Catching the elusive pear just when it’s ripe
SIR – In my experience a pear is perfectly ready for eating within a 10-minute window.
Any time before and it is too hard, and any time after, it is too soft and mushy.
It would be useful if supermarkets could provide a label describing the “best between” time and date.
John Rowlands
Harpenden, Hertfordshire SIR – There will be no pea-shelling for me this summer (“Forbidden fruit”, Court and Social page, June 8).
All my plants have been demolished by slugs this week. When I do manage to pick peas, I eat them raw straight from the pod – no pea grading for me.
Joan Yeandle
Chard, Somerset