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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!”
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.
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.