OT-peaches

I have been reading a lot about dump cakes and peaches so I got me some beautiful peaches that need a bit of ripening. Anyone got any tricks to ripen them?

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Boca Jan
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This taken from the university extension/home ec. site:

Peaches emit ethylene gas during ripening. This natural ripening hormone speeds up the process of turning those hard-as-rock peaches into sweet-as-candy delights. By putting the peaches into a loosely closed paper bag, the ethylene gas surrounds the fruits, helping with the ripening process. However, not all bags are created equal. According to these produce experts, paper bags "breathe" a bit, providing a perfect pouch for the ripening of the fruit. Plastic bags, on the other hand, hold in too much humidity, allowing moisture to build up on the fruit. This can lead to fruit that deteriorates more rapidly.

Beside peaches, other good fruit candidates for paper bag ripening are: apricots, avocados, bananas, kiwifruit, mangoes, honeydew melons, nectarines, papayas, pears, plums, and tomatoes.

Hope that helps. Boney Appy-teet!

Val

Reply to
Val

What Val said. And if you throw a ripe banana in the bag, the peaches will ripen that much faster. Bananas give off a lot of ethylene.

Reply to
Kathy Applebaum

Thank you! Now to find a brown paper bag.

Reply to
Boca Jan

I have never been able to duplicate good old Mother Nature. I've done the brown paper bag thing and all I get is soft, tasteless peaches.

Cindy

Reply to
teleflora

My mama puts them in a paper bag like all the rest have said or you can use a cardboard box with news paper on top too if you have a lot of peaches to ripen

Kris

Reply to
Kris in Portland, Oregon

I'm a fan of the single layer in a box method. No squished/bruised fruit that way.

Son and I spent some time today blanching our case of peaches, peeling them and they now all currently reside nicely sliced in the dehydrator. Yum.

We did use a few the other night for some wicked ice cream.

A couple were saved out and will become shortcake for dessert tonight.

The rest will be might tasty dried.

marcella

Reply to
Marcella Peek

Put them in a bag with a ripe banana , that works for me.

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Estelle Gallagher

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