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“Alligator Pears” Are China’s Newest Superfruit
December 04, 2016
| Matthew Sedacca
Posted on 12/17/2016 1:20:52 PM PST by nickcarraway
Alligator Pears Are Chinas Newest Superfruit
TOPICS: Food; Health/Medicine; Local News
KEYWORDS: avocados
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To: Gaffer
Avocados are great especially in tossed salad.
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posted on
12/17/2016 1:40:34 PM PST
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
To: arthurus
If you catch the avocado at just the right minute, you can slice it in the shell after pitting and the skin will peel right off of the meat.
But it’s a very narrow window of opportunity. :)
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posted on
12/17/2016 1:41:06 PM PST
by
Reddy
(B.O. stinks)
To: Georgia Girl 2; All
I guess I’ll get some and try. Sounds like a lot of people here like them. I just never had the occasion to eat them. That or guacamole....
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posted on
12/17/2016 1:41:41 PM PST
by
Gaffer
To: Darksheare
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posted on
12/17/2016 1:42:57 PM PST
by
Tax-chick
("No general but Ludd means the poor any good.")
To: Organic Panic
Can you use something like a potato peeler?
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posted on
12/17/2016 1:43:34 PM PST
by
Gaffer
To: nickcarraway
I'm neutral when it comes to avocados. I neither like nor dislike the flavor. My wife, however, is almost cultish when it comes to them. She actually took the pits from a pair of store-bought avocados last year, prepped and planted them, and she now has two small avocado trees in large pots, one of which has multiple branches, and 2nd trunk, and is almost three feet tall! Now, whether they fruit or not (and what the fruit will taste like if they do) is another matter.
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posted on
12/17/2016 1:45:14 PM PST
by
Viking2002
(My attitude in your rear view mirror may be bigger than it appears......)
To: Gaffer
They are good sliced up on a chicken sammich too. :-)
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posted on
12/17/2016 1:45:20 PM PST
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
To: arthurus
I cut mine in half, slap the knife into the pit and remove it. I peel each half.
I use a fork to mash it until there are still some small lumps and then stop.
For each avocado, I add sea salt to taste, the juice from half a lemon and a whole chopped medium to small tomato and mix gently with a spoon.
I can eat it with crackers or just with a spoon.
No onions, no cilantro or anything else.
I got this recipe from a wonderful woman named Birdie at a party long ago. I will be eternally grateful!
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posted on
12/17/2016 1:45:20 PM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: Gaffer
We had a couple of plants years ago and never were able to get anything but leaves from it. Too cold here, I think.
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posted on
12/17/2016 1:46:31 PM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: trisham
Thanks. I think so too here for North Georgia but the wife ain’t gonna give up.
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posted on
12/17/2016 1:47:38 PM PST
by
Gaffer
To: Gaffer
They’re not difficult to peel if they’re at the right stage of ripening.
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posted on
12/17/2016 1:49:05 PM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: Gaffer; trisham
They will do better in the house with filtered light than outside with full sun. Also top needs to be pinched off to get branching.
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posted on
12/17/2016 1:49:15 PM PST
by
Duchess47
("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
To: Gaffer
Wifey been trying to nurse along a little Avacado tree here for about 5 years. Tough going and having to move it in during the cold and all that. Yeah, avocados don't much like the cold. It's why most of them are grown in mild climates, like certain parts of California.
I'm now in North Texas where things like avocado will perish. Reminds me - I've got a jalapeno plant that made it through last winter. We're going to get freezing temps tonight, and I've got to go wrap it.
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posted on
12/17/2016 1:49:32 PM PST
by
Windflier
(Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
To: Gaffer
They’re nice plants, regardless. :)
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posted on
12/17/2016 1:50:00 PM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: Duchess47; Gaffer
Also top needs to be pinched off to get branching.******************
That makes sense. We do that with our tomatoes.
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posted on
12/17/2016 1:51:31 PM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: Gaffer
You’re kidding! What about that other exotic food - pizza?
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posted on
12/17/2016 2:02:54 PM PST
by
aquila48
To: Gaffer
Please, do so. A perfectly ripe avocado is a gift from God. He does love us :-)
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posted on
12/17/2016 2:04:20 PM PST
by
KosmicKitty
(Waiting for inspirations)
To: aquila48
Nope...not kidding. And I do know what Pizza is and have had all kinds.
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posted on
12/17/2016 2:06:07 PM PST
by
Gaffer
To: Gaffer
The skin is thick and easy to peel off with a paring knife. No need for a potato peeler. We are in So Cal/ avocados abound. Were in Germany and they had an ‘exotic foods’ celebration. There were avocados, kiwis, stuff we see here all the time.
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posted on
12/17/2016 2:08:47 PM PST
by
bboop
(does not suffer fools gladly)
To: Gaffer
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