On 8/27/2016 11:37 PM, wrote:
> On Saturday, August 27, 2016 at 10:04:45 PM UTC-5, Nancy2 wrote:
>>
>> Putting those I ripe peaches in a brown paper bag with the top closed should
>> ripen them fairly quickly.
>>
>> N.
>>
>>
> Putting them stem side down on a linen dish towel and then
> covering them with another one and leaving them for several
> days does wonders. I check them about every other day and
> when they begin to smell like a peach and the stem side has
> small flat areas they're ready to be consumed.
>
> http://tallcloverfarm.com/74/the-bes...-ripen-peaches
>

My favorite way is to go to the local orchards and get them ripe from
the tree like nature intended. Peaches from the supermarket are a crap
shoot. Sometimes they are great, other times mealy.