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Title: are my plums ripe?
Post by: Ken Fitlike on October 08, 2013, 06:57:01 AM
They're purple and a few days ago rock hard but are soft and squishy now. I don't want to let Mrs Herself bite into one because apparently there's nought nastier than an unripe plum so I need a non-destructive plum-ripeness tester.

raspberry-pi + diy spectrometer(ir/visible) + lots of taste-testing/grimacing?
Title: Re: are my plums ripe?
Post by: jkim on October 08, 2013, 05:24:01 PM
You could mail it to me, but I would be a destructive plum-ripeness tester.
Title: Re: are my plums ripe?
Post by: Betazep on October 08, 2013, 07:06:00 PM
If you ask people to pinch your plums and you get slapped, then they are definitely ripe. (or was it fresh... hmmm)
Title: Re: are my plums ripe?
Post by: Ken Fitlike on October 09, 2013, 06:07:52 AM
>destructive

Thanks but, alas, no. :(

One is going wrinkly. A taste-test is surely imminent....
Title: Re: are my plums ripe?
Post by: Rob on October 09, 2013, 09:17:34 AM
One is going wrinkly.

Have you been letting the cool breeze from the trossacks play around your plums again Ken? With the nights closing in you really need to keep them well covered at all times.

Of course, aged plums will always have a tendency towards purple and wrinkly. Are they Victorias?
Title: Re: are my plums ripe?
Post by: Jake on October 09, 2013, 09:18:48 AM
this thread is awesome. A little disgusting, but awesome :D
Title: Re: are my plums ripe?
Post by: Betazep on October 09, 2013, 11:40:51 PM
Are they Victorias?

You must mean Victor's?
Title: Re: are my plums ripe?
Post by: Rob on October 10, 2013, 05:40:24 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_plum
Title: Re: are my plums ripe?
Post by: Betazep on October 10, 2013, 05:49:38 PM
*sigh* nevermind
Title: Re: are my plums ripe?
Post by: Ken Fitlike on October 11, 2013, 08:50:23 AM
The plums may be Victoria's but the're mine now.

Nice fleshy texture but [awaiting robr punification]tastes like a tattie[/robr pun-wait], apparently. Oh, well.
Title: Re: are my plums ripe?
Post by: Jake on October 11, 2013, 10:12:58 AM
Hey Fitlike, how is your foot?!
Title: Re: are my plums ripe?
Post by: Rob on October 11, 2013, 02:10:34 PM
*sigh* nevermind

:D
Title: Re: are my plums ripe?
Post by: kermi3 on October 12, 2013, 12:56:32 PM
This thread wins my week.