food processor until finely chopped. cook book
companiesChopped pears should equal 4 cups. Combine pears, sugar, drained
pineapple, lemon zest and juice in no cook play dough recipesa heavy saucepan.
Bring to a boil over medium heat and cook until sugar dissolves, stirring
often. Reduce no cook no refrigeration recipeheat and simmer 40 minutes or
until thickened, stirring often. Spoon into hot, sterilized jars, filling to
publish your own cookbook1/4- inch from top. Wipe jar rims. Cover immediately
with metal lids and screw on the bands. Process in boiling water bath 5
minutes.

Yield: 3 half pints. easy recipes for kids to cook

In article >,
Kate Connally > wrote:

> 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


Ripe pears.
Peel or not.
Core them.
Blend them smooth.
Add 2/3 - 3/4 cup sugar for each cup of pear pulp.
Cook slowly in a heavy-bottom kettle until thickened a bit, remembering
that it will thicken more when it's cold.
No honey involved; the name comes from the consistency of the finished
product.

Are you going to can it? Process half-pint jars in a boiling water bath
for 5-10 minutes, filling the jars to 1/4" with the hot honey.

--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://web.me.com/barbschaller 12/15/2009

On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:46:03 -0500, Kate Connally >
wrote:

>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.
>
I don't know what pear honey is, never heard of it. Does this look
familiar? http://www.pickyourown.org/pearhoney.htm

--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article >,
> Kate Connally > wrote:
>
>> 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
>
>
> Ripe pears.
> Peel or not.
> Core them.
> Blend them smooth.
> Add 2/3 - 3/4 cup sugar for each cup of pear pulp.
> Cook slowly in a heavy-bottom kettle until thickened a bit, remembering
> that it will thicken more when it's cold.
> No honey involved; the name comes from the consistency of the finished
> product.
>
> Are you going to can it? Process half-pint jars in a boiling water bath
> for 5-10 minutes, filling the jars to 1/4" with the hot honey.

Thanks, Barb! This seems to be the closest thing to
what I had. Although mine had 1 or 2 small amounts of
something else. I'll try this one.

Kate


--
Kate Connally
“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?

sf wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:46:03 -0500, Kate Connally >
> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
> I don't know what pear honey is, never heard of it. Does this look
> familiar? http://www.pickyourown.org/pearhoney.htm

Thanks, but this is not it. Mine was made with the pear
flesh, not just juice.

Kate


--
Kate Connally
“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?

Kate Connally wrote:
> Melba's Jammin' wrote:

>>
>> Ripe pears.
>> Peel or not.
>> Core them.
>> Blend them smooth.
>> Add 2/3 - 3/4 cup sugar for each cup of pear pulp.
>> Cook slowly in a heavy-bottom kettle until thickened a bit,
>> remembering that it will thicken more when it's cold. No honey
>> involved; the name comes from the consistency of the finished product.
>>
>> Are you going to can it? Process half-pint jars in a boiling water
>> bath for 5-10 minutes, filling the jars to 1/4" with the hot honey.
>
> Thanks, Barb! This seems to be the closest thing to
> what I had. Although mine had 1 or 2 small amounts of
> something else. I'll try this one.
>


I wonder if a little lemon or grated fresh ginger would
add nice flavor?

gloria p

In article >,
"gloria.p" > wrote:

> Kate Connally wrote:
> > Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>
> >>
> >> Ripe pears.
> >> Peel or not.
> >> Core them.
> >> Blend them smooth.
> >> Add 2/3 - 3/4 cup sugar for each cup of pear pulp.
> >> Cook slowly in a heavy-bottom kettle until thickened a bit,
> >> remembering that it will thicken more when it's cold. No honey
> >> involved; the name comes from the consistency of the finished product.
> >>
> >> Are you going to can it? Process half-pint jars in a boiling water
> >> bath for 5-10 minutes, filling the jars to 1/4" with the hot honey.
> >
> > Thanks, Barb! This seems to be the closest thing to
> > what I had. Although mine had 1 or 2 small amounts of
> > something else. I'll try this one.
> >
>
>
> I wonder if a little lemon or grated fresh ginger would
> add nice flavor?
>
> gloria p


AFAIC, lemon would improve it greatly. I'm not fond of pears and the
fruit honeys are, by their nature (all that sugar to get get the
honey-like consistency) are sweet. It's thicker than fruit syrup.

I made Spiced Peach Honey in August to use up some overripe peaches.
It's good stuff.

FWIW.


--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://web.me.com/barbschaller 12/15/2009