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Question!! At what exact point in its transformation, does an avocado evolve into guacamole?
I recall once reading that Ponce de Leon was briefly shipwrecked on an island near Puerto Rico and survived on alligator pears.
Lol, I got to nominate you for the local award for finding the oddest stuff sometimes... They are quite interesting some of these odd factoids.
I avoid Avocados & Limes from Mexico. The drug cartels are now in the Avocado & Lime business. So basically, neither for me these days. :( Mexico produces 80%+ of both fruits for the whole WORLD!
Cartels impose ‘war tax’ on avocado farming
“’Honestly, it’s something delicate, but like anywhere else, you have to pay to be able to work,’ the owner of a packing company located in Uruapan, who didn’t want to be identified for fear of retaliation, told The Courier Journal.
The owner said some growers and packing companies pay 1,000 Mexican pesos (around 50 U.S. dollars) per hectare monthly to criminal groups.
The massive worldwide demand for avocados has turned the business into a very profitable one in Mexico, but it also turned the ‘green gold’ into a target for multiple layers of organized crime seeking to control the trade.”
I still remember how gross I thought avocados were when I first found those slimy green chunks in a salad, as a child in the 60s. Eventually I learned to like them, though I still consider them a luxury food item rather than a staple.
In Guatemala City, there is a small public park that was donated by the California Avocado Growers Association, to thank the people of Guatemala for teaching American growers how to grow avocados.
The best avacados are American and grown in Hawaii!
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