avocado!!!

[Booker]

alright, how the hell does one eat a friggin avocado? i mean, i bought one, it sat in my fridge for a week or two and turned all hard like a rock. so i decided to try and eat it. much to my dismay the seed (or whatever's in the center) is, in fact, the whole avocado! so trying to drive it out with my cheap little knife i ended up butchering my prized fruit (vegetable?) and had nothing left to eat. i also cut my finger wide open during the process and ended up pitching the entire operation. now i'm avocado-less. and that damn thing was damn expensive, too.

[Lubes17319]

What the hell are you doing!!?!?

Avamocado 101:

With a sharp, 20cm-ish blade, using the huge-___ seed to guide the knife, slice the _____ in 1/2 length-wise.
Put it in your palms & twist 'em apart. 1/2'll be holding the seed.
Thwack the seed w/blade & hopefully, it'll stick in the seed, not your palm. (which it sounds like you may end up doing anyway, seeing your probs from the last attempt. Since we're using a nice heavy knife, it'll stick good.) If you successfully hit the seed, give it a twist to yank it out, kinda like a twist-off bottle.
Grab a big spoon & run it along the edge so you can dump out the luscious meat.
Eat it.

[eku]

dun forget to put some lemon juice and salt on the thing..
also put the lemon juice on real quick and eat it quicker
otherwise the bloody thing will turn into a black mess.

if you put sugar on the damd thing you dont deserve to eat it anyway.

[dipchick]

DON'T put your avocado in the fridge - it needs to ripen at room temperature, and then you need to eat it at the exact right moment.

DON'T squeeze your avocado to test if it is ripe - do you see where the stem goes into the fruit? Pull out the little bumpy plug thing there (if there is one) and gently poke your fingernail into the flesh - if it is soft, it is ripe.

DON'T let your avocado get over-ripe. They should not feel squishy when you pick them up - yuck!

And follow Lubes advice on how to open them - it's the only way in.

[6wings]

You can chop em up and add them to a salad.
Or eat with rice and a bit of soy sauce.
Or make guacamole by mixin it up with lime juice, salt, garlic and pepper. Then eat it with corn chips.

Don't be afraid! It's just an avocado.

[SteadyRollingMan]

You can also smear it on toast like butter. They on average cost around 150 yen or even less, so not so expensive. You can also tell if they are ripe by smelling them. The supermarkets and vegetable stores sell them while green (so they are hard), leave them out of the fridge and put in a spot with out so much light and they ripen pretty good.

[Stone-Cold Soba]

It's prety good mixed with lemon juice, garlic and a dash of Colemans mustard. You can get away with using some other version of English mustard but Dijon, German styles, honey mustard and so on don't really cut it. And don't even think of using that horrible American-style mustard sauce. No mustard? Try wasabi.

Soba

[Lubes17319]

...or budget sashimi. Slice thickly & and pretend it's maguro.

[Booker]

thanks for the suggestions/advice. once my finger heals and my confidence in handling a knife returns i'll try my hand at it again.

[Guy Ginpot]

Ingredients:

Avocado
Peanut Butter - crunchy/pure [no substitutions]
Bread

Preparation:

Cut avocado in half like above - slice/smush/scoop

Attach peanut butter to bread

Attach avocado to peanut butter and bread

Fold bread or, if a formal occasion, add another piece of bread on top - Voila!

Put in mouth - chew - swallow

yum

gg

[eku]

for booker when he gets his finger back
http://www.hishealingways.com/avocado/avocado.html

[A]

Mash avocado with steamed rice and hot salsa - just before you eat - umm - oishii

[sakurako]

Ingredients:

Avocado
Peanut Butter - crunchy/pure [no substitutions]
Bread

Preparation:

Cut avocado in half like above - slice/smush/scoop

Attach peanut butter to bread

Attach avocado to peanut butter and bread

Fold bread or, if a formal occasion, add another piece of bread on top - Voila!

Put in mouth - chew - swallow

yum

gg

That sounds disgusting. Is it one of those things that sounds disgusting but is actually quite perfect if prepared the right way?? I might have to try it...does it work with vegemite??

[Stone-Cold Soba]

I might have to try it...does it work with vegemite??

Sounds good ... even better with Marmite! Why not try it with miso?

Soba

[User Name Deleted]

Avocado is just awesome. I put them in toasted sandwiches, salads, or spread them on toast.

J.T (certified avocado fanatic)

[edinjapan]

You can chop em up and add them to a salad.
Or eat with rice and a bit of soy sauce.
Or make guacamole by mixin it up with lime juice, salt, garlic and pepper. Then eat it with corn chips.

Don't be afraid! It's just an avocado.

Also a good addition to Gazpacho soup! But, if you're feeling lazy the lime juice route is always good.

BTW I usually don't skewer the seed as I plant them and sell them on MSN Japan Auctions after they sprout.

[eku]

for a really good guacamole...
avos
finely chopped onion
finely chopped tomato
lotsof pressed garlic
lime juice
salt
one finely chopped chili of your choice (jalapeno is good)
cumin (a must)
forget the pepper

eat with whatever but great rolled into soft tacos with some chili.

warning... never eat when you are stoned especially with hard tacos and hot chicken ... the texture/temperature explosion is addictive

[richard]

Ingredients:

Avocado
Peanut Butter - crunchy/pure [no substitutions]
Bread

Preparation:

Cut avocado in half like above - slice/smush/scoop

Attach peanut butter to bread

Attach avocado to peanut butter and bread

Fold bread or, if a formal occasion, add another piece of bread on top - Voila!

Put in mouth - chew - swallow

yum

gg

GG:
I gotta' ask. HOW do I attach the peanut butter to the bread and the avocado to the peanut butter. Do I use thumb tacks or do I sew it on or use carpet nails? I really need to know the answer to this all important question as it could be a matter of life.....or death.....especially if I use tacks or nails and then I proceed to swallow them. Please Mr. GG I need to know this. Or should I super glue???? :-))) Richard

[eku]

GG:
I gotta' ask. HOW do I attach the peanut butter to the bread and the avocado to the peanut butter. Do I use thumb tacks or do I sew it on or use carpet nails? I really need to know the answer to this all important question as it could be a matter of life.....or death.....especially if I use tacks or nails and then I proceed to swallow them. Please Mr. GG I need to know this. Or should I super glue???? :-))) Richard

you could introduce them and hope they become attached to each other really quickly....
lying would help
hold the peanut butter jar in your hand... turn away from the bread and the avocado.(so they cant lip read).. then whisper that the bread and the avo really want to have a threesome with the peanutbutter... i find the crunchy type is more gullable.

[eku]

ps GG thats a serious stoners meal...
donchu like chex with ice milk too at times like that?

[Spaceghost]

Did you know that hollowed out avocados were used as condoms in the courts of pre-revolution France?

I bet you didn't.

[trip_hop]

"An armour against pleasure, and a cobweb against infection".

Superceded buy the re-usable sheeps' intestine model!

[richard]

Did you know that hollowed out avocados were used as condoms in the courts of pre-revolution France?

I bet you didn't.

ummmmmm.......I'm having a hard time imagining this.

[latinoinkobe]

for a really good guacamole...
avos
finely chopped onion
finely chopped tomato
lotsof pressed garlic
lime juice
salt
one finely chopped chili of your choice (jalapeno is good)
cumin (a must)
forget the pepper

eat with whatever but great rolled into soft tacos with some chili.

warning... never eat when you are stoned especially with hard tacos and hot chicken ... the texture/temperature explosion is addictive

I though Iwas the only one who knew this recipe muyyy ricooo

[HavanaClub]

Did you know that hollowed out avocados were used as condoms in the courts of pre-revolution France?

I bet you didn't.

Was about to suggest chopping, adding some boiled shrimp, some lime juice and garlic but with images of pasty white, powder-wigged francos corrupting the noble avocado with their carnal machinations.....

[Guy Ginpot]

GG:
I gotta' ask. HOW do I attach the peanut butter to the bread and the avocado to the peanut butter. Do I use thumb tacks or do I sew it on or use carpet nails? I really need to know the answer to this all important question as it could be a matter of life.....or death.....especially if I use tacks or nails and then I proceed to swallow them. Please Mr. GG I need to know this. Or should I super glue???? :-))) Richard

It's a good thing eku is such a smartie pants.

you could introduce them and hope they become attached to each other really quickly....
lying would help
hold the peanut butter jar in your hand... turn away from the bread and the avocado.(so they cant lip read).. then whisper that the bread and the avo really want to have a threesome with the peanutbutter... i find the crunchy type is more gullable.

However, occasionally I find that there is a rather prudish air amongst the three, in which case I simply hook up the brad nailer to the counter top generator and fire away.

I find the brad nails to be excellent roughage.

gg

[Guy Ginpot]

That sounds disgusting. Is it one of those things that sounds disgusting but is actually quite perfect if prepared the right way?? I might have to try it...does it work with vegemite??

Disgusting??? Not at all. Just remember, do not, under any circumstances, think about snot and poo, not even for a second.

As for vegemite, I'm a canucklehead and it's not part of the food set here. The first time I tried it, I gooped it on like peanut butter and blew it right back out with my first bite. An Aussie girl showed me how to do it properly a number of years later but it's still kind of like natto to me.

Back to the topic: Remember, no snot - no poo.

Then it's perfect.

gg

[Guy Ginpot]

ps GG thats a serious stoners meal...
donchu like chex with ice milk too at times like that?

Good Grief! Three post replies in a row in one thread! That must be a record for me.

'A serious stoners meal...'??? Huh?

What was the question?

Actually, I'm meditating

gg

[Booker]

Avocado is just awesome. I put them in toasted sandwiches, salads, or spread them on toast.

J.T (certified avocado fanatic)

that's what i was trying to do, brother. guess it'll have to wait.

[Skyknight]

Another good option is to use a nice ripe avocado instead of mayo when making chicken or tuna salad.

The fat content of one of these things is pretty high, but it's considered to be a "superfood" due to the nature of the fat and all the vitamins and stuff.

[HavanaClub]

Thinly sliced avocado and sashimi, layered one on top of the other, and dressed with something light and citrussy is sublime! Time to pull out your good white wines!

[letsgetfizicool]

http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3601436a11,00.html

[HavanaClub]

Must be f-----n humiliating explaining that to the doctor! Brings to mind all those people admitted to hospital for "intimate" injuries.