And FWIW, I tend to not eat pears. They have to be ripe and not unripe and hard for me to eat them. I have had them in a couple of recipes like poached pears or pear tarte tatin. I don't mind them cooked but I don't particularly like them raw. The taste of raw pear is a bit "why bother?" for me.

Then again, I don't eat apples raw either. They seem to upset my digestion a bit. I like them cooked: apple crumble, apple pie, apple turnover, etc.

I love bananas!! Bananas and avocados rule!! Yay!!