Avocados: 2 for a buck here...

[Catshrink]

Just had to rub it in a bit. The good part is, I don't have to share it. I sliced one whole avocado for my salad tonight -- with a homegrown tomato! This is the life, baby!

[Eureka]

1. Don't you love it!

We normally pay 2 (aussie) bucks for a bag of 6 - 8 depending on size.

It's just so hard to not rub it in on those who are less avocado-endowed.

Mmmmm, no sharing of avo's, mmmmmmm

Enjoy

[Catshrink]

5. Wow -- that is a good deal..

the only thing better would be having your own trees. I researched that -- they need to be planted in at least threes so they can pollinate each other -- there are boy and girl avocado trees.

[Eureka]

26. Indeed there are

We have six varieties now (I dig the holes, I have no idea what they are :-) But, when they eventually start to fruit there should be only two months of the year when we will be fruitless.

The bummer is, they take 7 years from seed to fruit, ours have another 2 to go.

Yay Avo's (yay sub-tropics)

[4_Legs_Good]

35. Grrrrr

I live is double plus avocado rich Southern California, and STILL I pay 2 bucks per. It's insane...

but I just put in a few trees of my own. Who's the giant 500 ton robot now???

david

[K8-EEE]

36. I get them free baby....I smash them up and put them on my face

while vacuuming.....just ask the UPS man.

My friend has a very prolific tree! I always have too many to eat and so make facials out of them...they are an awesome treat for skin that is on the dry side.

In my neighborhood we have a lot of lemon, lime, orange & avocado trees...that is the best part of living in the San Fernando Valley! If you can find an old neighborhood like ours that isn't completely cemented over yet that is.

[Catch22Dem]

2. Check this out

There's a place right next to my work. It's a sandwich shop owned by greeks (I think) and they make these KILLER baked potatoes. They make one they call the "Chicken Spud" and put wonderfully grilled chicken, sauteed onions, mushrooms, and peppers, and 3 cheeses, butter, and sour cream. Then they top it off with an entire avocado.

I try to only eat one a month, but it's the best lunch of the month!

[Catshrink]

6. Yum!

reminds me a place we used to go to lunch. They had a sandwich called the "Smokin' Roman." It was made on rosemary focaccia bread with real sliced turkey, cheese, tomatoes, avocado, and bacon. Damn I loved that sammich!

[K8-EEE]

37. Oooh YUM!! I Also Like Avocados On Top Of...

Tortilla soup. BABY. The chicken-tortilla soup at Costco is to die! I just put diced avocado & cilantro on it, and a bit of Tapatio hot sauce, delish...

[Catshrink]

43. I've been wanting to try Costco's chicken tortilla soup...

glad to hear it's so yummy. I don't think I've ever bought anything there I haven't liked. Rotisserie chicken and Peach pie are still my favorites though.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

3. You guys out West are so lucky

we pay up the wazoo for produce here in Boston-even if it comes from local farms in the warmer months.

[Catshrink]

7. True... we are lucky. But don't you have good prices on seafood?

[Kathy in Cambridge]

18. Not really. Lobster for example is expensive everywhere

but clams, oysters and cod tend to be cheaper.

[Lindacooks]

4. Mmmmmmm, guacamole with Doritos

best thing on the planet.

[Catshrink]

8. Guacamole on anything!

[lucidmadman]

11. mmmm avocados....

...chop 'em up with garlic, onion and lime juice, a tad of cumin and rub them on....nevermind...

[Catshrink]

12. Are you trying to turn my cavo thread into a ...

sex thread and get me in trouble with Skinner? Please don't!

BTW -- sounds like a good avocado rub!

[lucidmadman]

13. mmmm avocados...

...what trouble can come from them? Who's Skinner? Tell him to get lost. Avocados...
Maybe strawberries later?

[Catshrink]

15. I have strawberries growing...

a few actual green berries are on the vines and many many blossoms. Yum!

[lucidmadman]

20. I like to take strawberries...

...and dip them in yoghurt and then roll them in brown sugar...nipples of Venus I've heard it called...
Ahhhh...
Good with champagne...

[Catshrink]

22. OH yeah... they are great that way....

but I prefer enrobing them in chocolate.

[lucidmadman]

25. Enrobed in chocolate

...lovely phrase that...

[Lindacooks]

32. This is very simple, but still cool

Eat strawberries, then drink some cold milk. The milk will taste incredibly sweet in contrast to the ascorbic acid in the strawberries. It's a really nice low-fat treat.

[lucidmadman]

33. mmmmm strawberries, milk

...sitting outside at night. Stars. Hey, this IS paradise...:hi:

[tridim]

9. There never less than a buck here

usually they're $1.79 each. :( At 50 cents each I'd eat one every day. I adore avocados.. It's a bonus that they're also one of the most nutritious foods on the planet.

[Catshrink]

10. I don't feel guilty -- like I've splurged beyond my budget.

which means I can enjoy them all the more.

[bkcc]

14. yum!

I just recently went on vacation to Mexico and had something I'd never heard of: avocado pie.

Sounds weird, right? It was similar to pumpkin pie...sweet and cinnamon-y with a graham-cracker crust. Amazing and delicious.

I didn't think it was possible to love avocados more than I already did, but I was proven wrong.

[Catshrink]

16. Avocado pie?

oh that sounds yummy. Was it like guacamole? Holey Moley that sounds good!

[bkcc]

19. not like guacamole....

That's really what I was expecting (everyone I tell thinks that), but it was completely unlike the avocado taste and texture you're thinking of.

We asked the waiter for the recipe, but he told us that he'd have to kill us if he told us, then laughed and walked away.
:)

I have searched for a similar recipe online and in cookbooks, but haven't had any luck as yet.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

17. HA I get em FREE FREE FREE

Got a tree :D

[Catshrink]

21. I am green with envy!

Do you just have one? What about the pollination issue? I read you need to have at least three. If that isn't true, I may just plant some after all. Free would be so totally awesome!


on edit: Make that avocado green with envy!

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

27. nope, just one tree that I grew from a pit years ago

there are other trees in the neighborhood so I don't know if that has anything to do with it but it took about ten years before it really began yeilding good fruit.

[Catshrink]

34. Hmmmmm

Maybe I'll grow this pit then. And the next one. Some people worry about their neighborhood pets procreating... guess you hope your neighborhood trees get together.

One can never have enough avocados!

[4_Legs_Good]

38. Don't need 3, but better to buy one than the pit...

As I understand it, you don't need more than one avocado to produce, but conditions do have to be right. Growing trees from pits can give mixed results. I planted one in my parent's yard when I was a kid and it's huge now, but has never grown a single avocado, and they live in Carpinteria, the Avocado capital of the world (or so they say).

I did a significant amount of research recently as I'm trying to grow some in my back yard. We'll see how they do. I bought and planted a Hass and a fuerte in the ground near each other as well as a "little cado" in a planter nearby. There are two types A and B. The Hass is an A and the Fuerte is a B. I think they're more productive if you plant one of each. But they all came labeled "self fertile", and I asked explicitly.

Anyway, they run about $30 for a 5 gallon tree. If anyone has any more advice I'd love to hear it. I considering asking a general Avo tree growth question anyway...

david

[Catshrink]

39. Maybe I'll skip the pit and just buy the tree!

$30 isn't bad.... and it saves a couple years' of the wait for fruit.

[4_Legs_Good]

40. I think my sources said...

3 to 5 years for fruit from a nursery tree, and 8 to 12 from a seed. I may be slightly off, though, but a good tree is probably a better deal and you don't risk as much of a genetic lotto as with a seed.

And I've been told time and time again not to buy a bigger one - stick with 5 gallons as they're more apt to adapt well to your soil than one that's established itself better in a container in a nursery.

I bought my little cado through Cliffton's online nursery for $50 plus $25 shipping 'cause I didn't think I'd be able to find a dwarf anywhere locally. Stupid stupid stupid. Within a week I found them at three separate nurseries, though the Cliffton one looked better than most of these. I live in Santa Barbara county, so there are lots of avocado trees around. My town (Lompoc) is very windy, though, and I hear they don't fruit so well in windy areas. We shall see...

david

[Catshrink]

42. Best of luck....

I'll start checking our nurseries and read up on the best time to plant them here in Arizona.

[4_Legs_Good]

41. P.S. The A/B distinction

has to do with whether the tree opens its flowers in the morning or in the evening, as I understand it. It's less about what "sex" the trees are, I think.

david

[chaska]

23. I had an avocodo milkshake today.

Although truth be told, I don't know that there was any milk in it. Thick and luscious with that mouth feel that only avocodo fat can deliver, not too sweet, with the slight crunch of ice crystals. The perfect desert after my Vietnamese noodle soup on a really hot California day.

[chaska]

24. Okay, I'm ready. Let's do it.

Speaking of sex threads.

[lucidmadman]

28. OK....

...what do you like? A light pasta with oysters, avocado and tomato?
A light German wine. Really, really cold...and then?...

[lucidmadman]

29. Christ almighty! you're a man!

Nevermind....Not that there's anything wrong with that....just nevermind.

[chaska]

31. Damn straight (pun intended)!

[bubblesby2002]

30. A thread about my favourite fruit?

I just ate half an avocado with my salad. And it was perfect. Just the right ripeness. However I pay 2 for 3 dollars up here. I envy you guys, especially nothingshocksmeanymore. Free avocados - wow - they are the perfect food.