Posted on 10/23/2016 1:01:20 AM PDT by nickcarraway
I tried an avocado once years ago.
Can’t figure out what the attraction is.
This isn’t going to affect me in the least.
Been acting avocado my entire life. Use to have an avocado tree in the backyard and have friends who give me the ones they can’t eat.
You are my new friend.
Can I come over?
I have though about growing avacados in my house with an indoor LED grow light. I can imagine a tree loaded with fruit and making lots of guacamole to freeze in quart-size bags. Mmmmm!
Avocados don’t freeze well!!!
its a luxury....why would the strikers want to ruin their market?..we used to just have onion soup mix and chips for a snack....we can do that again...
Guacamole can be frozen if you don’t add the raw tomatoes or onions. These break down and make the guacamole watery. However, the avocado, salt, lime juice and maybe a bit of cilantro, will freeze well and you can add the onion, fresh garlic and tomato later. When filling into the bags, the goal is to get out the air bubbles that are trapped as best you can. Shake the guacamole to the bottom of the bag, then squeeze gently towards the top of the bag. Close the bag nearly closed, and work the guacamole up and toward the bag seal while squeezing out all the residual air. Close up your bag and press flat for easy storage. Incidentally, the lime juice keeps the guacamole from turning brown.
The frozen guacamole will keep in the freezer for 3 months. Thaw in the refrigerator. Thawing in the microwave is a bad idea.
Avocados contain a component called “Persin”, which is poisonous to dogs.
Avocados are grown here in CA. I you’re lucky you have a big Fuerte or Hass tree in your backyard.
Leni
I’ve been eating avocados since an infant [where do you live? I can’t imagine being avocado-less]... and I’m 70. On top of that I have 9 uncles all farmers ... most avocado farmers.
This is the first time I have seen a real serious shortage. My family farmed them in Ventura. CA for generations but they are becoming less available.
And, yes, they have always been a staple.
With salads ...0r by themselves. My farmer nephew dropped off some this weekend. Told me how they have become the rage in Korea and the country has stepped up growing California Avocados, the best.
No Pardons!
This will sound strange, but try them on sliced and roasted sweet potatoes. Yum, like butter.
How very nice to have a nephew who grows them and brings them to his favorite Aunt! :-)
Avacados became "the rage" in the USA sometime in the 1920s; IIRC. It was seen as something very "POSH" and served as an appetizer and/or in a salad and were called ALLIGATOR PEARS.
yes,
I remember the name.
Yes, I just learned I have a nephew and he got into the family biz ... he works at Cal Poly as an agricultural advisor. And Ventura, CA is having a family reunion of the founding fathers [almost all farmers] so we are going to all the events. Lost a good friend in the Malibu fires ... he was a member of the band The Challengers, so we are having a huge “wake” on the beach in Malibu coming up. My nephew and I will go i hope.
Hope all is well.
Teri
I hope that you have a great time at the family reunion!
So sorry to hear that you lost a friend due to those terrible fires! :-(
See your FRmail.
I’m in Upstate NY. Ca has a whole different diet.
Add bottled water and bean sprouts.
Maybe because you’re eating the wrong variety of avocados. Since you’re on the East Coast you may be eating Florida avocados which are often with tough strings, brown spots and unpleasant.
A classic Haas [our classic], or Fuerte or Pinkerton might please you more.
I am lucky to live in CA where my family grows avocados commercially.
We had an aunt, who lived in SoCal, who had a YUGE avocado tree, in her backyard.
It produced big, tasty avocados...and, it was amazing to be able to just walk out the door, pick a few, and come in and make a fresh bowl of guacamole, in a matter of minutes.
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