On Wed, 18 Sep 2019 20:03:45 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Wed, 18 Sep 2019 16:30:18 -0600, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 18 Sep 2019 14:30:34 -0500, Sqwertz >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On Wed, 18 Sep 2019 10:47:00 -0600, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>>
>>>> Not just avocados either. How did they do it? Read on . . .
>>>>
>>>> https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/18/busin...eel/index.html
>>>
>>>This probably also means they will take far longer to ripen after
>>>buying to, as they require ethylene and oxygen to to ripen.
>> snip
>>
>> Well, yes, that would be the result of keeping produce items from
>> spoiling quickly. It's a progression -- unripe, ripe, spoiled.
>
>But the real question is, after you wait 7-14 days for them to ripen
>(can you wash off that residue to make them ripen normally?), will
>they stay ripe for 4-5 days, or will you still only have that 36
>hour window for a ripe avocado?
>
>Here in Texas, probably the most avocado-consuming state in the
>U.S., we never have avocados going rotten. We always know we have
>to have to buy them 2-5 days in advance and either retard or hasten
>their ripening.
>
>-sw

Did you know that you can refrigerate ripe and almost ripe avocados
and they will keep in that state for quite some time? I buy the bag
from Costco, leave the bag on the counter until I can feel the
ripening and then put 4 or so in the veggie keeper until needed.
Janet US