Grilled Cheese Improvisation: Delicious Pear Slices

It has been an apple and pear obsessed fall. Apple pie, pear cake, applesauce and jelly. It goes on and on. So many apples and pears to pick, and then so many recipes to use them in.

My Aunt Laura and Uncle Bill have a beautiful pear tree on their property, and with a bumper crop this year, they put a call out for anyone who could help diminish their bounty of Starking Delicious pears.

Mid-sized with excellent taste and a smooth greenish speckled skin, these pears are perfect for chutneys and cakes, and I've discovered—excellent sliced onto a grilled cheese sandwich. The gooey-warm cheddar cheese contrasted nicely with the crunch of the pear and the crusty buttery excellence of a good 7-grain bread: Delicious. It's true.