MAMA SHOF'S PEAR PICKLES

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It's pear time in the South! The tree's limbs are breaking with juicy fresh pears. The following is my grandmother's recipe that kept a pantry full of wonderful pickles, perserves, and the good things of the summer garden in stock. She was 94 yrs. old and a cute, petite lady with 8 children and many grandchildren,...

Provided by Janice Ross

Categories     Other Sauces

Time 30m

Number Of Ingredients 5

1 gal prepared pears (peel pears, quarter, and cut out core)
6 c sugar
2 c water
4 c white vinegar
1 Tbsp each whole cloves, whole allspice

Steps:

  • 1. Boil the above ingredients together for 10 minutes.
  • 2. Put pears in and only bring to a boil. Let stand overnight. Drain, save and reboil vinegar mixture, add pears. Bring to a good boil and seal. I remember her pickles being a little on the crunchy side and they were absolutely wonderful.

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