Thursday, March 7, 2013

How Many Calories In A Pear

By Arold Augustin


The pear is in the botanical genus Pyrus in the family rosaceae. This places it in the same family as the flowering rose, which may explain their utterly delectable fragrance. Pear flowers are usually white, although yellow and pink tinted flowers exist. There are roughly 60 calories in a pear, assuming a typical pear weighing approximately 170 grams.

According to the Pear Bureau, pears are one of the most popular fruits in the world. An excellent source of fiber and a good source of Vitamin C, pears are free from sodium, fat and cholesterol. More than 3,000 different varieties of this blissful fruit are grown around the world. Each one has its own distinctive character, flavor and texture.

A perfect choice as a between-meal snack or in a lunchbox, they are also handy in some very interesting recipes. The beginner might try a shot at making a smoothie. Simply place in a blender with a large orange, sugar and some milk and whiz. When confident, they might graduate to a lavender mint spritz. Either beverage is lovely either with or without the addition of alcohol.

A fermented beverage made from Pyrus fruit is called perry, similar to cider. While some people refer to it as pear cider, this is like nails on a chalkboard to cider purists. By whichever name you choose to call it, perry is growing in popularity year by year, especially in France and the United Kingdom. Bottled perry is available in the United States at manageable strengths that English perry drinkers would laugh at.

Slip slices of the fruit in between two slices of wholemeal or sourdough bread alongside bacon and cheese. Anjou, Bosc and Bartlett varieties work well in this situation. Believe it or not, you can also make a decent gluten-free bread using pears as the basis. Substitute it in noodles in a lasagna with brie and cardamom. Combine it with chorizo or an interesting twist.

The tree that bears the Bradford variety is admired as an ornamental tree because of its red leaves in fall, its pyramidal shape and white flowers. Planting them in residential gardens is not recommended for several reasons. It is highly invasive; it stinks and splits easily in high winds because of its weak wood.

The first literary mention of the fruit appeared in The Odyssey by Homer in the 9th century B. C. This serves as confirmation that the fruit was grown at least three thousand years ago. Two millennia later, the fruit provided an alibi for Lizzie Borden, accused of murdering her parents in Fall River, Massachusetts on the night of August 4, 1892. At the time when she was accused of murdering her father with an axe, she testified that she had been in the barn consuming pears. She was acquitted.

The pear is one of the most popular fruits in the world. Considering the low number of calories in a pear, it makes an excellent snack on its own and may be incorporated in recipes. The fruit has been immortalized in literature for nearly three millennia. While some varieties of fruit tree make attractive garden plants, the Bradford variety in particular is a menace and should be avoided in domestic gardens.




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