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Avocados

Posted: Fri 02 Oct 2020 4:24 pm
by Butterflyaway
Is it me?

I know when I buy them they are not ripe. I have tried ripening them next to bananas. I have put them in a brown bag with a banana.

I have left them for over one week and they are still inedible!

Any advice would be greatly appreciated, even if it’s “Don’t buy them!”
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Re: Avocados

Posted: Fri 02 Oct 2020 4:29 pm
by Brinsley
I saw some over-ripe avocados at the last Girne Wednesday market at one stall though not very big.

Re: Avocados

Posted: Fri 02 Oct 2020 4:34 pm
by jayceebee
Butterflyaway wrote:
Fri 02 Oct 2020 4:24 pm
Is it me?

I know when I buy them they are not ripe. I have tried ripening them next to bananas. I have put them in a brown bag with a banana.

I have left them for over one week and they are still inedible!

Any advice would be greatly appreciated, even if it’s “Don’t buy them!”
(:"()
My domestic goddess says try wrapping them in tinfoil for about a week. (8))

Re: Avocados

Posted: Fri 02 Oct 2020 7:10 pm
by EnjoyingTheSun
Generally I use them to hammer nails in and if I can eat them in the 30 minute window before they go off that’s a bonus

Re: Avocados

Posted: Sat 03 Oct 2020 5:23 am
by transit
Wrap them in newspaper. It always works when I try that.

Re: Avocados

Posted: Sat 03 Oct 2020 7:08 am
by sophie
I've tried brown paper bags, tin foil and newspapers etc but find I have to stick them in the grinder to get them mushy enough to eat on bagels and then they don't have that lovely oily taste I envy people who can make other methods work properly.

Re: Avocados

Posted: Sat 03 Oct 2020 8:10 am
by Laura B
My advise would definitely be ''don't buy them''. In Turkey also it is very difficult to find a decent avocado. And the price of them now is crazy.

Re: Avocados

Posted: Sat 03 Oct 2020 9:47 am
by EnjoyingTheSun
sophie wrote:
Sat 03 Oct 2020 7:08 am
bagels
Bagels??? You can get bagels???
Like real bagels not a roll with a hole in and some seeds scattered over it?

Re: Avocados

Posted: Sat 03 Oct 2020 9:52 am
by Keithcaley
Ali the baker opposite Wines of the World has a bash at them occasionally - they do tend to be a bit misshapen, but not as bad as the ones that I made :)

Re: Avocados

Posted: Sat 03 Oct 2020 10:01 am
by EnjoyingTheSun
Keithcaley wrote:
Sat 03 Oct 2020 9:52 am
Ali the baker opposite Wines of the World has a bash at them occasionally - they do tend to be a bit misshapen, but not as bad as the ones that I made :)
Yeah I've tried those.
I'm very fussy on bagels, I didn't like the ones in Brick Lane although they were definitely the best you could get at 4 in the morning.

Re: Avocados

Posted: Sun 04 Oct 2020 11:56 am
by Butterflyaway
Thanks for all the replies.

I will try all the ideas before giving up.