Pear Chips

Charlestonians still refer to their preserves of chopped pears or pumpkins as “chips.” Chips appear with biscuits and sour cream or alongside grilled fowl, and, as the Junior League suggests in Charleston Receipts, they are “delicious on ice cream.”

If you’re using very hard pears, poach them first in water until tender, then use the cooking water to make the sugar syrup.