No, Rachel, he wouldn't mind. One of my Great Aunts on the other side (Mac's brother-in-law's sister-in-law) was a stickler for doing things exactly as proscribed, but the rest of the clan was cool with adjusting as need be!

Thank you everyone else, and Dorothy39, I always had a heck of a time remembering to let 4 get good and speckly - I'd eat #4 and THEN remember - but our grocery store often has the "overripe" ones on special!