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PEAR IT WITH EVERYTHING By Minjung Son
It’s a fruit that bears its own, and not just from trees.
Published Jun. 1, 2013 | Updated Oct. 14, 2017
Perched on my dad’s shoulders to catch pears from trees in our backyard? A fantastic childhood memory for me. Another: Mum subjecting my siblings and me to pinching dumpling skin around pear jelly (not its real name by the way, but we’ll call it that for the sake of juvenile accuracy) and minced meat on a rainy afternoon. We take turns coming up with something that involves this sometimes crisp, otherwise soft but never not juicy fruit in the years that follow. Our parents met under one, after all; it’s only pear…
The bad puns aside, why is there a sudden influx in pear-based dishes? Who started it? Would you try French onion pear soup dumplings, truly?
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Minjung Son has written, been written about, and been written for—this being the first article in which all three have been done at the same time. For more critiques about food and the people making and eating them: @3rdjung