We were at the vegetable store in Langley (yeah Ralphs!) the other day when we saw bags of pears on the clearance rack. $1.99 for a HUGE bag of pears.
So, the pears weren't pretty looking. But they are completely edible. Dan and I decided that we would can the pears since we had been rationing our pear supply for months. Joel really enjoys them and we were 3 jars away from completion. We grabbed 5 bags of pears to start. I kept telling Dan that he shouldn't leave that lonely bag on the shelf. Well, needless to say, 3 bags later, we ended up with a total of 8 bags of pears for a little under $16.
When we got home, we threw them all in a box to weigh them. We were surprised to find out that we had just purchased 50lbs of pears!!! That works out to 33 cents a pound! Steal! (Dan wants to note that grocery stores are currently selling them anywhere from $1.39-$2.48/lb)
We ended up with 56 jars of pears for a mere two and half hours of work. Not bad!
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