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Thankful for generous friends. Sheila Klein offers pears each year, from her trees. The pears are picked and sorted into varieties. We bring boxes and take our selections home. I keep orca pears cool until they ripen, in yellow tones. Using them while they are firm, before they soften. I started this recipe with 18 medium pears, cut in half and filled an 8 quart slow cooker. The end result was two pints of pear sauce. Pear sauce is like applesauce.

Ingredients

Orca pears, 18 medium

Cinnamon sticks, 8

Whole cloves, 10

Sugar, 1/8 cup

Preparation

Wash the pears and cut in half. Place, cut sid...