Pears are the fleshy fruit of a tree widely grown in most parts of the world, except the tropics. Many different varieties of dessert and cooking pear are grown and marketed in Britain and large numbers are also imported. Some are very juicy and sweet and when absolutely ripe these make an excellent dessert fruit, though if they are allowed to become over-ripe they are woolly and insipid. They make good cold desserts when combined with other fruit, cream or ice cream.
Pears ripen from the end of summer to the beginning of winter and some types will keep until Christmas. They should be stored well apart, on wooden shelves, in a temperature from 4 -16 °C (40 - 60 °F). The English dessert pears must be carefully watched and eaten as soon as they are ripe. A dessert pear which is ready for eating should yield to slight pressure at the stalk end.
阳梨这种水果,除了热带地区,在世界各地都广泛生长。英国种植有许多阳梨,它们可以直接食用,或做成各式甜点,每年英国也会从其他国家进口不少阳梨来满足国内市场的需求。有些阳梨多汁香甜,是做甜点的不二选择。当然,如果它们过分成熟了,果肉也会因缺乏水分而软绵无味。质量上乘的阳梨,如果和其他水果或冰淇淋混合在一起,就能成为餐桌上的最佳冷食甜点!
阳梨的成熟时间通常从夏末开始,一直到初冬,有些还会持续到圣诞。阳梨最好放在木架上分开保存,室温则控制在4至16度(华氏40至60度)为宜。在英格兰,用做甜点的阳梨必须好好保存,食用时间也有严格控制,一定要保证一旦阳梨成熟就要马上食用。那如何判断一个阳梨是否成熟呢?这里有一个好办法:如果阳梨末端的径干,用手按下去会有稍稍下陷的话,则表明这个阳梨已经成熟,可以食用了。
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