Pears Pears Everywhere

Not too long ago, Rich and I went to pick pears at one of his boss's house. Of course we picked way more than we knew what to do with so we started canning. We were going to can them all but when we started to peel them and core them, some got a little too soft so we weren't quite sure what to do with them. We let them sit around in a bowl in the fridge for about 2 days and then I decided that the best thing to do was make pear butter. I've never had it and no one I talked to had ever had it before either but I decided to make it anyway. While in the middle of making pear butter I realized it looked more like apple sauce than apple butter so I must actually be making pear sauce. After all the pieces we used we only ended up with 2 jars of this pear stuff. I haven't really tasted it yet except for the little that splattered on my hand. I thought it was really good but I still think it's more like a sauce than a butter. Anyway, I took some pictures so you could see my first canning experience on my own...eek!

Here are my canned pear halves

My "pear butter" that's really more like pear sauce