How do you eat pears?

[jet]

when you eat a pear,do you eat it like an apple,and leave a core,i tend to eat the lot,pips and all,,just wondering

 

[Bellbird]

I eat it like an apple.

 

[hollydolly]

Like an apple... thought Pear pips like apple pips contain a version of cyanide, which can cause problems in the gut!

 

[Pappy]

Like an apple but needs to be very ripe.

 

[BC Flash]

Always quarter the pear lengthwise and cut out the core.

 

[leastlongprime]

Peel and slice.
Apples and pears have systemic insecticides that reside in the skin, that cannot be removed by simple washing. These are "organic" fruits too.

 

[Jules]

Always quarter the pear lengthwise and cut out the core.

that’s what I do too.

 

[CallMeKate]

I always peel the skin off... and then slice it away from the core.

 

[Remy]

I'll slice it.

I worked for two seasons at Pacific Coast Producers in Santa Cruz. They canned pears and green beans. Never a green bean fan but it took me literally 25 years to be able to eat pears again.

 

[hearlady]

Mmmm, now I want a pear. I have some canned. They may have to do. If I had fresh I would slice it and toss the core.

 

[Bella]

Always quarter the pear lengthwise and cut out the core.

that’s what I do too.

^ Ditto ^

 

[Jace]

Always quarter the pear lengthwise and cut out the core.

Me, too.

 

[IrisSenior]

Washed and eaten like an apple and then the core is thrown out in the backyard for whatever animal wants it (or gets it first).

 

[Alligatorob]

If its a nice ripe one I eat everything but the stem...

 

[MickaC]

Like many……quarter it, out goes the core…..don’t like them too ripe.

 

[Murrmurr]

Peel and slice.
Apples and pears have systemic insecticides that reside in the skin, that cannot be removed by simple washing. These are "organic" fruits too.

Yes, and fungicides, too, unless that's changed recently....and I highly doubt it.
The USA probably has the most toxic produce in the world, and more for aesthetics than bugs. In fact, any bug or worm you might swallow with your bite off an apple is completely harmless. The 6 or more different chemicals, not so much.

 

[DebraMae]

I wash it, quarter it, core it.

 

[chic]

Ha ha. I eat a pear like a gourmet. I half it, core it, stuff it with cottage cheese and top it with a cherry. If it's a dessert pear, I stick a chocolate covered macadamia nut in the hollowed core, put it in the oven til the chocolate goes melty. Love my pears.

 

[CinnamonSugar]

There are few aromas that beat a perfectly ripe pear

 

[SeaBreeze]

I slice it with a knife, like I do apples.

 

[Remy]

This is an older photograph I found online but I remember working the pear line and I could hear the sound of those pear corers in my head on my days off.

 

[Chet]

^ Ditto ^

Double ditto.

 

[debodun]

I seldom eat pears - not my favorite fruit.

 

[Lavinia]

I scrub it first, as I do with all fruit, then cut it in half. I eat half myself and give the rest to my guinea pigs.(Anyone who has guinea pigs will know that you cannot eat a piece of fruit without sharing it with them).

 

[Tish]

I eat them the same way I would eat an apple.