"kilikini" > wrote in message
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> aem wrote:
>>> This might be a stupid question but its because I really hav*e no
>>> idea but how can you tell when an avocado is ripe so you can stor*e
>>> it in the fridge?
>>
>> Smartest people I know got that way by asking so many stupid questions
>> they learned everything they wanted to know.
>>
>> Avocados are ripe when they are soft to your touch. A little
>> experience will soon teach you how to judge when they are the degree
>> of ripeness you like.
>>
>>> And where do you initially store the avocado, is th*e pantry a
>>> safe area?
>>
>> Pantry, cupboard, countertop, all fine. If you want to accelerate the
>> ripening, put it in a closed paper bag in a dark place.
>>
>> Guacamole (not that you asked, but I'm all the way up on this soap box
>> and it brings out such strange urges) in our house starts with
>> avocado, minced or pressed garlic, salt and lime juice. All to
>> taste. Often it stops there. Tomato, jalapeņo, onion, salsa, etc.
>> are all gilding the lily, but sometimes you feel like it.
>>
>> -aem
>
> Actually, *some* avocados are extremely difficult to tell when they're
> ripe
> because their outside covering doesn't turn black-ish or get soft; it's
> green, thick and very hard. It's kind of a guessing game on those, so I
> don't buy them anymore. I've gotten some of those difficult ones that
> I've
> cut open and it was as hard as frozen butter and OTOH, I've had some that
> were like room-temp butter.
>
> Now, I always buy Haas because you can tell by the color of the skin and
> gentle pressure how ripe they are. If they yield too much, don't buy one,
> 'cause you'll end up with strings.
>
> And usually, I buy avos as I need them, but after I buy them I put them in
> the fridge to (hopefully) retard further "ripeness".
>
> kili
Here is a way to ripen avocados but is not for the faint of heart. I lived
in HI and complained to the produce market man about the usual ripening
problems. He smiled and offered me a tip: He said "ALWAYS ripen your
avocados in the refrigerator!" WHAT???
But that has been many years ago, and I still follow his advise (most of the
time when my avocados are not ripe) bringing home a bag of unripe avocados
from Costco and putting them in the refrigerator drawer. Sometimes it will
take 10 days to ripen them, but I use the same pressure test to test these
as I would testing the ones I would leave out to ripen. I certainly have
few losses of avocados compared to leaving them on the cabinet counter.
Dee
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