Avocados

[Fallenfromgrace]

Ok, so ive never had Avocado on its own before earlier this week.

I have decided that i DO NOT like avocado on its own.

What does everyone else think?

I mixed an avocado with soem chopped olives, some chopped capers, salt and pepper, and i put it in my sandwich with salad and ham. It tased nice on a spoon, I could NOT stomach it in my sandwich. Just coz it tasted really weird in there.

So, i'd like to ask what people think of avocados, and do you guys have any suggestions as to how i can get rid of my other 2 avocados- and if i like the suggestions then maybe i'll get more

also, how do you make guacamole (sp) ?

 

[Lauren Hynde]

Cut them in two halves and then take each one, dig out a bit of the pulp to make a little avocado cup, and pour some port or other dessert red wine into it. Eat the avocado from the bottom of the cup with a spoon. If you start tasting the avocado again, add more wine.

 

[Misty_Morning]

I can not imagine life without guacamole. I absolutely love it.

 

[kinkikittyn]

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[feeeriek]

I second the quacamole suggestion. Then serve it with carne asada!

that is yummy... however i don't think Grace eats beef

 

[kinkikittyn]

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[Fallenfromgrace]

Cut them in two halves and then take each one, dig out a bit of the pulp to make a little avocado cup, and pour some port or other dessert red wine into it. Eat the avocado from the bottom of the cup with a spoon. If you start tasting the avocado again, add more wine.

though im not sure that'd fly well for lunch times at uni!

I can not imagine life without guacamole. I absolutely love it.

Babe...you're meant to give me a recipe

opps sorry, how about pollo asada?...or heck just the guacamole by itself.

an easy guacamole version would be to chop the avacado, add sour cream and a bit of salt to your taste and I like it hot so I put in jalapenos either chopped or use the Tabasco Jalapeno sauce (this is nice cause it is tangy as well as hot). I like it chunky so I don't mash the avacado.

Feee is correct i dont eat beef

What is pollo asada?

and thank you for the recipe i think i'd mush it

~~remember to buy sour cream~~

 

[ltnsfr007]

I second the quacamole suggestion. Then serve it with carne asada!

That's what I had last nite

just add salsa FFG

 

[R. Richard]

Split an avocado in half, remove the pit and then drizzle on a bit of lemon juice and some salt! Oh yeah!

 

[glynndah]

Mash it up and use it as a facial mask. Great for softening the skin.

 

[elsol]

I'm Latin... specifically had a Puerto Rican stepfather.

I don't like things mixed in with my avocado; it must be allowed to standalone and independent.

 

[Stella_Omega]

Avocados are a staple in my family's diet- we are lucky enough to have two trees.
Grace, what kind of avocados do you have? There are two- the big, smooth, bright green ones, which are crap. And the smaller, wrinkled, greenish-black ones which are the good ones.
We cut them open, pull out the seed, and pour a little bit of something into the cavity- Shoyu sauce, or a squirt of lemon or lime joice, a splash of hot sauce. I've never treid it with wine, but I shall! Eat it with a spoon.
Or, pop a half-avocado out of its skin, slice it and lay the slices into your sandwich.
never NEVER cook avocado it's utterly foul when it gets heated. If you make an omelette, the avocado goes in right before you serve it.

Guacamole; smash up an avocado, add chopped tomato, chopped onion, chopped fresh green jalapeño, chopped cilantro. You want about twice as much avocado as the chopped ingredients. A squirt of lemon adds a fresh flavour and loosens the mole a bit.

 

[R. Richard]

Avocados are a staple in my family's diet- we are lucky enough to have two trees.
Grace, what kind of avocados do you have? There are two- the big, smooth, bright green ones, which are crap. And the smaller, wrinkled, greenish-black ones which are the good ones.
We cut them open, pull out the seed, and pour a little bit of something into the cavity- Shoyu sauce, or a squirt of lemon or lime joice, a splash of hot sauce. I've never treid it with wine, but I shall! Eat it with a spoon.
Or, pop a half-avocado out of its skin, slice it and lay the slices into your sandwich.
never NEVER cook avocado it's utterly foul when it gets heated. If you make an omelette, the avocado goes in right before you serve it.

Guacamole; smash up an avocado, add chopped tomato, chopped onion, chopped fresh green jalapeño, chopped cilantro. You want about twice as much avocado as the chopped ingredients. A squirt of lemon adds a fresh flavour and loosens the mole a bit.

The wrinkled, greenish-black avocados are Hass avocados [sometimes mis-called Haas avocados.] The Hass avocado is the best of at least the common avocado types.

 

[Vermilion]

cba to read all other suggestions.

- chop in half, remove stone, squeeze in lemon juice then douse liberally with caster sugar - this is how my mum got me to eat them initially

- if you're feeling braver then have it in a sandwich with a little mayo, some cold chicken, some bacon, maybe some lettuce and/or tomato - delicious.

I have another suggestion for an avocado and walnut salad, but you're allergic to nuts, aren't you sweetie? Though that begs the question why you hang out on the AH...

x
V

 

[3113]

Avacados aren't for everybody. Like some things, they may need time, even childhood tastes, to become fond of them.

First, keep in mind that a good avacado should neither be too mushy nor rock hard. Pick out Avacados that have some give to the touch up top and on the bottom, some softness. Like butter out of the refrigerator that you've allowed to soften part way. If the ones you get are rock hard, leave them out on a counter to ripen for a few days. You should be able to slice the avacado without it falling apart--yet also also to mash those slices with a fork.

Second, as you can see from most recipes, avacados are best with citrus and a little salt--lemon or lime juice primarily. These are the best accents for them. Lemon/Lime juice also keeps the avacado green. Remove avacado and use no lemon juice and it will go black. It will still taste good, but it won't look so good.

Alternately, if you keep the avacado pit in with the avacado (if you're only using only half an avacado for example) it will stay green (refrigerate cut avacados).

Guacamole is the one exception to the "over ripe" rule--as you want avacados that are a little more soft so you can really mash them up. A good Guac is made "to the taste"--we can give you a recipe, but in the end, you just have to taste, stage by stage, to get it as you like it.

Stella's recipe is pretty spot on for most Guacs (although I, myself, cannot stand Cilantro). Lime juice over lemon in this case--to taste--chopped hot chiles or hot sauce to spice it up (tobasco works great)--to taste--salt (to taste) and chopped tomatoes/onions.

Add more or less of each, mixing and mashing and tasting along the way till its yummy, especially when dipped up on a tortilla chip.

Lay out chips on a platter, cover chips with refried beans, maybe some shredded roast chicken or grilled beef, lots of cheddar and jack cheese. Bake in the oven till cheese if melted and bubbling. Pull out and serve with guacamole, sour cream and sliced jalapeños. Hmmm. Nachos.

 

[matriarch]

Ok, so ive never had Avocado on its own before earlier this week.

I have decided that i DO NOT like avocado on its own.

What does everyone else think?

I mixed an avocado with soem chopped olives, some chopped capers, salt and pepper, and i put it in my sandwich with salad and ham. It tased nice on a spoon, I could NOT stomach it in my sandwich. Just coz it tasted really weird in there.

So, i'd like to ask what people think of avocados, and do you guys have any suggestions as to how i can get rid of my other 2 avocados- and if i like the suggestions then maybe i'll get more

also, how do you make guacamole (sp) ?

I detest avocados....*shudder*...slimy and bitter. yukkkkkk.

 

[Grushenka]

Stella's right, the bright green ones are crap; also about never cooking them.

Avacados need to be ripe, better extra ripe than not. If they are rock hard when you buy them, put them in a paper bag or drawer for a few days. When softened (not mushy soft), then they're ready.

I like them absolutely plain with a sprinkle of salt, or plain+salt on a heated tortilla. Also added to a BLT sandwich, otherwise I think it's silly to make sandwiches of them.

Everyone has their favorite guacamole recipe and I think most of the favorite ingredients have been listed above. Experiment.

 

[Grushenka]

I detest avocados....*shudder*...slimy and bitter. yukkkkkk.

You had a bad one, then. Ripe avacados are never bitter, never slimy.

 

[Guest]

rub it all over a woman

 

[amicus]

Halve it, remove seed, salt, lemon juice and a tablespoon mayonnaise in the cavity as a quick salad alongside an almost raw sirloin, interesting taste opposites.

Gardeners, soak the seed for a few days, peel off the tough outer brown skin of the seed, slice a shallow line down each quarter, then turn the large side of the seed down in potting soil.

Although it takes ten years for the tree to bear fruit, I am told they make a lovely house plant but I have never managed to get one to sprout.

amicus...

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Halve it, remove seed, salt, lemon juice and a tablespoon mayonnaise in the cavity as a quick salad alongside an almost raw sirloin, interesting taste opposites.

Gardeners, soak the seed for a few days, peel off the tough outer brown skin of the seed, slice a shallow line down each quarter, then turn the large side of the seed down in potting soil.

Although it takes ten years for the tree to bear fruit, I am told they make a lovely house plant but I have never managed to get one to sprout.

amicus...

Try sticking toothpicks in each quarter near the small side, then place on the top of a small glass with the bottom in water. Place on a window sill until the roots sprouts, then plant.

 

[matriarch]

You had a bad one, then. Ripe avacados are never bitter, never slimy.

I've tried them many times, many ways.

I don't like the texture.
I don't like the taste.
I don't like the smell.

I don't bother any more.

 

[3113]

Also added to a BLT sandwich, otherwise I think it's silly to make sandwiches of them.

Hmmmm. BLAT sandwich. Love them! You can also chop the avacado (a relatively firm one) into small pieces and mix gently with chopped, cooked childen, mayo and rosemary. Which makes for a very interesting chicken salad sandwich. Or place sliced avacado atop grilled chicken burgers. Nice grilled chicken on a bun, some Dijon or spicy honey mustard, add a slice of red onion...

Okay. Now I'm hungry.

 

[English Lady]

I tried avacado with Beth when she was a baby -niether of us liked it *L*

However a few weeks ago Mum had an American student staying and she made guacamole and I tried it and loved it. The lime definitely seems to make alot of difference to the taste and the corriander....mmm yum.

 

[buxxxom]

I detest avocados....*shudder*...slimy and bitter. yukkkkkk.

And the oddest shade of green when mashed into submission as guacamole.