The pear tree I planted at my parent’s place around 2010 is doing amazing things which meant I had an entire crisper full of ripe pears.

Eating them simple wasn’t working, they were getting so ripe they weren’t solid anymore… Which meant it was time to get creative.

Pulled out the canning recipe book and decided on a Pear Armaretto Sauce.. Except I had no Armaretto so settled for a local Caramel Liquor that has been in the cabinet.

Some adjustments were made to the recipe …

The taste: Delicious. Despite the 3 cups of sugar in this recipe its has a light and fresh feel and the pears can still be tastes through the sugar and caramel liquor.

The texture: Small pear bits remain from the food processor which is a nice reminder that fresh fruit was used.

The smell: Really not strong at all which was surprising with the liquor.

All and all very pleased with this experiment and looking forward to trying it on more things! Next up I think will be plain yogurt.

I recently visited The Inn on Prince Hotel in Truro NS for work and wanted to share a few things about my experience that may help others in the future.

I’ll start off by saying the stay was fine, overall no complaints- it was basically what I expected from a Hotel in a small town in NS.

The good:

Every staff member I encountered was very nice and pleasant to interact with but the front desk clerks weren’t overly chatty (more on that later).

As soon as I walked into my hotel room it smelled of fresh linens. You got the feeling that you were in a very clean space and I loved that.

The weather that weekend was less then ideal for walking around so I was very happy to have the in-hotel restaurant to go to (Bistro On Prince) for dinner and although the menu was small my meal was absolutely delicious.

I ordered the macaroni and cheese with a Greek salad paired with a local white wine.

They have multiple banquet halls and can accommodate large events.

Free breakfast was included, it was good- nothing spectacular but that was fine I was working after all I just needed fuel not to be wowed.

Coffee was not garbage- Yay!

I left the critters at home but they were a pet friendly place (for a fee).

The not so good:

Because the front desk staff weren’t overly chatty I found myself wandering a lot.. Looking for the ice machine, restaurant, stairs and trying to guess when they start serving breakfast and where was the worst. Figured it all out in the end but information or a map available in my room would have been nice or the staff giving a quick rundown at check-in- the place is very maze like and I have a poor sense of direction to begin with (LOL).

For those wondering, breakfast goes from 6AM to 10:30AM (As of April 2023) beside the restaurant.

Breakfast was busy, no place to put your dirty dishes and no one was consistently bussing the tables so I hung out and are my breakfast with a table full of other peoples dirty dishes. Not the end of the world.. Just weird hanging out with a stranger’s half eaten hash brown.

Coffee maker in my room only worked with the disposable cups due to it’s size, too short for my travel mug, that was a bummer.

Walls are paper thin (common) so sharing the hotel floor with a hockey tournament was very noticeable.

The Ugly:

The heating/ cooling unit was incredibly loud, especially when it starts up. I like a cool room for sleeping so it was set on heat at 19 degrees Celsius so it didn’t come on often but holy when it did you knew it- woke me up 3-4 times through the evening.

Lastly, the toilet flush had no pep. Nothing was going down on the first try.. Nothing..

Overall though like I said the visit was fine, they served their purpose at the end and any complaint I had was more of an inconvenience then an actual complaint.

My recommendations if you are staying there is to ask questions as information is not volunteered to you, turn off the thermostat if you want a good nights sleep and check that toilet before you get too comfortable.

Hope this helps! Happy Travelling.

Pear and Caramel Liquor Syrup