Show HN: I made a store to send the "Idea of a Pear" to friends and family

ideaofapear.com

5 points·cookingoils··8 comments

What is the background idea behind this? I'm maybe out of the loop.

Thanks for asking. I made this after making the tweet: https://twitter.com/elliottsphone/status/1205912688779501571... recently. I thought it would be interesting to make it a reality and learn how to use the stripe / sendgrid api.

Very strange, it uses stripe payments too, what happens when I pay for the Pears? haha

Not sure if this answers your question but you can send pears to other using their email. Recipients will receive your purchased “idea of a pear” as an emoji.

I got some pears for Christmas, now what I need is an idea of a pear recipe.

Oh good idea. Let me know if you come across any good recipes. All I know is sliced pears.

https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/apple-and-pea...

I was out of apples, and only had 3 pears, so I weighed them, divided by 4 lbs, and scaled the rest of the recipe by that ratio. It turned out pretty well. I highly recommend using a digital scale with tare to weigh ingredients. It makes things so much easier and more accurate.

I wasn't really previously aware, but apparently a "crisp" has oatmeal and a "crumble" doesn't. This may be Americanese. In any case, it's much easier and faster than a pie and just as good with ice cream.

You mean pearcoin?

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