Avocados (also known as alligator pears) are the fruit of avocado tree. An avocado is fist-sized sized and oval-shaped with a green bumpy exterior, soft creamy inner flesh, and large hard seed. Use this tag for questions about selecting, identifying, storing, preparing, replacing or cooking with ...
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Can you freeze avocado in a dish?
I already know you can't freeze an avocado and have it come out usable. Is this mitigated at all, however, by the avocado being in a dish? The specific example I'm thinking of would be avocado slices ...
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Mortar and Pestle: Granite vs Porcelain
I want to get a mortar and pestle to make guacamole with, but no sure what the differences are between granite and porcelain. The porcelain ones are cheaper, but the granite variety have more weight ...
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Can bright green avocados be ripe?
I very rarely buy avocado, but now I happen to have two of them in my kitchen.
I'm used to ripe avocado having this colour:
Now, mine are more brightly green, like this:
They aren't very soft, ...
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Sourcing and storing avocado [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What can I do to help my avocados ripen?
How can I choose good avocados at the supermarket?
I live in the UK and have a difficult time getting hold of good avocados.
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Why do steamed avocados taste like eggs?
Today, I was steaming some kale, and decided to try steaming some avocados as well, so I added them for the last 2 minutes of steaming (out of approximately 6 minutes).
To my surprise, the avocados ...
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Does an avocado seed help guacamole stay green?
My friend was telling me about a habit in the Spanish culture (I'm not sure if it's done elsewhere as well) of leaving the avocado seed inside when making guacamole. The claim is that if you leave the ...
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Can you pickle avocados?
I wanted to see if anyone has tried to pickle avocados?
Mostly I am interested to use only vinegar, and/or salt.
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Will avocado stay fresh longer if stored in the refrigerator?
Should I store avocado in the refrigerator or will it make no difference for how long they stay fresh?
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Can you freeze an avocado?
Is it possible to freeze a raw unpeeled unripe avacado for use later?
If not why? If so what is the process to ensure maximum freshness?
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Do I always need to peel the avocado or I can just chop it?
Do I always need to peel the avocado, or can I just chop it?
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Use Avocado instead of Butter to bake a cake?
This may sound extravagant, but I have tried a very nice chocolate pudding made of avocado, chocolate, and some other ingredients. You could not tell there was avocado in the pudding and the texture ...
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Trick to keeping guacamole from turning brown
Is there anything you can add to a guacamole recipe to prevent it from going brown so quickly? Or a specific way to package it for very short-term storage (usually only about two days). I tend to ...
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How do I press avocadoes to make avocado oil?
Avocado oil is expensive and I've been trying to figure out a solution to make my own. I'd love to make a press (I do woodworking) but I haven't found anything online.
Is there a way to extract ...
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Oxidized Avocado: What's Going on & How to Prevent It
So what exactly happens to the flavor of avocados when it oxidizes? I made some guacamole and as many are familiar, it forms that yucky garbage-green color.
Now, it tastes different. I'm not sure if ...
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How do I pick an avocado? [duplicate]
When buying an avocado from the grocery store or farmers market how do I know when it is ripe? What are some signs I should look for to know that it is either a good or bad avocado?
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How can I remove the peel and pit of an avocado without the whole thing turning into mush?
Making solid pieces out of a ripe avocado is a difficult business (for me, anyway). What is the best way to remove the peel and pit without ending up with a pile of green mush? I can sometimes remove ...
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How can I choose good avocados at the supermarket?
I've been trying to ignore my burning desire to make some guacamole because every time I go to the supermarket to buy avocados I can't manage to pick out good ones. They always either become too soft ...
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What can I do to help my avocados ripen?
I bought some avocados recently, and one of them was rock hard when I tried to cut it. I left it out for a couple days hoping it would ripen, but it didn't help.
What can I do to help my avocados ...
