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First Aired - 11/14/2010 03:30PM
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This week on We Dig Plants Alice and Carmen continue their Fruit Series with Pears! Joining them is guest Sarah Lohman of http://www.fourpoundsflour.com/, a sort of culinary time-traveler who collects old recipes, classic ingredients, and combines them just as they would have been cooked long, long ago. Learn the history of the pear, its biological cousins, how it was served traditionally, and how they're grown on this pear-shaped episode of We Dig Plants. This episode was sponsored by Cabot Cheese of Vermont, Dairy Farm Family owned since 1919
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We Dig Plants: The Pear Show (26:22)
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Alice Marcus Krieg, Carmen DeVito, We Dig Plants, Sarah Lohman, pears vs apples, apples are more utilitarian, pear is a member of the rose family, great source of vitamin C, you can ripen in a brown paper bag at room temperature, Bartlet pears are the most popular variety in the US, used for dried pear products and canning, the pear was cultivated in Greece as early as 3000 years ago, included as a gift of the gods, temptation of the pear, Christian symbolism, history of the fruit, pears used to be nicknamed butter fruit, pear varieties,Tips for Growing Pears & Traditional Recipes (19:05)
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