Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   1      tablespoon    Canola oil
     1/4  cup           Onion -- chopped
     1/4  cup           Sugar
   2      tb            Cider vinegar -- or white
   1      large         Pear -- or apple, seeded, -cored and diced -- about 1 c
   2      tablespoon    Raisins
   2      teaspoon      Whole mustard seed
   1                    Knob preserved stem ginger -finely diced
     1/4  teaspoon      Hot red pepper flakes
   1      pinch         Salt

Preparation:

Heat the oil in a small saucepan and spften the oniuon, stirring. Add the sugar and vinegar and cook until the sugar dissolves and makes a syrup. While the liquid is still hot, stir in thediced pear and the remanining ingredients. Taste carefully for the blanace of sseasonings. Serve at room temperature.