Fruit Hunter--Bartlett Pear

Compare to the shopping mall, I prefer to hang out in the market. I've been to Stouffville Country Market, St. Jacobs Farmer's Market, and St. Lawrence Market. However, I like St. Lawrence Market because it's near by my school and I can buy the fresh food in there. And the people in there are friendly as well.

This time I went there because I wanted to explore the fruit I've never tried. I bought some figs and strawberry in there. They were fresh and tasty.

Finally, I also bought some pears but I've never tried this variety, which called bartlett pear. Before I bought these pears, I thought kinds of pears are the same taste, and just the differences in the appearance, and I rarely buy pears.

When I tried it, the first impression for me was that this wasn't a pear, but an apple. That was so weird for me, and I didn't know if I bought a pear or not.  Nonetheless, this pear give me a new knowledge of the taste and texture, which were fruity, unique flavor, taste sweet and juicy. Then I searched online, I found there were so many different varieties of pears I never know. Moreover, I knew this kind of pear are rich in August to December, and this variety of pears are in the U.S. and Canada. That why I've never seen bartlett pear in my hometown.

Chinese cuisine is different from western countries' cuisine, we rarely use fruit for cooking, the first time I knew it, I felt so weird about that. Although I don't know how to cook with fruit, I know a method to keep the pears fresh after the pears are cut, which is putting the lemon juice on the surface of the pear, and you can also use this method to the apples.