What's your favourite flower?

[Rob2]

Daffodils

Isn’t that also associated with Wales.

Yes , they are .
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Yes

 

[Rob2]

Britain’s No 5 flower is , and this one surprises me , the sunflower .

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And I’ve just come across this photo .

In Beijing celebrations marking the founding of the People’s Republic of China

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[Rob2]

Britain’s 6th most popular flower , the orchid .

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[CRV]

I just bought the white one with purple-pink lines on it yesterday and it is very pretty!

 

[Rob2]

Britain’s No 7 flower , and the only one I have worn .

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[christofirst]

Floral highlights from this morning’s walk :walking_man:

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[Greenfields]

Very pretty The garden is changing each week over here,the crabapple in full bloom and also the
Quince tree.The roses are not far off now

 

[Rob2]

Very pretty The garden is changing each week over here,the crabapple in full bloom and also the
Quince tree.

Now If I had seen these quince I would have called them pears .

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[Sarcelle]

They do look like pears.

 

[Rob2]

They do look like pears.

I thought that .

 

[christofirst]

I dine on mince and slices of quince which I eat with a runcible spoon.

 

[Rob2]

They do look like pears.

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[Sarcelle]

Talking about pears, there are a lot of pear trees where I live and they bore a bumper crop of fruit.

I’ve been harvesting and eating pears for dessert for over a month.

 

[CRV]

LOL! I did too … certainly look like pears … glad you stated what they were.

 

[Rob2]

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[jeannetherese]

They can well too! We used to can pears every year when we were kids.

 

[Sarcelle]

Can they be made into jam as well?

I used to have a recipe for spiced pear upside down cake, but I lost it.

It was what I usually brought to church or office potlucks.

 

[jeannetherese]

I wonder if your upside down cake might be make-able with a homemade gingerbread base? Or you could add some of your favorite gingerbread spices to a pineapple upside down cake recipe batter (ginger, cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice,) eyeballing your gingerbread recipe to think about choices and quantities for the taste you want and switch out pears for pineapple. You are making me hungry!
I got out my canning book and found recipies for apple/pear jam, pear preserves, and pear nectar. I’m pretty sure we used to make a pear butter, but will have to check with mom- she has a different canning book than mine.

 

[Sarcelle]

I do not use the same recipe but this very close.

Pear Upside-Down Cake

Pear Upside-Down Cake Recipe

www.bonappetit.com

 

[Sarcelle]

Finally found it!

This is the exact recipe I used. It’s a lot simpler to make than the previous one.

I serve it with some vanilla ice cream or some plain whipped cream. Creme fraiche would also do.

Spiced Pear Upside-Down Cake

The flavors of fresh, sweet pears and gingerbread blend beautifully in this intriguing variation on pineapple upside down cake. Leftovers—if there are any—taste amazing with coffee or tea the next day. —Lisa Varner, El Paso, Texas

www.tasteofhome.com