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If it did not overripen, as style tends to do, it might occasionally reveal what Papa called "the real thing."

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In the handling of the large starter, care should be used not to overripen, since the larger quantity is more likely to "whey off" than is the smaller starter.

From Outlines of dairy bacteriology A concise manual for the use of students in dairying by Hastings, Edwin George