Comments on: Japanese Pears http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/japanese-pears A food blog that talks about food, produce, recipes, ingredients, restaurants and markets here in the Philippines and around the globe. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:48:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Wilson Cariaga http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/japanese-pears/comment-page-1#comment-14028 Wilson Cariaga Wed, 13 Sep 2006 11:41:04 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/?p=737#comment-14028 yes yes, i want to poach it in red wine then serve it with vanilla ice cream. . . yum yum yes yes, i want to poach it in red wine then serve it with vanilla ice cream. . . yum yum

]]> By: Marketman http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/japanese-pears/comment-page-1#comment-13990 Marketman Tue, 12 Sep 2006 21:48:13 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/?p=737#comment-13990 Sandra, you are right, the more I think about it, the more these are turning out to be my favorite pear variety... Doddie, noodles with pears...now that is a combination I have never tried. I do like the cold noodles in Japanese restaurants though so I would probably like the Korean version as well. oggi, they even tried to make square watermelons for easier packaging and shipping...yikes! Apicio, you got it, I bought some sugarcane last year (I photographed it and did a post on it) and afterwards tried to eat it like I did when I was a kid...yipes, nearly needed a trip to the dentist! How did we manage to gnaw at that when we were 10? alb, you are right, these pears probably came from China... fried neurons, I like Anjous as well, specially poached and served with raspberry sauce... linda, with bagoong?! Gotta try that one day soon! Ria, did the plastic bags have holes so the fruit could breathe? ktjison, by native did you mean Japan, Korea or China...slurp away! Sandra, you are right, the more I think about it, the more these are turning out to be my favorite pear variety… Doddie, noodles with pears…now that is a combination I have never tried. I do like the cold noodles in Japanese restaurants though so I would probably like the Korean version as well. oggi, they even tried to make square watermelons for easier packaging and shipping…yikes! Apicio, you got it, I bought some sugarcane last year (I photographed it and did a post on it) and afterwards tried to eat it like I did when I was a kid…yipes, nearly needed a trip to the dentist! How did we manage to gnaw at that when we were 10? alb, you are right, these pears probably came from China… fried neurons, I like Anjous as well, specially poached and served with raspberry sauce… linda, with bagoong?! Gotta try that one day soon! Ria, did the plastic bags have holes so the fruit could breathe? ktjison, by native did you mean Japan, Korea or China…slurp away!

]]> By: ktjison http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/japanese-pears/comment-page-1#comment-13975 ktjison Tue, 12 Sep 2006 15:57:23 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/?p=737#comment-13975 It was a good thing I got to taste it in its native land. Slurping food there is not considered offensive. Those were probably the juiciest pears I have tried yet. (Gotta try it with bagoong soon!) It was a good thing I got to taste it in its native land. Slurping food there is not considered offensive. Those were probably the juiciest pears I have tried yet. (Gotta try it with bagoong soon!)

]]> By: Ria http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/japanese-pears/comment-page-1#comment-13962 Ria Tue, 12 Sep 2006 10:03:03 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/?p=737#comment-13962 These are beautiful fruits. I visited a Taiwan farming cooperative two years ago, and they had a contract with a Japanese client to grow these. The client sent them the fruit grafts which they grafted onto local pear trees. All the produce are then exported to the client/buyer. The trees were not too high and you could actually reach out and pick the fruits. Each fruit was encased in clear plastic bags on the tree as they grew and ripened. This is probably why the skins are pristine. These are beautiful fruits. I visited a Taiwan farming cooperative two years ago, and they had a contract with a Japanese client to grow these. The client sent them the fruit grafts which they grafted onto local pear trees. All the produce are then exported to the client/buyer.

The trees were not too high and you could actually reach out and pick the fruits. Each fruit was encased in clear plastic bags on the tree as they grew and ripened. This is probably why the skins are pristine.

]]> By: linda http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/japanese-pears/comment-page-1#comment-13939 linda Mon, 11 Sep 2006 22:18:50 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/?p=737#comment-13939 In Oz land we call these Nashi pears - lovely to eat with sweet or savoury salads,poached with red wine and spices,or chilled and thinly sliced with cheese in a sandwich.For a Pinoy twist - dip with bagoong.Yum!! In Oz land we call these Nashi pears – lovely to eat with sweet or savoury salads,poached with red wine and spices,or chilled and thinly sliced with cheese in a sandwich.For a Pinoy twist – dip with bagoong.Yum!!

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