About gDonna The photo is my son and myself. Now days you can get a photo made to look old like this one. This photo was taken when this was the new look.
Harry S Truman was president when I was born and world war II had ended. I grew up in a time when lunch was put in a brown paper bag and a sandwich was wrapped with wax paper. There was no such thing as pantyhose, we wore stockings that attached to the rubbery clippy things that attached to the girdle. Convenience stores were not common and when we took a trip we packed a picnic basket because many places did not have fast food. Highways had places to pull over and stop, some with picnic tables. Read more ....
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Sally wrote
Do the lemons cook down or do you take out what you can see
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Grandma Donna wrote
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Sally, thank you for your question. You can leave the rind or remove it. Charles prefers for me to leave the rind and I prefer to take it out so I do both. The rind does not cook down, it is soft but still remains intact. I hope you enjoy your lemon preserves. :) Donna
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Kimberly wrote
Hi! I just made a double batch of this recipe. I had 14 pears to use, so I used them all and doubled the sugar, water, and lemon in the recipe. My end result flavor is super sticky sweet, almost like candy! I have never made pear preserves before, so maybe this is normal. But I’m wondering if the recipe is meant for six pounds of pears, rather than six single pears? Advice is appreciated for next time! Thanks!
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Grandma Donna wrote
Hi Kimberly, oh no, the preserves are not suppose to be sticky but thick.
They may have needed more water. If the pears are not juicy enough then I would add another 1/2 cup of water per six pears. It is six pears. The original recipe was three cups water but Charles always likes the extra lemons and I adjust the water according. I sorry about your preserve flop and guess I should state that about the water but I have never had anyone have them sticky like that making me think the pears were too small or a bit dry?
If you go by weight six average pears are about two pounds. But the old southern pears are normally larger pears.
The old preserve recipes do have a lot of sugar. If you want to try again, next time try adding three cups of water instead of 2 & 1/2. Sometimes in preserving making a double batch needs adjusting a bit. Grandma Donna
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