Categories: Salsa, Pear, Fruits, Condiments 
      Yield: 5 cups 
  
      2 tb Vegetable oil 
      1 md Onion, chopped 
      1    Green pepper, chopped fine 
      1 lg Garlic clove, chopped fine 
      2 tb Finely chopped parsley 
      1 tb Lemon juice 
    1/2 ts Salt 
      1 tb Chopped fresh oregano OR 
      1 ts Dried oregano 
      1 tb Chopped fresh basil OR 
      1 ts Dried basil 
    1/2 ts Tabasco sauce 
      2 md Tomatoes, seeded and chopped 
           Coarse 
      2    To 3 pears, peeled & chopped 
  
    Heat oil in medium  frypan. Saute onion until 
  tender, about 3 to 4 minutes. Add green pepper, 
  garlic, parsley, lemon juice, salt, oregano, basil and 
  Tobasco sauce; cook 2 minutes. Remove frypan from heat 
  and stir in tomatoes and pears. Cover and refrigerate. 
   Make 5 cups. 
  Source: The Vancouver Sun  Sept 21/94 
   
  From the collection of Karen Deck