The Christmas gift that got the most "ooohs" and "aahhhs" this year was hands down the Williams Pear Schnapps Flo gave my dad.There is an actual pear in the bottle - doing the backstroke in all that yummy schnapps. I told everyone Flo had tried to pull my leg by saying that the pear is grown in the bottle. "I'm not that gullible - I didn't fall for it!" I said proudly. Needless to say, they got a good laugh out of that.
But, the question of how the pear got into the bottle would not let my dad rest. A few days later he swore he saw a TV show about growing pears in bottles in Michigan. Yeah right, I thought. Now, I was convinced HE was trying to pull my leg!
We finally turned to the all-knowing oracle commonly know as google to solve this mystery. Lo and behold, the pear does grow in the bottle. Who would have thought?
2 comments:
you crack me up. I oddly enough, knew that the pear grew in a bottle right off the bat. Apparently I watch too many shows involving alcohol. :-)
I had wondered this myself before seeing a tv documentary on the same subject. Poor pears. I know why the caged pear tastes so damn good.
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