Sqwertz wrote:
> 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?
No it's usually about 4 or 5 of them in a kilo
>
> 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?

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


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