"Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote in
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On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 13:48:01 +0100, Janet Galpin

wrote:

In fact I now
have one or two which are what I assume to be over-ripe (though
I now
realise from the rest of the thread that ripeness is more
complicated
than I was thinking)

Actually, when it comes to many fruit/seed crops, "ripe" can be
defined in
two ways (if not more). There's "botanically ripe", which means
that the
fruit contains mature seed that can be planted next season, and
there's
"horticulturally ripe", which that the fruit is at the desired
stage for
eating.

Then of course, there's the 'ripe' which is suggestive of old socks
or
of a freshly-turned dunghill..

This thread is a discussion of mealies, not cheese.
{:-))

Franz.