One might be wondering which one is local pear again. This particular pear is actually different from the regular avocado pear 🥑 we call it local pear in my locality. I know this kind of pear is available in most parts of the world but I cannot really specify.
This local pear can be eaten with so many kinds of foods, it can be eaten with cassava flakes popularly known as garri, it could also be eaten with rice, tapioka, bread, corn or maize, it can also be eaten alone without combining it with anything.
This local pear is not always consumed raw, unlike the avocado which is consumed raw, this one needs to be cooked or roasted in order for it to be consumed. It also plucked and kept to ripen like the avocado pear. It ripens from the tree before it is being plucked off.
It does not get soft when it is ripe, rather it gets even harder. How to know if it is ripe is that this pear always appears baby pinkish on the tree while it is not yet ripe. Then, when it is ripe, it turns dark, something that looks like dark purple or whatever it is.
This local pear has the same taste only to the extent that some of them are actually sour while some are not and very delicious.
This evening, I decided to pair some local pear with garri (cassava flakes). How I ate it goes like this. I added some water to the garri, added a little salt and it tastes great. I stirred until the salt filled the entire garri mixture with water. By this time, I had already boiled my pear which was completely soft.
I paired the two together and it gave me a very tasty combo. If you have this local pear in your area, hope you try it. You can also pair with bread or cassava flakes too.
Local pear and cassava flakes (I did not add water to it yet)
The photo is mine and was taken with my Infinix smart 5 phone camera.
