"pennyaline" wrote ...
> I first tasted avocado more than twenty years ago. It looked lovely
inside
> and out, and I was desperately disappointed that eating it was like
eating
> Crisco from the can with a spoon. I have eaten avocado since,
seasoned and
> jazzed up into guacamole and so on, but I can't shake my first
experience.
> To me, it is and will always be bleeeeehhhhhh.

My experience was similar. Avocados seem to be nature's tofu. But
they are a great base for many other foods.