If you dip your pears in boiling water, just like you do when processing tomatoes then place them in very cold or ice water, the skins will slip off easily. Pears are not easy to peel using a paring knife. I found this method useful when I had bushels of bartlett pears to can. Hope this helps.

I appreciate your comments about your food standards. Folks are just too impressed with visually perfect produce.

I just finished up canning the last of my pears. Just did them plain, but next time I'm going to use the cinnamon sticks. Thank you so much for sharing! I'm old enough to be your momma, but have learned sooooo much from you! You are such an inspiration to me. Blessings to you and your family!! ❤

You find the best things at yard sales.... Your canner the dehydrater, the little hand pulled chopper fantastic finds! And I really want to tell you that you are a wonder woman and such an inspiration Thank you so much. God Bless

I had no idea that my canning rack lifted up and held on the side of the pot!! You never know what you’ll learn when watching others can 😀

My Dad went by the Ball Blue Book. It says put the water an inch over the lids. Yes, many siphoned and some jars even broke the bottoms out of the jars. Thanks for giving us the facts!

How you teach, the stories you share and the quality of your videos shots/editing is very enjoyable to watch… forever thank you.

We used to can 1/2 pears like this. For desert. And pour a warm custard over them. The making of the custard was my 1st cooking “job” in the kitchen and I still make it for friends. 5 eggs + 1 yolk per quart of milk. Heat milk to steaming. While heating the milk I whisk the eggs and some sugar(just to get a head start on the sweetening), and a pinch of salt. “Temper” the eggs: dribble a little hot milk in while whisking, adding it all, little by little til you know the egg mix is already hot, then dump in the rest and cook over med-low to low, whisking all the while. It’ll kinda “foam” a little, right before it thickens up. I usually go til visibly thickening, around 180-190 degrees. It’ll thicken a lot more when cool. Adjust sugar and flavorings. I haven’t had it last more than a week cause I eat/drink it before then. You can freeze it too. Frozen custard. I do this with whole milk, but some heavy cream would prolly be killer😊 The whole deal only takes about 10-15 minutes.

Hahaha, Ruth Anne, your slapping that Pigs snout 🐽 just made me laugh to the point of choking on my cuppa tea. Thank you for all you show us. I love your families mantra for living. We’re a large family of 10 kids and I’m on the tail end of mothering where I only have 3 to go before I can sleep in again one day. At 60+, I hope I survive the next few years. 😅 I adore your clothes line also, in Oz the sun shines my helper and I rarely use the dryer except when the spiders are on the fly and often try to hitch a ride inside of our clothes. 10 minutes on heat and tumble usually renders them 🕷️ no longer dangerous. Again, thank Yu for the cheer up.

Instead of cinnamon try tossing in a half vanilla bean cut open lengthwise... Also ginger and lime juice are fantastic... It takes a simple desert to the next level.

I needed this video. I have 4 boxes of pears waiting for me and need the motivation to get them done. Thanks for the inspiration! Your jars are beautiful!

You do everything with such grace and ease ! I love you videos

FYI: (Hope this helps) A little known fact about the pear is that it is one of the few fruits that does not ripen on the tree. The pear is harvested when it is mature, but not yet ripe, and, if left at room temperature, it slowly reaches a sweet and succulent maturity as it ripens from the inside out.

I love hearing your wind chimes while you're working! I'm working on pears this week, and you've given me motivation to finish them up today, so thank you for that. BTW, you have the prettiest smile!

I love watching you do your canning and talk about your mother and grandmother. You make me smile and then when you smacked the pig 🐖 to wait for the scapes, I laughed and laughed. 😅🤣😂

Love your story telling of your experience with family and in childhood with canning. I appreciated all the advice. Like a typical American I am working from a deficit of knowledge.

I appreciate this video so much! I have pears to work up today! I was so excited when I saw your video! I’ve learned so much from you, and I trust your methods. You make preserving so easy! Thanks again!😊Regina

It looks so simple. I'm gonna try. So, you talked a bout pear butter, never herd of it. Would you consider doing a video on pear butter? 🥰🙏

Canning pears for the first time today. Happy to hear you say 5mins. USDA says 20mins +10minss since I'm at 6000ft. That sounds like mush to me. Tried your 5mins. Thanks for all your wonderful videos and all your stories.

I love all your stories from your childhood and your culture you grew up. Thanks for all your canning tips. 💜

I love your animal videos. I’ll never see a pig as close up as your video of the piglets eating black walnuts. I find everything on your homestead to be fascinating. My one question is how do you do so much in a day, and also shoot and edit the videos. When I think my day is so busy and I don’t know if I can do one more thing, I think of you.

Nice, enjoyed your stories and followed your tutorial for canning pears 🍐 for the first time. I couldn’t stop laughing when you smacked the pig on the head 😂 You’re one busy mommy keep it up 👍🏼👍🏼❤️

I have a box of pears and have been told that a knob of ginger in a simple syrup and then pour that over the canned up pears, it’s supposed to be amazing. Thank you so much for your video

❤ Wow! You are definitely a multi-tasked woman! Whew! SO interesting the method of canning pears that you use… I pre-make my sugar water…4 cups water to 1 cup sugar…or even 5 to 1…depending on the sweetness of the fruit to be canned…and bring that to a boil…then put on lowest heat…I put 7 lids in a small pot with water covering them, bring to a boil for about 5 minutes… I process all of my fruit for 15 minutes…place them on a towel that covers a cutting board, and when I remove my processed jars, I then cover them with a flannel sheet, out of any draft, and leave them like that until the next day… If I make pear jam, then I add ground cinnamon to that… For canned crabapples, I do use cinnamon sticks…nice flavour… We canned cherries and apricots so far…much more to can… You are SO blessed to live where you do…to “eat off the land” where nothing has been tampered with! You are a most beautiful woman of Almighty God…You are SO blessed to have such a beautiful, precious family…your family is definitely a true-blue FAMILY…in a Godly way! God bless you…immeasurably! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

RuthAnn, how do you salt your butter ? What kind of salt do you use? When is it added? It's such a joy to be in the kitchen or garden with you and your family ❣️

Yes! that is also one of my best childhood memories 💖 thanks for sharing that.😊 I love watching your channel, ( it's one of the 3 channel I take the time to watch) your an inspiration and make it all look so effortless. Blessings

I so appreciate everything you share. I wish I was your neighbor. Thank you. Blessings to you and your family.

We make pear sauce also. We put cinnamon red hots candy instead of sugar, to taste. It gives the pears a cinnamony taste & makes the pear sauce pink or red (depending how many red hots you add to the pot). Beautiful for the holidays & tasty all year long! Loves this family & channel!

Samson silent dehydrators work really well, and you can get them with alot of trays....also, I portion size my baggies, and my kids are allowed one a day :) makes them a bit sad, but makes less work for Mamma and they still get a yummy treat! We try to eat whole foods as much as possible, so I dehydrate alot of snacky foods, even bell pepper slices sprinkled with garlic, the kids love them!

I'm canning pears for the 1st time thanks to you! Learning how I can, easily process 4 left over pears so not to waste is so exciting ❤

I canned pears for hubby for the very first time last year. I also freeze dried a couple batches. One of the older women on YT said she has never peeled pears and she thought her pears retained more of the pear flavor. So tired and frustrated that's how I did it last year. Peels still on the pear and hubby said just do it that way from now. He really liked them.

Many years ago a very good friend of mine told me that I only need to prosses my fruit for five minutes; other wise your fruit goes all mushy! I'm glad to see that someone else does too! I always put a clove or two into my jars; it gives a really nice flavour! I may try a cinnamon stick this year!!!! You said; " just warm water? What about white grape Juice?☺

Your family is wonderful! God has blessed you richly! Thank you for the pear canning recipe. I have a large pear tree & love the canned pears, but it takes me SO long! Your method looks much simpler! What breed is your turkey? This spring at the Waverly, Iowa swap meet I purchased a pair of Sweetgrass turkeys that look very similar to yours. I very much enjoy your videos, thank you for your time & effort in sharing! God bless!

What mom canned our pears we loved it because we knew we’d get treats come winter. I also loved to drink the pear juice.

I LOVE my Excalibur dehydrator. I have the model with 9 shelves. I can fit a LOT of apple slices on it and with the heater & fan blowing from the back wall, things dry faster than the stacking dehydrators. Plus, it’s easier to check and remove trays/pieces that are done first. I’ve had mine for 25 yrs and replaced the plastic shelves about 8 years ago with stainless steel shelves. They often have sales, so if you sign up for emails you can watch for a 20% off. It’s totally worth it! But if you can find a used one- even better

Have you considered Dehydrated Ginger Pears? My family and church family love them. Slice thin and sprinkle with a mixture of sugar and ground ginger. Dehydrate for 8-10 hours at 140 degrees.

I'm so glad my friend shared your video with me. We have a bunch of pears to can. The forst batch i had we ate half fresh, and i dehydrated the other half. Slices snd pieces. I can apples, applesauce, and dehydrate some apples, too. Also make fruit leather. We scrump apples from around our neighborhood, so most aren't perfect. But they sure are yummy! Takes quite awhile to dehydrate them, and i figured it's because I am on the coast, and it's humid here. I have the same dehydrator as you. I also sometimes dehydrate the peels, powder them before i use them, and add them to anything where i want apple flavoring. It's very tasty in oatmeal. Thanks again for showing this easy way to do pears!

I am always learning more from you, RuthAnn! I am hoping to can pears next, and now I'll know not to boil them to mush!

Last year I made pear vinegar with the peels and cores. Best vinegar ever! I just love your channel!

We use raw pumpkin seeds as a wormer for our dogs. We also eat them in salads. The compound in raw pumpkin seeds is the same as ivermectin. Vitamins A,C,D,Zinc an pumpkin seeds kept us healthy. I am over 75. Natural is the way to go.

My mother came from a big family(12 kids) and her mother did a lot of canning. Mama always said she hated when they canned peaches because it was so sticky. We never did any canning so I had to learn on my own. It's so nice that you are teaching your own kids.

Yummy. I have canned my whole life and I love learning about the tips and tricks. You’re a great teacher!

You are such a delight, Mrs Z! Really enjoying your content!

I agree about the process of dehydrating apples. I wish I had a freeze dryer. Ive had it in my Amazon shopping cart several times

Wow….Love your video’s so happy I found your channel. Thank for showing all this and educating us about homesteading and your childhood..

Thank you for this video. You will never know how much this means to me. ❤ 😊

Just came across your video. Loved all the reasoning behind what you do. First time canning. Have a pear tree that gave me about 45-50 lbs of pears

I laughed so hard at you when you smacked the pig😂😂

I sure admire you!! You're doing a Great Job of Everything! Many, Many Blessings to you and your family!

I have a Nesco just like yours. I love mine! I was never happy with my dehydrated apples.. they would get limp and sticky, but it could possibly be my storage method. I DO love to dehydrate sliced potatoes, though and they last a good long while. Mushrooms are best dehydrated as well. I like your method of smooshing the butter to remove the buttermilk. You don’t have trouble with the heat from your hands making the butter too soft. I smoosh mine on a cookie sheet with a spatula, but it is a long and tedious process..

This has me so excited to get to work on that bushel basket of pears! Great info. I would have boiled those pears to mush!!! 5 minutes, the end! Wooo!!!

Pears are a long time fruit that I can. I chuckle that you are canning quarts,as I now I am down to half pints! this year our trees are loaded and wish that we could share with your piggies!

Love your videos and started making yogurt after watching your tutorial. Gathering more courage to start canning as I‘ve had a few fails already. Would love to see a video on the pear butter that you mention in this video, if you ever need more ideas on what to record. Thank you so much for all you do.

Thank you for sharing your childhood experiences! I grew ⤴️ w/ Old Order German Baptists; Leona, Virginia Mae & Anne were my best friends!

Love hanging out with you. As I watch you, I’m stirring granola every 15 minutes like you instructed! My grown kids are gonna love your granola recipe ❤️❤️

It brings joy to me to watch you. Thanks for teaching us so much. Many Smiles!!!!

My Mom always peeled them hard we would help and after they were canned they were wonderful!!

I’m Amazed… I learned so much watching your Videos !!! I’m so glad I found your Channel… Until the next one … PS, GOD IS GOOD… I Love seeing that at end of you videos. It makes my Heart Smile 🥰🥰🥰

I like baking w/ dried apples but as for eating, there’s nothing better than crunching on them! I ❤️ the sound & also, the juice!

I love watching your videos. I have pears to use up so I am excited to can them. Thank you

Thank you Ms. Zimmerman! I am about to use this yummy for the first time 🍐🤗

Love love love your videos! I learn alot from you! That you so much!!! ❤

New to you and I’m so enjoying them , very helpful to me in understanding them . Will be trying your canning recipes for sure. And love watching how you interact with your children. We need more families like yours.

I am going to try this! I think the cinnamon stick with them would be such a nice touch. Thanks!

Thank you so much, I just canned up a small batch tonight but they where so easy and so pretty looking in the pantry that Im going to go get more pears tomorrow.

I have an Excalibur dehydrator and it still takes a couple of days to dehydrate apples! But they are oh so good. Blessings, Marlene

I really enjoy the stories you tell.

Would love to see a more detailed video turning cream into butter in blender. Thx. Love your videos.

I know that a freeze dryer is pricey but since I was introduced to Freeze Dried apples 🍎 I cannot think of dehydrated apples. And you can preserve a large amount at a time.

On one off your videos you showed how to hot pack grapes for grape jelly… I would love to have your recipe please?! Thanks

I love hearing your wind chimes

Good morning Ruth Ann! Enjoyed your canning insight. This is the first year to do more then stewed tomatoes. Have a blessed week.

That slobbering pig was sure enjoying the walnuts😂😂 Oh your pears looked so delish👍🏻👍🏻

You are a wonderful teacher❤

My neighbor has a pear tree, and she made a pear pie. I hadn't heard of pear pie, but was surprised at how good it was. I think she just did it like an apple pie. Not even sure she used cinnamon, but it sure was good!

Funny you mentioned table manners…Mama always said there was a need for a ‘table manner training’ restaurant. 😂

I just love your video. Someone gave me a bushel of pear yesterday!

Our family ate a lot of wild fruits. Like wild apples, elderberries, strawberries, wild grapes, gooseberries, currants, etc. We always had jams and deserts.

I made then pears last year, and am so excited to do it again next week. Great way to do it, thanksfor teaching me! Also, I got a much nicer and bigger dehydrater...took just as much time as the smaller, cheaper one. So disappointing!

Love the close up of the pigs enjoying the nuts. :)

My extended family always made apple butter, cooked all day, outside, over an open fire, in a huge copper vat. I felt honored being allowed to take my turn stirring the apples! There’s NO apple butter better than what my family made! I cried when my last jar was empty! The younger generation didn’t 👁️👁️ the need to continue this tradition. 😢

How do you (in all seriousness) find time in the day to do all that? I'm exhausted just watching your video! You are a superstar!

This video was 10mo ago which means that my neighbor's pear tree which has been droppimg pears like crazy, that momma deer has been gorging on, is producing pears that I should be picking & canning? They are small & green, I dont think I've ever seen them turn yellow. It was super nice to see you not put a ton of sugar in the pears or precook them! We don't like to eat a lot of sugar. My old time table guide says 25min WB or 10min PC and I had the idea they'd be mushy. I have only been canning for less than a year (started at age 55) but I'm trying to learn good ways, not just canning police ways. I have not yet done water bath, I have learned to use my PC to steam can with to use less water & time heating the water. I so appreciate your videos! God is absolutely good! Many Blessings from Deborah in West Virginia!

Beautiful thanks for sharing . I love seeing the water bath canner being used . I do not like other canners don’t know how to use

Pears are beautiful 😍

I am so glad I found your site I'm going to try can some pairs. ❤

I just found your channel looking for canning pears. So glad I stumbled onto your channel, I have a bushel of pears to can this week. Now I am not worried that my pears will be mushy and I learned how to make one of my favorite beverages, Root Beer! Oh and how to keep my green beans green, for next years season of green beans. Thank you!!!

So beautiful! What a good life

What a lovely family story. I love your aprons. And the frilly wings on the shoulders makes it look so femaline. I think I'll sew me up on like it. I love your channel.

My pears only produce every other year. They look delicious. I remember canning pears with my Grandmother.

Hi from Australia, thanks for showing how to can pears, I thought I would have to have a pressure canner (which I don’t have) so now I’ll have a go 🍐🍐🍐

I think pruning rhe pear tree strategically can open the canopy to allow airflow. This helps reduce scabbing on the fruit from apple and pear trees.

I really like canned pears with frozen raspberries in the bowl with the pears. I can them with a light syrup and no spices, though. Do you know what the reason is for not covering the jars with water? Also, the object of canning is not only to seal the jars, but also to kill any bacteria that might be in the jars. When I have canned fruit for less time the jars have sometimes come unsealed.

What an inspiring life you seem to live!

We used a wooden butter bowl and flat paddles to get out the buttermilk. Rinsed it till the water was clear. With six kids it didn't last long and we took turns cranking the butter...🙃🤗

So glad I found you. Thank you God bless

I really appreciate you Ruthann

Yes. Definitely hard work… but so worth it!

Thank you for constantly educating me! I surely didn’t know a pig could eat an entire walnut! Thank You, God, for Your glorious creation! Genesis 1.

Have you ever thought about dehydrating your pears? You can get four times as many in each quart jar and the jars can be vacuum-sealed. I use a Pump-N-Seal to seal them. I just opened some apples from 2020 and they are delicious and crispy. Could easily be rehydrated to put on the kids’ oatmeal.