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This can have its benefits—like when I make banana bread from overripe bananas—but it also has drawbacks.

She twists any and every random comment into an insult against her, her narcissism too overripe to yield any of vanity’s pleasures.

In fact, unlike with banana bread, overripe bananas don’t work as well here because they cause the cookies to spread too much.

In the case of higher ed, it is hitting a sector already overripe for disruption.

Mupúlak (mapúlak) ang prutas ug labihan na sa kahinug, Fruits will fall when they are overripe.

In an apple-tree a thrush was singing; the gooseberries were overripe; beet-roots were flowering everywhere.

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An overripe pineapple is just as unsatisfactory as one that is not ripe enough.

WOMAN'S INSTITUTE LIBRARY OF COOKERY, VOL. 5WOMAN'S INSTITUTE OF DOMESTIC ARTS AND SCIENCES

For canning purposes, only firm, fresh apricots and peaches that are not overripe should be selected.

WOMAN'S INSTITUTE LIBRARY OF COOKERY, VOL. 5WOMAN'S INSTITUTE OF DOMESTIC ARTS AND SCIENCES

In addition, the fruit should be thoroughly ripe, but not mushy nor overripe.

WOMAN'S INSTITUTE LIBRARY OF COOKERY, VOL. 5WOMAN'S INSTITUTE OF DOMESTIC ARTS AND SCIENCES

Examine the fruit daily, and gather before it is overripe and loses its flavour.

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OCTOBER 26, 1985