Goomba > wrote:

> Janet Wilder wrote:
>
>> The stem end ripens first. If you can push on the stem end and it
>> gives, the rest of the body is not "rock-hard" but it's not soft,
>> either. It's firm, but not hard. Squeeze a few on your next excursion to
>> the Isle of Produce and you'll get a better idea of what we are trying
>> to convey.
>>
> But then, when I'm in a standard boring produce aisle, all I'll find is
> a bunch of mauled, overly squeezed and abused avocados.

This is why they're mostly sold hard so they ripen at home. At
least around here. The only place a routinely see ready-to-use
avocados are at CostCo.

-sw