On 2013-01-13 20:35:50 +0000, Ophelia said:

On GQT this afternoon, a man was asking about some fruit and was
advised to the above. What does it mean?

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Certain fruits need to be bletted before they're fit to eat. That's to
say that they need to ripen to the point of almost but not quite,
rotten. Medlars are a classic example of such treatment.
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Sacha
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