In article >,
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?
>
> 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

I like them with just a bit of lime mayo. ;-)

A 1 kilo avocado???

Damn.

Mail me a pit please! <g>
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