re: Anjou Pears

They won't necessarily turn yellow. Neither the red or green variety changes color when ripe so the best way to tell when an Anjou is ready is to press gently against the stem end of the fruit. If it gives slightly, your Anjou is ripe and ready to be eaten. If you gently twist the fruit and it comes off, it's ready.

I make a light syrup by using 1 cup sugar and 4 cups of water. For a medium syrup I use 2 cups syrup and 4 cups water. I use a light syrup with pears. Also, I add 1 tsp. Fruit Fresh per cup of syrup. It keeps the pears, as well as all my fruits so fresh looking and tasting all year long. I add Fruit Fresh to my applesauce, too.