"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> "Paul M. Cook" > wrote in message
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>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>>> Does anyone here use it? And if so are you having a hard time finding
>>> it? It was recommended to me for its buttery taste and it's supposed to
>>> be a very healthy oil. I was using it to make mashed potatoes. But now
>>> I can't find it anywhere. It was rather expensive, so maybe it's just
>>> as well I can't find it. But I liked it!
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>> Not expensive at all, really. Here is a a site that sells it.
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>> http://www.houseofnutrition.com/733739076700.html?
>> ovchn=FRO&ovcpn=Froogle&ovcrn=Now's+Avocado+Oil+Re fined+4oz&ovtac=CMP
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>> You can do your dandruff, your skin and make a salad with it. I've never
>> cooked with it but I would suspect it would be a very delicate oil and
>> one not well suited for anything involving heat. Perhaps a drizzle on
>> seafood, or mashed potatoes or something that otherwise you'd use melted
>> butter on.
>
> Yeah I just saw that. That one is not expensive. I think I paid about
> $12 for a small bottle of the kind I was using. Not sure I'd want to use
> one that is also for cosmetic purposes though. And I was really hoping to
> avoid mail ordering because they don't always pack oils well. I hate
> getting a broken or leaky bottle of something. But thanks!

I've ordered all kinds of things mail order and they usually make it to me
in one piece. The cost of shipping sure adds to the cost though but what
can you do? Some things you just can't get any other way. I'm into Indian
food again and I've been ordering jars of all kinds of cool stuff from as
far away as India and GB, so far no broken ones.

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> I've never cooked with it either. Just put it in mashed potatoes. Was
> hesitant to do that because I hate the taste of avocados but this didn't
> taste like that at all. It was really buttery.

Some people say they taste like soap. The best avocados come from
California and are of the Haas variety and are tree ripened. The store
bought never develop the best flavor because they are almost always picked
when immature. We have trees that grow on public land here in SoCal and the
locals have been known to wage wars to pick them. We had a huge tree at a
local college that put out an incredible harvest but they finally cut it
down because people were falling out of it at 3:00am trying to pick the
topmost ones which are always the best.

Paul