Avocados

[shereads]

I adore avocados (except the cannonball-sized ones on my backyard tree, when they batter my house during hurricanes).

The secret to enjoying an avocado is ripeness. Even slightly under-ripe, they're tasteless.

Look for one that seems a little too ripe. it's not. It should be slightly squishy. The peeling will be so loose, you can remove it without a paring knife. The seed can be easily lifted out. If you have to cut it, you have an underripe avocado.

A ripe avocado has a buttery richness. I slice them in half and fill the little indention where the seed used to be with the best and sweetest balsamic vinegar I can afford.

Yum.

I'm hungry.

BTW, an avocado is a nut. It's the avocado oil that gives it a luscious fattiness not found in vegetables.

 

[Fallenfromgrace]

An Avocado is a NUT?! maybe i shouldnt be eating it then?!

I KNEW I WAS HAVING A REACTION THAT FIRST TIME I HAD THAT SANDWICH FROM THAT SHOP A MONTH AGO!!!!!! and im sure i asked on the board- randomly, if guacamole has nuts in it!?





Thank you all for your recipes!

i shall try a few out. We got the small dark wrinkly ones, ive never seen the other kind...

Im with Mat on the texture- thats what makes me shudder about it.

I think the one i made into a paste and put in my sandwich the othe day wasn't ripe. I had to cut through the whole thing and the peal was taking the flesh off with it as i attempted to get it off!

I'll see how the other two are faring some days later.

Thanks again all!

 

[Vermilion]

Seriously - try it sweet. The texture is more palatable to a beginner as a sweet taste. Dunno why, but lemon and sugar is yummy.
x
V

 

[elfin_odalisque]

Take a few peeled cooked prawns, mix in a sauce of a little tomato ketchup and some mayo and spread into the welcoming opening of the halved and pitted ripe avocado fruit.

Serve with chilled chablis and cherry tomatoes, then take him to bed.

 

[shereads]

Seriously - try it sweet. The texture is more palatable to a beginner as a sweet taste. Dunno why, but lemon and sugar is yummy.
x
V

Ewww!



FALLENFROM: If you're allergic to nuts, you really shouldn't be eating avocados.

 

[shereads]

A gorgeous, easy salad for hot summer days:

• Thinly sliced ripe papaya
• Ditto, an avocado
• Grilled shrimp or slices of cold chicken
• Drizzle with a reduction of balsamic vinegar (heated in a saucepan until it thickens to a the consistency of thin syrup.)

I'm so hungry now!

I have the sexiest oranges in the frig. They're called Blood Oranges, because they're bright red inside. Thin slices are so gorgeous, you almost hate to make them disappear.

 

[darkerdreamer]

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) ?

Had to throw in my two bits as an avid avocado lover and former hater. Avocado by its lonesome is disgusting. However, try it with a liberal sprinkling of salt on avocado slices, delicious.

Also, as weird as it sounds, avocado and watermelon in a bowl with salt is great, a little California hippie fruit salad.

Finally, my current favorite (Americanized) guac recipe is:

Couple of tablespoons of sour cream
Half-tablespoon or so of cream cheese (for thickness)
One mushed avocado (is that the culinary term?)
A liberal sprinkling of diced scallions
A splash of lime juice
A liberal sprinkling of salt
Then add hot peppers to your liking if you want it spicy (I go for a quarter of a fine chopped fresh jalepeno per serving of this recipe)

Very unauthentic, but tasty.

(P.S. No one has mentioned avocado and mushroom soup yet?)

 

[Dar~]

This thread came at a perfect moment, I had just made my version of Tacos.
I take smart ground (soy hamburger) cook it with vegetarian refried beans, dehydrated onions, a small can of minced green chilies, and a packet of McCormick's taco seasoning. While all that simmers, I take two avacados, half a cup of chunky salsa and two or three table spoons of sour cream and smoosh (technical term) them all together in a bowl.
Then to serve
Take your flour tortilla (warmed just prior) scoop some of the "meat" mixture out, add shredded cheese, then the avacado mixture. MMMMMmmmmmm
Its heaven in a wrap! And I know cause I am eating one right now.

 

[Vermilion]

Ewww!

Try it before you dismiss it. It works.
x
V

 

[Fallenfromgrace]

Ewww!



FALLENFROM: If you're allergic to nuts, you really shouldn't be eating avocados.

I didnt have a reaction on monday...

I'll take some tomorrow and see how it goes

~~

Thanks all!!!

 

[Trombonus]

Just remember Grace that everything is better with Ketchup.

 

[Fallenfromgrace]

Just remember Grace that everything is better with Ketchup.

EWWW!....chocolate?! ice cream?! cereal?!

EWWW TROMBIE. JUST EWWW.

 

[impressive]

This thread came at a perfect moment, I had just made my version of Tacos.
I take smart ground (soy hamburger) cook it with vegetarian refried beans, dehydrated onions, a small can of minced green chilies, and a packet of McCormick's taco seasoning. While all that simmers, I take two avacados, half a cup of chunky salsa and two or three table spoons of sour cream and smoosh (technical term) them all together in a bowl.
Then to serve
Take your flour tortilla (warmed just prior) scoop some of the "meat" mixture out, add shredded cheese, then the avacado mixture. MMMMMmmmmmm
Its heaven in a wrap! And I know cause I am eating one right now.

The visual, though ...

URGH. Sounds like diaper gravy.

 

[Trombonus]

EWWW!....chocolate?! ice cream?! cereal?!

EWWW TROMBIE. JUST EWWW.

Everything Grace...everything.

You would shudder at some of the things I've tried ketchup with (and it's a lot).

 

[Dar~]

The visual, though ...

URGH. Sounds like diaper gravy.

It looks like white people guacamole.
The only difference from Guacamole is that you use chunky salsa instead of picante. Most guacamole's (premade) have sour cream to help smooth them out.
It is yummy. Mmmmm Mmmmm






(Kind of like IMP)

 

[shereads]

Try it before you dismiss it. It works.
x
V

It works for you, sweetie, but I'm afraid I'd never get past the initial concept. When I have a negative response to a combination of foods, even when it's just a description, it sticks. I can't help it. As a child, I couldn't stand for any two foods on my plate to touch each other. Who knows why?



One person's favorite food combination can be another person's trauma. I used to dive off a boat whose first mate always brought along The Sandwich from Hell: bologna, peanut butter and lots of mayonnaise on white bread. Not only did he love that sandwich, his appetite was never diminished one bit by the inevitable barf reaction the sight of it produced among everyone who was borderline seasick.

Haven't seen him or The Sandwich from Hell in years, but to this day I can't eat mayonnaise. I used to like it, but now I associate it with bologne and peanut butter and seasick divers.



I don't feel so good....

 

[impressive]

It looks like white people guacamole.
The only difference from Guacamole is that you use chunky salsa instead of picante. Most guacamole's (premade) have sour cream to help smooth them out.
It is yummy. Mmmmm Mmmmm






(Kind of like IMP)

Well, there ya go -- a new title: white people guacamole.



FFG: I love guac. Spicy guac, especially. I like plain avocado on salads, but not by itself.

 

[Dar~]

Well, there ya go -- a new title: white people guacamole.



FFG: I love guac. Spicy guac, especially. I like plain avocado on salads, but not by itself.

I live in New Mexico, but learned to cook in Montana. All my friend's tease me about my "white" food. Not enough spice according to them. I use plenty of spice just not the kind that makes your tongue melt.

 

[Stella_Omega]

I live in New Mexico, but learned to cook in Montana. All my friend's tease me about my "white" food. Not enough spice according to them. I use plenty of spice just not the kind that makes your tongue melt.

Yep, that's not enough spice.
Also, white girl, stop wasting your time with flour tortillas and get with the corn!
Soooo good for you, one of the best sources for calcium that exists

 

[scheherazade_79]

I'm kind of neutral about avocados. I can eat them - but then again I can eat pretty much anything. I just don't know what to make of them. They're soapy. You wouldn't want to eat them on a dodgy stomach, otherwise they might make you retch.

On the whole they're fairly inoffensive, though.

 

[3113]

Take a few peeled cooked prawns, mix in a sauce of a little tomato ketchup and some mayo and spread into the welcoming opening of the halved and pitted ripe avocado fruit.

Ah! My own version of this: chopped celery, onions, tomatoes, cooked baby shrimp and, if you can get it, some lump crab meat.

Mix together with a tablespoon or two good Thousand Island Dressing (like Bob's Big Boy) or Louie dressing (found at some fish markets)--Louie is better as it's less sweet.

Serve salad in the pitted half of a ripe avacado with a dash of tobasco sauce.

Louie dressing is a version of the following:
1 c. mayonnaise
1 tbsp. lemon juice
1/4-1/2 c. commercial tomato chili sauce
1/4 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
1 tbsp. grated onion
1 tsp. sweet pickle relish
Salt & pepper to taste

 

[3113]

Also, white girl, stop wasting your time with flour tortillas and get with the corn!

Agreed! Fajitas or taco meat, so much more flavorful when wrapped in a corn tortilla. And the corn by themselves are so yummy. Warm them up on the stovetop, smear with a little butter...mmmmm

 

[Fallenfromgrace]

1st of all, whoever suggested slices of avocado with salt needs their head examined. *shudder* (tried it...eww)

I dont get how you're all fitting enough food into the pitted avocado?! they're TINY!

Ok, first off i just noticed something completely different aobut the avocado i dealt with 10 mins ago and the one i had on monday:

-This one had that *squashy* top and bottom (the other one was really hard)
-I was able to score the skin and pealed the skin off no problem (i used a knife and half the flesh came off too!)
-The one i had on Monday i just cut straight through- through the stone as well! it was as soft as the flesh! Today's one had a rock hard stone!

~~ so does that mean they've rippened since monday?



~~ Ok so i dont have sour cream, so what i did was chop the flesh of a tomato, a white onion and some yellow pepper up TINY, rubbed salt, lemon juice and chilli into them (i do that often as a salad on its own with cucumber too) and i added it all to the smoothed out avocado. I seasoned with salt, chilli and lemon juice to taste.

It's not bad, definately more palatable than mondays. Only im not putting it in a sandwich ever again.

I will eat it like ive been eating houmous lately, with pitta bread I look forward to it as my lunch tomorrow

~~ huge thanks to all! i am so surprised i got such a huge number and varied response!

 

[kendo1]

We sometimes serve avacado on a plate of salad with a raspberry vinagrette- fresh raspberries(or tinned) olive oil and vinegar, pepper, and I'm sure you could use some sweet chilli sauce too. You get the best of both worlds- sweet and vinegar.

No-one has mentioned putting an unripe avacado beside a ripe banana, it speeds up the ripening process.

Ken

They're good with turkey as well!

 

[Tom Collins]

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 like avacado on a sandwich or in sushi or what have you.

Guac is easy. Just pick up one of those packets from the store that are usually in the produce dept. on a little spinner rack and follow the directions on the back. Good shit, man.