StoneArcher
Well-Known Member
Greetings,
I am curious as to how you guys prep your pears for making wine. Whenever I make 5 gallons or less, I remove the stem, the bottom thing, slice in half, core, chop roughly, then mash.
I have about 130# of pears to do. After the first 35# or so, my knife hand is killing me.
I am thinking that maybe just de-stemming and removing the bottom thing and bad spots, rough chop then mash would be fine? Leaving the seeds and the core.
The pear cores are super soft. I actually eat the core and all when munching on them. Tossing out only the stem.
I am not positive what variety they are. Someone said that they are a yellow pear, but I am sure that there are many yellow varieties out there. They are sweet. Grown about 10 miles north of Green Bay, WI. They don't seem to brown very fast when sliced open and left.
What do you guys think? I heard that the seeds will impart a bitter taste, but I don't know how true it is. Or to what degree.
Thanks!
I am curious as to how you guys prep your pears for making wine. Whenever I make 5 gallons or less, I remove the stem, the bottom thing, slice in half, core, chop roughly, then mash.
I have about 130# of pears to do. After the first 35# or so, my knife hand is killing me.
I am thinking that maybe just de-stemming and removing the bottom thing and bad spots, rough chop then mash would be fine? Leaving the seeds and the core.
The pear cores are super soft. I actually eat the core and all when munching on them. Tossing out only the stem.
I am not positive what variety they are. Someone said that they are a yellow pear, but I am sure that there are many yellow varieties out there. They are sweet. Grown about 10 miles north of Green Bay, WI. They don't seem to brown very fast when sliced open and left.
What do you guys think? I heard that the seeds will impart a bitter taste, but I don't know how true it is. Or to what degree.
Thanks!