What is this "cheese" you speak of?? I've not done anything like that, but might have to do some research! I'm about to head into the kitchen to make some banana bread with pears in it, so of course I'll be slathering on some of this when it comes out of the oven. ;)
I hope you get a better harvest this year, as well! Sounds like my sister's problem. She was so excited to find out her new house had a pear tree along with the fig tree, but when it came time for the pears to start popping up and maturing, the squirrels and birds at almost all of them.