The avocado

don't know about smoothie. i'm not a fan of vegetable juice. but damn I wish I'd picked up more avocados on the way home.

Most of the time I eat avocados plain, with just a little bit of salt.

last night it was fresh guac which simply can't be beat.

Avocados are great. Although as I mentioned on the other thread, the closer you get to the West Coast (or let's say California), the better they are.

avocado, spinach, beetroot, potato, bacon ad/or parmesan

i need to make that again actually

Also: Diced avocado in a savory sandwich. Mmmmm.

Also: Guacamole mixed with pico de gallo and served with tortilla chips.

Also: Shrimp salad with diced avocado in it.

(Wow, the things one learns! Indonesians consider them dog food, huh? Weird.)

Actually, I'm just craving some avocadoey goodness. But I think it'd taste a whole lot better in a corn tortilla than in a slice of bread. (Not like I can escape Mexican food, though. As much as I might gripe about its ubiquitousness in my life. *wink*)

Mashed avocado spread thickly on buttered wholegrain toast is a fabulous snack.

Also good when cut in half, placed in a baking dish which has been half filled with water, and then topped with flaked white crabmeat mixed with a small amount of white sauce to bind it, and sprinkled with a little grated cheese and a dash of paprika. Bake in the oven for 15 minutes until bubbling. Yum.

Although yesterday I had some in Pret's "amazing no bread sandwich" and it was kinda lame, no seasoning, no dressing on the leaves lead to it kinda clashing with the other stuff. Bah. I might have it again today tho as I R glutton for punishment.

Indonesians are insane.

I think they may have ripped you off here, Starry.

What is taro bubble tea?

Last night we had yum yum ceviche with avocado slices on top. ooooo my mouth is salvaiting with the memory.

I am a pariah in Southern California.

I will take the must-sit-in-a-brown-paper-bag-to-ripen avocadoes to no avocadoes at all any day.

Dressing:

Half avocado pureed
Whole grain mustard
lemon juice
olive oil

hmm, can't think of it. We went to Curra's which is one of my favorite places for just about anything.

You have a quart left Nick? Damn how much did you make? I'm on my way to the grocery store. this is not good.

also, how do you make ceviche?

Nick, recipes? I've never made it myself.

Last night's was snapper and shrimp, not to heavy on the lime/garlic. excellent.

This is why the Nickalicious Cookbook will never work.

my favorite ceviche is spicy peppers, lime juice, snapper, squid, shrimp and a shitload of thin-sliced red onions. this avodaco topping intriguees me.

Avocado, you are the best food ever existing! I don't even care that I lost the spelling bee on the word "avocado," we are BFFs (best food friends) for eternity. If they don't have avocados in heaven, I am going to punch god!

I think we don't get good ones here in NYC! I like them but mainly for texture as they have hardly any taste.

abbott where do u stand on the contentious filling half an avocado w/salad dressing and then eating w/spoon issue

My parents' neighbors' tree is filled to bursting with them.

I keep on meaning to buy a bunch and make avocado milk...

p.s. organic & chilean avocados stink

I was talking with my mom about that on the phone Sunday night, cozen – we both concluded it is insane. OTOH she used to add mayonnaise to her guacamole so maybe she isn't the most reliable opiner.

I love eating them w/a spoon, plain, with nothing added. They are perfect as they stand.

I just had a banana & an avocado & tea. That might be the perfect breakfast.

chilean avocados stink

no, you stink!

best foodstuff named after testicles!

Sounds like someone hasn't eaten an orchid.

I'm always ;_; after I open up an avocado that's not quite ripe and it's still pretty firm - I always think that if I leave it in the fridge for a couple of days, it will become soft again, but it seems the soul of the avocado escapes as soon as you open it.

xp chilean avocados are always stringy & bad and rotten

OTOH she used to add mayonnaise to her guacamole

these ppl send me up the fuckin wall

btw avocado lightly salted with cayenne pepper == excellent

I don't think anyone is paying enough attention to this line:

It is both poetry and a truth bomb.

escapes into my mouth!
xpost

i am abt to eat one with salad

also, my kitten/cat thinks it's cool to jump up on the counter and knock the avocados off. i don't know what his problem is but i am getting a water gun.

I like them but mainly for texture as they have hardly any taste.

I was just about to say this!! I'd avoided them for 22 years coz they were green and had a weird texture, and they were one of those foods I just "didn't like" for no apparent reason. And then I tried one and was like "huh what that's it??". The texture is nice and all but plz explain what the big deal is!! They taste like NOTHING.

they are buttery fatty deliciousness. best used as a condiment imo.

they're one of those foods you got to add salt to - EVEN IF YOU HAVEN'T TASTED IT YET

u mad

Oh wait, I shouldn't have responded. I don't think they need salt, anyway.

I like them a lot better with some salt, but more importantly: to me, avocados are LITERALLY CRYING OUT FROM THEIR SOULS to be drenched with lime juice.

avocados need the help of their little friends from the sea to fully bloom tastewise

http://sporeflections.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/sardine.jpg

http://www.rickbayless.com/recipe/view?recipeID=219

just smashed 2 big hasses with some red onion and salt and lime juice <3 being close to mexico

Ripe avos are one of my favourite things about living in CA. Back home, I used to be able to get loose avocados from Sainsburys that would pretty much be ripe that day UNTIL they decided to launch packets of two "ripe!!" avos that meant they put all the decent ones in these packs and all the loose ones were hard as rocks. (And yeah, there's no going back once you open it).

my gurl wont let any trip to the grocery end without these fruits. mostly they end up in salads at our place.
stevie D if you think they taste like nothing then i wonder about yr taste buds. cuz although they may be subtle they definitely have a distinct taste. nothing like it really

xp chilean avocados are always stringy & bad and rotten

mebbe just because i only actually eat them in chile but that's just wrong to me.

am moved & amused by phrasing of the soul of an avocado leaving after opening, BUT, sometimes you can get something out of them - you'd want to leave them in a cupboard rather than the fridge, for a couple of days, usually, and the unexposed portions of the avocado might still go soft.

but uh huh these things are life-fruit. salt is compulsory imo.

i remember growing them when i was a kid..

http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/uimages/sf/6-12-08-avocado.jpg

That's right! I remembered just now – Mad magazine's Arthur was an avocado plant.

The avocado, mashed with hard-boiled eggs, olive oil and salt

1. sliced ripe fresh avocado
2. medium-sliced coarse chewy fresh bread, v. lightly toasted if not fresh enough
3. dash of olive oil
4. cracked black pepper
5. liberal spashes of tapatio
6. stroll into heaven on cloud of foodorphins

that is another classic yes, although I have never had it with tapatio, nor do I know what tapatio is without googling

is avocado egg bad or good for one if eaten regularly, as is now my intention

How much mashing do you do? Until it is uniformly smooth or just kinda chunky?

chunky! smooth would feel wrong

I feel a sprinkle of paprika and a dash of tabasco would perfect that avo/egg mash.

shit and I have paprika too. next time

bearing in mind my previous mashed-egg accompaniment was butter, I feel this is something of an upgrade in several senses

confused, at which point do you add the chocolate?

This is pretty interesting... I'm mildly allergic to them, so I never buy them.. but had no idea about the political & ecological ramifications of the lowly alligator pear:

In Cherán, however, there was no such violence. Nor were there any avocados. Thirteen years ago, the town’s residents prevented corrupt officials and a local cartel from illegally cutting down native forests to make way for the crop. A group of locals took loggers hostage while others incinerated their trucks. Soon, townspeople had kicked out the police and local government, cancelled elections, and locked down the whole area. A revolutionary experiment was under way. Months later, Cherán reopened with an entirely new state apparatus in place. Political parties were banned, and a governing council had been elected; a reforestation campaign was undertaken to replenish the barren hills; a military force was chartered to protect the trees and the town’s water supply; some of the country’s most advanced water filtration and recycling programmes were created. And the avocado was outlawed.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/article/2024/jun/11/inside-mexico-anti-avocado-militias