edible mmmix

ok, so some mixes are edible......the ones that one concocts from less-than-ripe pears, sweet peppers, vidalia onions, mustard seeds, blueberries and raisins........and lots of vinegar and sugar....it is simmering on the stove as we speak...i am envisioning it as a side to grilled chicken and couscous......after it has been canned and aged....of course....there will be some to give away as small gifts....i have smaller pot simmering with sliced pears, sugar and orange juice......hoping the simmering will soften them up enough to make a tart for supper.......i had planned to make blueberry/pear jam.....but the pears that so burden the branches of our single fruit-bearing tree are not quite ripe.......at least not enough for jam......and they are soooooooosmall......imagine yourself peeling and slicing a basket of golf-balls........that is precisely why i have put off the jam.....for another day........martha stewart would have waited to pick these pears until the perfect moment.....even if it meant cooking and canning throughout the night......but i am made of flimsier stuff than martha, i suppose.......