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Check The Neck Of Pears
12-08-2020
The best way to judge ripeness for non-Bartlett varieties is to Check the Neck™: Apply gentle pressure to the neck or stem end of the pear with your thumb. If this ‘sweet spot’ yields to pressure, it is ripe and ready to eat!
Categories | Foods | Nutrition
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 6.05MB - Duration: 5:17 m (160 kbps 44100 Hz)
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Vicki Hayman, MS
Nutrition & Food Safety Educator
Northeast Area (Campbell, Crook, Johnson, Sheridan, and Weston Counties)
University of Wyoming Extension
204 West Main Street
Newcastle, WY 82701
(307) 746-3531
vhayman@uwyo.edu
