Guest guest Posted June 14, 2004 Report Share Posted June 14, 2004 Hi all, How to I know when an avocado is ripe enough to eat. My mom used to slice them in half and then pour a little olive oil and a squirt of lemon and scoup out the flesh with a little spoon. It was very good. I bought an avocado this week-end and it's flesh was hard. I would really appreciate any avocado advise. Ciao, Elio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 14, 2004 Report Share Posted June 14, 2004 Yum, that sounds great! What you have to do is " squeeze " (very gently!) the avocado when you're selecting them in the market. You want one that looks nice (no rot), and is tender (it " gives " when you press your thumb against the fattest part of the avocado). Of course you don't want one that's so tender it's practically falling apart or squishes open when you handle it. Here's how i like to eat avocado -- scoop it out, cut it up, and sprinkle it with fresh lemon juice and RealSalt, and a little bit of salsa or pico de gallo. It's so filling you can have this as a meal. > Hi all, > > How to I know when an avocado is ripe enough to eat. > > My mom used to slice them in half and then pour a little olive oil > and a squirt of lemon and scoup out the flesh with a little spoon. It > was very good. I bought an avocado this week-end and it's flesh was > hard. > > I would really appreciate any avocado advise. > > > Ciao, > Elio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 14, 2004 Report Share Posted June 14, 2004 About avocados: rather than try to always get he perfectly ripe ones at the store (they're always the smallest and most grabbed at) I suggest buying five or so of the hard and dark green ones and then letting them ripen at home on your counter or other warm spot. Once they become tender and just-ripe, put them all in the refrigerator. They'll keep quite awhile that way. _____ From: melee_bpd [mailto:melee_bpd@...] Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 12:17 PM Subject: [ ] Re: Avocado Question? Yum, that sounds great! What you have to do is " squeeze " (very gently!) the avocado when you're selecting them in the market. You want one that looks nice (no rot), and is tender (it " gives " when you press your thumb against the fattest part of the avocado). Of course you don't want one that's so tender it's practically falling apart or squishes open when you handle it. Here's how i like to eat avocado -- scoop it out, cut it up, and sprinkle it with fresh lemon juice and RealSalt, and a little bit of salsa or pico de gallo. It's so filling you can have this as a meal. > Hi all, > > How to I know when an avocado is ripe enough to eat. > > My mom used to slice them in half and then pour a little olive oil > and a squirt of lemon and scoup out the flesh with a little spoon. It > was very good. I bought an avocado this week-end and it's flesh was > hard. > > I would really appreciate any avocado advise. > > > Ciao, > Elio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2004 Report Share Posted June 15, 2004 Oh that's great! I had no idea they would ripen! (yes i really do have so much to learn!) Thanks Robin! > About avocados: rather than try to always get he perfectly ripe ones at the > store (they're always the smallest and most grabbed at) I suggest buying > five or so of the hard and dark green ones and then letting them ripen at > home on your counter or other warm spot. Once they become tender and > just-ripe, put them all in the refrigerator. They'll keep quite awhile that > way. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2004 Report Share Posted June 15, 2004 From my experience, when left out on the counter or table they ripen about as fast as bananas but don't develop any markings on the shell to show they are ripening. You have to go by how soft they are when you squeeze them. Once they are ripe, they do keep for a while in the refrigerator, though. However, mine are usually gone pretty quickly once they're ripe! Zack On Tue, 15 Jun 2004, melee_bpd wrote: > Oh that's great! I had no idea they would ripen! (yes i really do > have so much to learn!) Thanks Robin! > > > > > About avocados: rather than try to always get he perfectly ripe > ones at the > > store (they're always the smallest and most grabbed at) I suggest > buying > > five or so of the hard and dark green ones and then letting them > ripen at > > home on your counter or other warm spot. Once they become tender > and > > just-ripe, put them all in the refrigerator. They'll keep quite > awhile that > > way. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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