304: Falling for the Chocolate Pear
Cider Chat26 Jan 2022

304: Falling for the Chocolate Pear

Falling for the Chocolate Pear

Forager of fruits enjoy the hunt of finding hidden trees and more often than not fully laden trees in plain site. Ben Kunesh's path as a forage has led him to fruits of all natures, including the once famous and now newly rising star known as the Chocolate Pear. Ben Kunesh holding Chocolate Pears The Chocolate Pear has been discussed on two episodes of Cider Chat. Find these must listen to episodes linked below. Up to having this discussion with Ben, I only knew of this tree and its wonderful small pear like fruit as Sorbus Domestica. The fruit ripens into a smooth creamy texture with notes of melon and chocolate.

In this episode
  • Ben's tale of traveling to the Cezch Republic and to the area of Moravia. It is here that he met with Vit Hrdoušek who has research and wrote extensively about the Chocolate Pear.
  • The Chocolate Pear Museum known as Oskorušové Muzeum
  • And a the scope on the translation of the Czech book on Sorbus Domestica
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[caption id="attachment_6810" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Oskorušové Muzeum

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