Ripened

On the other hand, a mango ripened due to chemicals looks yellow and white while a naturally ripened mango on the tree looks completely yellow from the inside.

However, in botany, a fruit is the ripened ovary or carpel that contains seeds, a nut is a type of fruit and not a seed, and a seed is a ripened ovule.

Ripened bananas (left, under sunlight ) fluoresce in blue when exposed to UV light "Tree-ripened" Cavendish bananas have a greenish-yellow appearance which changes to a brownish-yellow as they ripen further.

It’s a cuisine that encapsulates the essence of the Mediterranean, with a generous use of olive oil, fresh herbs, and an abundance of sun-ripened produce.

The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has once again raised concerns about the health risks associated with consuming fruits ripened with calcium carbide.

For example, he plucks uniform sized ripened chilies and keeps them aside for seven days.

In severe cases, consumption of chemically ripened mangoes can lead to vomiting, diarrhoea, extreme weakness, and headaches.

His face has tanned a shade of terra cotta from weeks spent under the summer sun, blue eyes gleaming like just-ripened berries on the bush.

In today's "Fielding Questions" column, a reader shows that we don't need to head south to enjoy tree-ripened citrus.

It is surrounded by ripe tomatoes (you can use quartered vine-ripened tomatoes, cherry or Juliet tomatoes), garlic cloves, topped with butter and more oregano.

Some of the last of the season ripened over the week.

You have discovered at least two rules that were previously unknown to you, and you have also ripened your understanding of another rule that had previously been barely comprehensible.

Critics say the delay can lead to poorer quality, as vine-ripened tomatoes have a seven-day shelf life.

Farmers selling products at the market are using techniques to start seeds earlier, get them in the ground when there is still snow on the fields and produce field-ripened vegetables much earlier than customers might think they'd be ready, Orr said.

Ingredients: Green peppers, fresh-cut onions, mushrooms, ripe black olives, vine-ripened Roma tomatoes, and real cheese made from mozzarella.

They should be firm when harvesting, rather than soft, and are then ripened at room temperature.

In the decades since those lines were written, the material conditions for socialism have ripened to a degree that even Marx could not have fathomed.

It starts sweet on the tongue; grainy and bready caramel malt follow, reminiscent of ripened tree fruit as they merge with the coming citrus and tropical medleys.

Green olives usually produce more bitter oil, and overripe olives can produce oil that is rancid, so for good extra virgin olive oil care is taken to make sure the olives are perfectly ripened.

He kept detailed observations on Concord's nature lore, recording everything from how the fruit ripened over time to the fluctuating depths of Walden Pond and the days certain birds migrated.