I have to make sure they are ripe before I enjoy them. They have to be
soft (not mushy) to the touch. I like them sliced into salads or mashed and
put on a piece of buttered bread. A little salt helps to bring out the
flavor.

Please try them again. Sometimes they wont taste good no matter what you
do, depending on what type they are.

Butter avocados taste like what you described. The butter avocados I have
eaten seemed to be more yellow inside. I don't know what the other type is
called, but they seem to be a little smaller and light green inside. I like
the second one much better than the butter avocados.

Dwayne



"Dee Randall" <deedoveyatshenteldotnet> wrote in message
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>
> "<RJ>" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> I'm still trying to acclimate to the Tex-Mex eating style.
>>
>> But avocados have me puzzled.
>> A spoonful of avocado tastes like
>> a spoonful of lard.....
>> Try as I may, there's no discernable flavor.
>>
>> Is this one of these totally neutral items
>> that only supplies color and texture
>> to the other ingredients ?
>>
>> Or am I one of the 10% that is missing
>> the "avocado tastebuds" ?
>>
> Dear RJ,
> Funny, but I just finished an hour ago spooning out an avocado, even
> without salt shaker handy. I, too, couldn't understand the fuss when I
> first was gifted with a peck of them by a friend some 30 years ago. They
> went to waste and I always will regret that.
> Just find a good recipe for guacamole -- keep it simple for one avocado.
> Mash it up, add a small clove of garlic, a little lime juice, a teensy
> cherry tomato, and if you like a tiny amount of a jalepeno. Any of these
> additions will add to your beginning to like this. If you are a potato
> chip eater, mix those ingredients together with a little sour cream so
> that you can scoop it up, or just spoon it into your mouth. I'm sure you
> will begin to like it. Avocados are very good for you, as well as putting
> on the weight.
> Dee
>