Too Many Plums & Pears

SPOONS said:

Hi all,

I went to see a friend a few days ago & she gave me 4 baskets full of plums
& pears. Right now I'm making a crumble. I'd like some suggestions on what
to do with the rest. Can I freeze some for a later use? can I make crumble
and freeze it unbaked?

Spoons do you do any kind of canning? If so, you can make plum sauce
and can the pears in halves in a light syrup. Plums can be canned,
froze, made into chutney, dried, and made into jelly too. Pears make a
great chutney as well. BBB says pears can be frozen. I can't vouch for
this as I've never frozen pears but BBB has always given good advice.
Wash peal and core pears. Leave in halves or cut into quarters or
slices. Treat to prevent darkening. Prepare a medium syrup and bring
to boil. Drain pears. Blanch pears in syrup for 2 min. Cool pears and
syrup. Pack into freezer boxes. Ladle syrup over pears leaving 1/2
inch headspace. Freeze.

SPOONS said:

Hi all,

I went to see a friend a few days ago & she gave me 4 baskets full of plums
& pears. Right now I'm making a crumble. I'd like some suggestions on what
to do with the rest. Can I freeze some for a later use? can I make crumble
and freeze it unbaked?

Plums are great in Clafoutti. Split the plums, remove seeds and macerate then
for an hour or so in a bit of brandy, then place them in the bottom of the ban
and pour the batter over them.

~patches~ said:

SPOONS said:

Hi all,

I went to see a friend a few days ago & she gave me 4 baskets full of
plums & pears. Right now I'm making a crumble. I'd like some
suggestions on what to do with the rest. Can I freeze some for a
later use? can I make crumble and freeze it unbaked?

Spoons do you do any kind of canning? If so, you can make plum sauce
and can the pears in halves in a light syrup. Plums can be canned,
froze, made into chutney, dried, and made into jelly too. Pears make a
great chutney as well. BBB says pears can be frozen. I can't vouch for
this as I've never frozen pears but BBB has always given good advice.
Wash peal and core pears. Leave in halves or cut into quarters or
slices. Treat to prevent darkening. Prepare a medium syrup and bring
to boil. Drain pears. Blanch pears in syrup for 2 min. Cool pears and
syrup. Pack into freezer boxes. Ladle syrup over pears leaving 1/2
inch headspace. Freeze.

The best jam I made last year was with yellow-fleshed black plums. It
turned out dark purple and tasted great. They also make good jelly if
you've got a bunch of 'em.

I like pears canned in light or medium syrup. Hard gristly pears can
especially well. The only time I tried freezing them, I didn't like
them because the got too soft.

Best regards,
Bob

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SPOONS said:

Hi all,

I went to see a friend a few days ago & she gave me 4 baskets full of
plums & pears. Right now I'm making a crumble. I'd like some
suggestions on what to do with the rest. Can I freeze some for a
later use? can I make crumble and freeze it unbaked?

If you wait long enough and let the pears get overripe, you can cook
them (after coring) until tender, drain them and run them through a food
mill. Add an equal amount of sugar and a ground up orange (less the
seeds, but leave the rind) and cook until thick for Pear Honey. Make
Plum Butter from the cooked and milled plums. Rec.food.preserving is
the place for canning info if you've never done it before.
--
-Barb, <http://www.jamlady.eboard.com> Several notes since 8/18/05,
including the Blue Ribbon Brownie Recipe and a sad note added
this evening, 8/27/05.

I have used an applesauce recipe to make pear sauce. It turned out very
good, although it wasn't as smooth as apple sauce. I made it with the
traditional cinnamon recipe and another with "red hots". Both came out very
good. My cousin dried them. I can the plums in BWB for 30 minutes, same
with pears.

Dwayne

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Hi all,

I went to see a friend a few days ago & she gave me 4 baskets full of
plums & pears. Right now I'm making a crumble. I'd like some suggestions
on what to do with the rest. Can I freeze some for a later use? can I
make crumble and freeze it unbaked?

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Take care,
SPOONS

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Hi all,

I went to see a friend a few days ago & she gave me 4 baskets full of

plums

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& pears. Right now I'm making a crumble. I'd like some suggestions on

what

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to do with the rest. Can I freeze some for a later use? can I make

crumble

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and freeze it unbaked?

MAKE WINE!!!!

',;~}~

Shaun aRe