I agree on the ripeness. If you need to practice building patience in general, Blue Beauty will do it. The good news is that they were (for me) absolutely indestructible against sun scald and weather in general, so they keep on the vine for a long time. Moreover, you can leave them on the counter for days to get to that peak ripeness.
It is misleading, though, that they look so nice and "blue" early on, and like HGC said, they really need that brick red color to over take the blue/purple.
Bottom line, I was really surprised how much I liked them after I found some hidden low down on one plant that had gotten to brick red shade on the vine. This was after tasting some earlier in the season while not reddish yet, and the taste was not that great. So I was reluctant to even try the riper ones.
Glad I did, b/c I would not have grown it again. And I knew going in that they needed time, just didn't realize I needed to wait for some red.
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