Janet Wilder > wrote:

> Sqwertz wrote:
>> Janet Wilder > wrote:
>>
>>> I get wonderful tree-ripened ones in Mexico. They have to take the pits
>>> out for transport across the border so I only get them when I know I'm
>>> going to use them right away. Usually get 4 big ones for $2.50 US
>>
>> That's kinda odd. I but Mexican avocados all the time here - with
>> pits in them. Do they think you're trying to smuggle cocaine?
>>
>> $2.50 is a lot to spend in Mexico for avocados, even if they are
>> twice the size of the ones we get here for $.50.
>>
>> -sw
>
> I can buy Mexican avocados at the market with a pit in them, but if you
> are taking them as an individual, not a produce shipper, you can't bring
> the seed across the border.
>
> The ones I get are huge. They weigh a kilo or something like that.

A 2lb avocado?

And what is their reasoning behind not allowing pits across the
border? Are they trying to protect some sort of mutant proprietary
strain of 2-pound (!) avocado?

Which reminds me - I have an ripe avocado waiting for me
downstairs... With sriracha, lime juice and salt.

-sw
-sw