canning pears

canned pears with my mom today. she picked up 19 pounds of bartlett pears (37-40 pears) on sale at the grocery store for 68 cents a pound.

pull the stickers off the pears, they get in the way of peeling


blanching the pears


rub the skins off


keep pears underwater as much as possible to prevent browning


cut the core out and slice them up


save the peels and cores for the compost bin


put the lids and rings on


put the jars in the canner and process


use jar lifter to remove from canner


place somewhere safe to cool. we use a cookie sheet under dish towels to protect the surface of our wood table. the jars are hot and will remain so for some time.


bubbles in the jars when they first come out of the canner


yay pears!


our syrup was 18 cups water and 4 cups sugar. plus 8 tsp fruit fresh produce protection mixed in.
we processed for 10 minutes in the canner.
we got 7 quarts and 4 pints.
it took us 2 hours start to finish. not counting the time the jars spent on the table cooling down.