| 1. | Buy them underripe if need be, and never refrigerate them.
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| 2. | Underripe strawberries will make a sorbet that tastes green and bitter.
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| 3. | 6 pounds underripe Seckel or Bartlett pears ( about 12 medium pears)
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| 4. | That unpleasant feeling in the mouth occurs only when eating underripe persimmons.
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| 5. | Winter melons are underripe if they're hard.
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| 6. | If the apple is over-or underripe, the process may fail.
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| 7. | Underripe fruit softens and improves somewhat, but never realizes its potential flavor.
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| 8. | However, one panelist found the tomatoes " watery and underripe ."
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| 9. | Underripe fruit feels light for its size, and is hard with tart flesh.
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| 10. | Olives that are picked underripe are green.
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