It was "overripe," to borrow the term Johan Huizinga used to describe late Medieval culture. From Wordnik.com. [Conservatism Isn't Finished] Reference
It was a trifle overripe, but otherwise excellent. From Wordnik.com. [The Source of Magic]
Of overripe peaches mingled with dust and heated oils. From Wordnik.com. [American Poetry, 1922 A Miscellany] Reference
They were overripe and gooey, so they made a real mess. From Wordnik.com. [Demons Don't Dream]
PLUMS for canning should be fresh and firm, but not overripe. From Wordnik.com. [Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 5: Fruit and Fruit Desserts; Canning and Drying; Jelly Making, Preserving and Pickling; Confections; Beverages; the Planning of Meals] Reference
"Your head is swelled up like an overripe melon, Rand al'Thor.". From Wordnik.com. [The Fires of Heaven]
The banana is not underripe or overripe and is not eaten in chunks. From Wordnik.com. [The Mother and Her Child] Reference
Fruit should be sound, firm and not overripe and carefully prepared. From Wordnik.com. [The New Dr. Price Cookbook] Reference
It tastes like a cross between an overripe tangerine and a pine tree. From Wordnik.com. [idiot-milk Diary Entry] Reference
The pulp of soft, overripe fruits from several selected plants is mashed. From Wordnik.com. [14. Saving seeds for planting] Reference
To obtain the best results in canning, the fruit should not be overripe. From Wordnik.com. [Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value] Reference
In addition, the fruit should be thoroughly ripe, but not mushy nor overripe. From Wordnik.com. [Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 5: Fruit and Fruit Desserts; Canning and Drying; Jelly Making, Preserving and Pickling; Confections; Beverages; the Planning of Meals] Reference
His dialogue was overripe, his storylines cartoonish, his actors often coarse. From Wordnik.com. [Sam Fuller, Embodying The Best Of Pulp Fiction] Reference
An overripe pineapple is just as unsatisfactory as one that is not ripe enough. From Wordnik.com. [Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 5: Fruit and Fruit Desserts; Canning and Drying; Jelly Making, Preserving and Pickling; Confections; Beverages; the Planning of Meals] Reference
All wild fruits or berries used for jelly making must be fresh and not overripe. From Wordnik.com. [Every Step in Canning] Reference
Her voice was soft and dopey, her face as purple and mottled as an overripe plum. From Wordnik.com. [Typhoon Season]
Care should be taken, however, not to allow them to become overripe before canning. From Wordnik.com. [Every Step in Canning] Reference
· Prevent too rapid acidification, avoid milk that is overripe or too much culture. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 6] Reference
A thin syrup flowed through the tube, with a taste redolent of overripe pomegranate. From Wordnik.com. [The End of the Matter]
If eaten in excess, especially in an unripe or an overripe state, fruits may occasion. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
Do not can any injured or decayed part nor allow apples to become overripe before canning. From Wordnik.com. [Every Step in Canning] Reference
The bread and apples were fresh and tasty, however, and the cheese only slightly overripe. From Wordnik.com. [With a Single Spell]
He could smell salt in the air and the odd aroma of something sweet, and perhaps, overripe. From Wordnik.com. [Dragon Drums]
"Those are overripe melons, not dried plums," she said, glancing down at her swelling front. From Wordnik.com. [Stork Naked]
She had the same features, but they had blurred and run, were softened like an overripe pear. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles]
Underripe or overripe ackee causes a reaction known as Jamaica poisoning, which can be fatal. From Wordnik.com. [Megan Baaske: How Cultures Around The World Consume Dangerous Foods Daily With No Worries] Reference
In a field he found some overripe water melons, but they were neither wholesome nor palatable. From Wordnik.com. [American Prisoners of the Revolution] Reference
Fruit that is just a little underripe contains more pectin than the mature or overripe fruits. From Wordnik.com. [Every Step in Canning] Reference
Any produce that is overripe or bruised will spoil, and contaminate other food stored with it. From Wordnik.com. [14. Saving seeds for planting] Reference
Ms. Etheridge, on the other hand, is about as banal and overripe a songwriter as exists today. From Wordnik.com. [Echo and the Bunnymen: Soul on Fire] Reference
He scooped up the overripe fruit and swallowed it down, grimacing at the slightly rancid taste. From Wordnik.com. [Dragon Drums]
Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal, one sees the same overripe language employed time and again. From Wordnik.com. [Peter Schwartz: Is Craigslist a Pimp?] Reference
I choked down more overripe zucchini than I care to recall -- and I don't even like fresh zucchini. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Coggins: Chasing Lotta] Reference
My childhood became a big bag of tangerines, overripe, and I wanted to hurl them at him — one by one. From Wordnik.com. [One by One] Reference
And the time we tried to make love in the back of the truck, which had filled partly with dropped plums, overripe and messy. From Wordnik.com. [Breadfruit] Reference
Then I leaned over to pick up an overripe tomato that had plopped onto the ground, and I could feel I was about to tip over. From Wordnik.com. [Mutterings] Reference
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