Video: How to Grow a Pear in a Bottle
Get an early start on this year's holiday gifts with a pear grown in a bottle. Of course, there's also going to be some "high value" alcohol added to that bottle, but that comes after all the growing and ripening. Ed Gowans, a food and beverage photographer in the Northwest, explains his hobby in great detail; pears grown in bottles is actually a pretty cool idea. It also seems like a good way to keep squirrels, birds, and other wildlife from getting to them, no?
Now if I only had a pear tree. (And, why not, a partridge.) Has anyone else tried this with pears or other edibles? The video, after the jump.
How to Grow a Pear in a Bottle
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4 Comments:
The Swiss have been doing this forever. They make an eau du vie called "Pear William" and you can get it both with the 'pear in the bottle' or without. I like it without ~ not so much "water of life" space taken up when there isn't a pear. However, the pear is also yummy to eat when the bottle is emptied. Also, Pear William, like vodka, should be kept in the freezer.
duncan1205 at 12:21PM on 07/23/09
My husband's uncle has done this and then added some brandy to it after. Apparently the pear imparts a flavour to the brandy but I didn't notice a difference. Of course, as duncan 1205 has mentioned, this is how Poire William is made. If anything else, it looks impressive in a liqour cabinet.
liverwurstontoast at 12:52PM on 07/23/09
Black Star Farms Winery makes "Pear and its Spirit", an 80 proof pear brandy with a pear grown into the bottle first:
http://www.blackstarfarms.com/winery/spirits/?id=156
Later when the bottle is empty, leave the calcified pear in it and refill the bottle with their "Spirit of Pear":
http://www.blackstarfarms.com/winery/spirits/?id=158
LunaPierCook at 4:07PM on 07/26/09
Pear William is so incredibly delicious! I wish I had a pear tree so I could try this.
gingercookiewithlime at 11:05PM on 07/26/09