An avocado is a fruit and not a vegetable! It is actually a member of the berry family.
In the past, the avocado had a well-entrenched reputation for inducing sexual prowess, and wasn’t purchased or consumed by any person wishing to protect their image from slanderous assault. In other words, there were a lot of “closet” consumers. Thanks to the AvoGrowers, a sponsored public relations campaign to dispelled the ill-founded reputation, and hence avocados are now popular.
Avocados got their name from the Spanish explorers, as they couldn’t pronounce the Aztec word for the fruit, known as ahuacatl, “testicle,” because of its shape. The Spanish called the aguacate, leading to the guacamole we know and love today.
Avocados must reach full maturity before they are picked, however, they do not soften on the tree. The tree can actually be used as a storage unit by keeping the fruit on the tree for many months after maturing, but obviously most of us don’t have an avocado tree.
This is all very interesting, but given the high price of Avocados, I think we need a little more insight into how to buy the, how to store them, and easy ways to use them. I have discovered some great answers.
Go ahead buy the whole bag of rock hard avocados. Let them set out on your counter top just until they are feeling slightly soft and starting to darken(pay close attention until you get the hang of it). Put them in your refrigerator drawer- you have fresh creamy avocados for the next week to ten days.
The pit is the perfect preservative for avocados. Just throw it in your guacamole, or your left overs container-you will be amazed.
If you want uniform slices in a jiffy try the avocado tool.
Check out Seeding, Peeling , and Cutting avocados for more hints
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