Ripening

Their white Ale is a clear Wort made from pale Malt, and fermented with what they call ripening, which is a Composition, they say, of the Flower of Malt, Yeast and Whites of Eggs, a _Nostrum_ made and sold only by two or three in those Parts, but the Wort is brewed and the Ale vended by many of the Publicans; which is drank while it is fermenting in Earthen Steens, in such a thick manner as resembles butter'd Ale, and sold for Twopence ❋ Anonymous (N/A)

Start with a fresh shrimp so the ripening is gradual. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But sometimes the story is a bit late in ripening, and it's only when I see it laid out in bookform that I can see it clearly. ❋ Karenmiller (2008)

This is the purpose of the changes in color, texture, and flavor that we call ripening. ❋ Harold McGee (2004)

While Cobbett resisted political quietism, warning that "the seeds of destruction" were like other seeds "often of very slow growth; and the plant, unfortunately, too long in ripening" (Register 19 [1811], 1060), he was prepared to follow the logic of organic connection to its natural conclusion: the entire system would collapse if key components were sufficiently debilitated. ❋ Unknown (1997)

Take the case to which I have already referred, of the man who keeps a large plot in or near a growing town idle for years, while it is "ripening" -- that is to say, while it is rising in price through the exertions of the surrounding community and the need of that community for more room to live. ❋ Winston S. Churchill (1919)

If the land were occupied by shops or by dwellings, the municipality at least would secure the rates upon them in aid of the general fund; but the land may be unoccupied, undeveloped, it may be what is called "ripening" -- ripening at the expense of the whole city, of the whole country -- for the unearned increment of its owner. ❋ Winston S. Churchill (1919)

In regards to the 2008 harvest, the last month and a half was very favorable, long and frost free, with cool temps and moderate to light rain fall which resulted in slow steady ripening, which is ideal. ❋ Unknown (2009)

HARRIS: It was probably grown south of the border, shipped to the U.S. and stored what's called a ripening room until it was put out on the shelf for you to buy. ❋ Unknown (2006)

In order to graduate from vegetablehood, fruits must undergo the process called ripening, which creates their distinctive character. ❋ Harold McGee (2004)

Maturation, also known as ripening or curing, results in some instances from the growth and multiplication of aerobic microbes on the rind, progressing inward after a few weeks, and produces a well-ripened cheese with a pleasant aroma, flavour and texture. ❋ Unknown (1989)

The ripening is a form of decay, and it is no exaggeration to say that some of the very ripe cheeses on the market are rotten. ❋ R. L. Alsaker (N/A)

There is still another method of adding bacteria to cream to insure a more advantageous ripening, which is frequently used, and, being simpler, is in many cases a decided advantage. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

This ripening is readily explained by the facts already considered The fresh animal secretions consist of various highly complex compounds of nitrogen, and the ripening is a process of their decomposition. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

The earth has slowly undergone a change that may fairly be called a ripening process; its soil has deepened and mellowed, its harsher features have softened, more and more color has come to its surface, the flowers have bloomed, the more succulent fruits have developed, the air has cleared, and love and benevolence and altruism have been born in the world. ❋ John Burroughs (1879)

"And so," said Herschel, casting his eye fearlessly toward future infinities, "we may be certain that the stars in the Milky Way will be gradually compressed, through successive stages of accumulation, until they come up to what may be called the ripening period of the globular cluster." ❋ Robert Patterson (1857)

[Richardson]: Is that your seventeenth [bucket]? Harry Potburner: I AM [RIPENED]! ❋ HighWindsorite (2011)

Dude, I totally [ripened] [that chick] last night. She was so [tight]. ❋ Bexokay (2010)

[Jimmy told me] to [get the] [cum out], but I told him I was still Ripening The Rooster. ❋ Muhk33 (2011)

Oh man, [I left] a bunch of [bananas] in my car over [the weekend], and now they are completely brown and smell gross, totally trunk-ripened. ❋ Aces1 (2010)

You hear about what [happened] in [the port]? Someone got a [ripened sailboat]. ❋ GasMaskOverdrive (2017)

[I'm going to go] to the [gym] [tonight] and ripen my peach. ❋ Lukard (2015)

My mom: The [cucumber] should [be good], I spent an hour last night [ripening] it. ❋ Twurzy (2018)