Ripening Kiwi Fruit

Stompa

Are there any clever tricks to encourage Kiwi fruit to ripen?

I bought some about a week or so ago and they're still rock hard and inedible. I've tried leaving them in a bowl with some bananas but it seems to have had no effect.

Thanks

kittiwoz

Try putting them in a bag with the bananas. It works for avocados but I've never tried it with kiwi fruit.

Queenie

Sit them on a sunny windowsil

Stompa

Thanks for the suggestions I'll give them both a try.

I guess it should be a paper bag, and that's got me thinking that I've not seen one of those for a long time!

Queenie

Stompa - local greengrocers still tend to use brown paper bags, but, at a push, you could go to Homebase and grab a few when buying one item

Earlier this year, I need some paper bags for gifting some hm goodies ... I simply asked at the local Kebab shop is I could 'buy' a few of theirs .. they were more than happy to give me a dozen (bless! ).

Corner shops often have paper (but not brown paper) bags for sweeties, so you could ask there too if you have trouble locating them elsewhere.

Stompa

Queenie wrote:

Stompa - local greengrocers still tend to use brown paper bags, but, at a push, you could go to Homebase and grab a few when buying one item

Earlier this year, I need some paper bags for gifting some hm goodies ... I simply asked at the local Kebab shop is I could 'buy' a few of theirs .. they were more than happy to give me a dozen (bless! ).

Corner shops often have paper (but not brown paper) bags for sweeties, so you could ask there too if you have trouble locating them elsewhere.

Thanks, I'll be able to locate some somewhere - or it may be simpler to make my own in this instance!

kittiwoz

I just used a carrier bag. Seemed to be OK but made the bananas ripen very quick so maybe best to consider it a sacrificial banana.