• DJKJuicy@sh.itjust.works
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    5 hours ago

    Ummm…deliver better pears to the grocery store and I’ll buy some every week.

    I’ve had delicious, refreshing pears. So I know they can be good.

    Most of the pears in US grocery stores are dry grainy garbage. Like 80-90% of the time.

    The apple people figured it out. No one wants dry-ass mushy Red Delicious garbage apples. Now I can buy Cosmic Crisp or Envy apples and they are always consistently sweet, tart, juicy, and crisp. And guess what? I buy dem shits every week.

    Figure it out pear people. Get on it.

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    6 hours ago

    i did this a month ago, ate a pear and was like wow i havent eaten a pear in decades… just strange that you just dont come across pears that often.

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    I remember reading like a Williams-Sonoma catalog that had several “pear of the month” clubs, and wondered how so many people were so into luxury pears.

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    6 hours ago

    Harvest season for pears is like september october. Remember they’re high in aspirin-like compounds!

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    21 hours ago

    I know this is a shitpost, but to answer honestly… the last pear I had was when I was a child, and I’m in my 40s now.

    I still remember their wonderful taste and I haven’t been intentionally avoiding them. I just never came across an opportunity to eat one since my childhood. I’ve primarily consumed apples and oranges over the years and I can’t even remember seeing pears at the store.

    Maybe I should go check out my local grocery store and buy a few.

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    13 hours ago

    When I was a child, my elderly neighbor grew pears, and they were the best pears. My parents live in the same house, and the pear trees my elderly neighbor grew are still in the same spot, still alive.

    The pears on those trees aren’t the same anymore. They turn meally before they get soft, and they never get sweet enough. They don’t have the same strong flavor, and they don’t bake up well in desserts.

    She taught me many things about growing plants, but never anything about what she did for the pear trees. So now pears aren’t what they’re supposed to be, and the reason is lost to me.