Peaches, how ripe is too ripe?

[Rosyrain]

My mother in law gave me a few peaches that she was not going to eat before she went on a trip the other day. When I got them home, they felt really soft, and there were a couple of brown spots on them. I ended up throwing them away and then later realized I probably could have used them to make freezer jam or something. How ripe is too ripe when it comes to making jams and stuff with peaches?

 

[Chuck]

My mother in law gave me a few peaches that she was not going to eat before she went on a trip the other day. When I got them home, they felt really soft, and there were a couple of brown spots on them. I ended up throwing them away and then later realized I probably could have used them to make freezer jam or something. How ripe is too ripe when it comes to making jams and stuff with peaches?

Fresh peaches have to be awlfully ripe before they can't be used. They might be discolored but can your taste buds see?

 

[headfullofbees]

When the juice runs down your legs.

 

[Rosyrain]

Next time I will keep this in mind and make jam out of them instead of being wasteful. I really don't like wasting food.

 

[Chuck]

Next time I will keep this in mind and make jam out of them instead of being wasteful. I really don't like wasting food.

Ever tried peach jerky?

 

[burtpovski]

A peach that's too ripe is a peach that's too squishy in my opinion. I have myself a peach tree in my backyard, and peaches that are ripe are definitely sweet and soft. A sour peach is an unready peach! An over-ripe peach is a squishy one!

 

[gata montes]

Although I normally have an over abundance of peaches and particularly around this time of year - due to the fact that because peaches and nectarines are one of my favorite fruits I have rather a lot of large peach trees in my garden which all tend to fruit at more or less the same time - it would be rare for me to be presented with the problem of dealing with over ripe fruits - as they are all either eaten, frozen, dried or made in jams long before they reach that stage.

However after saying that - as I don't like to waste anything either - if presented with the problem of whether or not a peach was too ripe to use - think I would draw the line at using anything that was so squashy that I was unable to pick it up.