A Busy Day Off - Pears

I finally got a chance to do something with this big basket of pears that a couple in my church gave me. I was so excited to be "putting up" something after our porch micro tomato farm failed to produce enough to can. I should have staked the tomatoes but Synod comes at the absolute wrong time and they were too far gone to stake up by the time I got back. They were good though!

What to do with a basket of pears? Here is the yield: five (8oz) Pear Freezer Jam Jars, six (half-pint) Pear Honey Jars, 3 (quart) Pears in light syrup Jars. See the picture above!

I also made a really good and simple Okra Soup. We had it for supper. Both of these came from a cookbook my mother bought me a long time ago called Charleston Entertains: Season by Season. It is a season by season look at some Charleston favorites. I think that Rachel Ray bought it in her $40 a day trip to Charleston. She at least looked at it. The Soup was really good and really simple. Beef Stew meat, okra, onion, can of tomato put in a pot and simmered for 2 hours. (There was a little more to it but you get the idea)

It was a good meal to cook while I slaved away at the pears. My daughter helped me cook a cake of cornbread. We crumbled up the cornbread into the soup, it was very filling!

Alright I am tired, my back hurts, and I am still very full from supper (and 3 Oreos) so I will say good night.

Good Eating!

The Hungry Preacher