AndyF (et al) Thanks for all the good info. I printed out the link, good stuff. Thanks.
I hear the no metal contact, and thanks for the NO PVC comment, if ignorance is bliss, I was way too happy.
I was planning on using a stainless steel disposer to try to avoid the metalic contamination. Who knows, maybe I'll find an old cider mill (apple grinder) at a farm sale if I attend enough of them.
It isn't a DIY project to build but I found some NEW but old fashioned design presses and given the wife's love of old used and old used looking stuff (she says antique) I will get one of them and be ready next year. We had some thunderstorms which basically cleaned the trees out and put the crop on the ground. I salvaged a lot off the ground that didn't get broken open but the majority were lost. I have less than a bushel in total still on the trees. At least I got plenty of good info on how to make Champear(?) Pear juice champagne. I got lots of other good advice too. Thanks to everyone who contributed.
Ice cream, pear icecream? I wonder if you could use an old paint shaker (holds two each 1 gal cans) to makek icecream. Put the ingredients in the cans, put the cans in the shaker, and the shaker in a large freezer and let her rip. Probably wouldn't "finish" the job too well as the mix got stiff. Probably better to stay with paddles.
Patrick
