Once ripe, into the fridge - but they don't last long.

Our favorite use is as an ingredient on salads that include craisins, toasted nuts, sliced turkey.

beyond that - pears are a great snack any time!

good luck...wish I had your "issue"! no fruit trees here (just local fruits/nuts - don't know which my wife and I are!)

I just made pear sauce a few days ago, and planned to make pear butter with it, but everybody ate it. so I bought more pears yesterday to make more.
put apples in a single layer, then pile the pears on top. the gasses from the apples will ripen the pears faster. I do this in the garage where its about 70-75 degrees. won't take but a few days.

I give the tree a shake every day, take what falls off, chunk and freeze what we cannot eat fresh. I have enough to last all winter for making smoothies. I chunk, freeze on a tray, then scoop into a baggie.

Which is a great idea too. I will agree with the suggestion of using apples to ripen pears, or any fruit. Fruit produces the gas ethylene that causes the ripening...and apples produce a lot of it. If you want all the pears to ripen at once, use the method suggested above. If you want to ripen just a few at a time, just put them in a bowl with an apple and that should do it. Easy peasy.

I'd say the thing to do is pick them somewhat green then wrap them in paper--tissue, wrapping, news--whatever. Put them into a box or basket and let them turn yellow. Then use.

I just made a pear pandowdy--like an apple pie except no bottom crust, and pears rather than apples. Very interesting and good.