Pear Salad {Granny's Recipe}

This recipe is a childhood favorite of mine. My mother would always make Pear Salad with canned pear halves, as none the difference from fresh pears. As a young girl growing up in the 60's, I remember you could only buy fresh pears in the fall. You could only buy fresh fruit seasonal. Not like it is today with so many fresh fruits available all year around. Today, I use only fresh pears, with the Green d'Anjou variety as my favorite for this recipe. The flavor and texture reminds me so much of my mother's recipe. You have to know that even canned pears were pretty pricey back then and were a special treat when she would make this salad and serve it on a bed of iceberg lettce. I love the memories of my mother making these and her sacrifices she would make for us to have a wonderful meal at her dinner table.  This recipe maybe shared here!

Pear Salad

2-4 Ripe Green Anjou Pears (or 4-8 canned pear halves)

juice of 2 limes

4-8 tablespoons mayonnaise or miracle whip

4-8 tablespoons cheddar cheese, shredded

2-3 limes, sliced

Peel, cut in half, and core pears, squeezing lime juice on each half a soon as they are peeled to prevent darken on the pears; set aside.

(Unless you are serving these right away, refrigerate before arranging on the salad plates.) Arrange lime slices on serving dish or individual salad plates.

Place pear half, round side down, on each lime slice.

Spoon 1 tablespoon of mayonnaise or miracle whip in the cavity of each pear half.

Sprinkle top of pears with shredded cheddar cheese.