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The Pear of Anguish. Torture museum in Lubusz Land Museum in Zielona Góra, Poland. The pear of anguish, also known as choke pear or mouth pear, is a device of disputed use invented in the early modern period. The mechanism consists of a pear-shaped metal body divided into spoon-like segments that can be spread apart with a spring or by turning ...
Possibly because of this idiom, the names "choke pear" and "pear of anguish" have been used for a gagging device allegedly used in Europe, sometime before the 17th century. [6] Dalechamps has identified this with the species of pear that Pliny the Elder listed as "ampullaceum" in his Naturalis Historia. [7]
This is also known as the 'choke-pear', though it is far less marvellous and dangerous than the pear of Palioly." Though there is little or no evidence of its being used by bandits, there are a number of examples of ornate and elaborate, pear-shaped devices with three or four leaves or lobes, driven by turning a key that rotates the central ...
Choke pear may refer to: Choke pear (plant), any variety of astringent pear fruit; Pear of anguish, a device found in some museums This page was last edited on 28 ...
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Bosc Pear, from The Pears of New York (1921) by Ulysses Prentiss Hedrick [1] The Beurré Bosc or Bosc is a cultivar of the European pear (Pyrus communis), originally from France or Belgium. Also known as the Kaiser, it is grown in Europe, Australia, British Columbia and Ontario, Canada, and the U.S. states of California, Washington, and Oregon.
In pot, combine water, sugar, chopped pear, organic apple juice, and 2 cinnamon sticks. Heat to a simmer. Simmer 5 minutes. Remove from heat and strain into a heatproof bowl.
Over 3000 cultivars of the pear are known. [1] The following is a list of the more common and important cultivars, with the year and place of origin (where documented) and an indication of whether the pears are for cooking, eating, canning, drying or making perry.