Avocado

@allknowing (130067)
India
June 11, 2021 7:05am CST
I was keen on tasting avocado and my friend got me two when she visited me I eagerly started following recipes but I did not like the taste. I wonder why so many rave about avocado. I have two plants of the avocado that I got from the avocado seeds my friend brought me. Do you like avocado. How do you eat it?
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@arunima25 (85265)
• Bangalore, India
11 Jun 21
No, I don't like the taste. But it's healthy and I have developed some taste for the spread that my friend told me. It's okay with bread but still not a big fan.
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
11 Jun 21
Same here. After reading so much of its goodness I got them but those were the last two (lol)
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@arunima25 (85265)
• Bangalore, India
11 Jun 21
@allknowing I don't buy them. My friend has one tree and she is not sure what to do with the produce. Many don't want to buy it. So we get a few as free offer along with other organic stuffs that we order from her.
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@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
11 Jun 21
Yes, I like avocado for its smooth and buttery texture. I usually simply cut it in half, sake out the stone and fill the hollow in each half with a simple vinaigrette (olive oil, vinegar and a little salt and pepper shaken together) and eat it with a spoon. It's usually served here as a starter or an hors d'oevre but I have been known to eat it for breakfast. Some people like to slice or mash the flesh and eat it spread on toast. It is also used to make guacamole, which is a sauce or a dip used to accompany Mexican foods.
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@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
11 Jun 21
@allknowing You can always give away the fruit when it arrives. I believe you may have to wait a long time, though. It seems that an avocado tree may take between five and 13 years before it is mature enough to bear fruit and may need careful pruning to keep it to a reasonable size, You also need one tree to bear type A flowers and the other type B and you won't know that until they flower.
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
12 Jun 21
@owlwings I may not live that long but those who take over will benefit from it I do not know what type these seeds were whether both A, both B or A and B In the meantime I am trying to see if I can eat an avocado with some combinations suggested in this thread.
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
11 Jun 21
I think one has to acquire a taste for it no matter what it is stuffed with Now I have two plants growing
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@msdivkar (23359)
• India
11 Jun 21
Avocado is very scarce and costly here. I have never tasted it so I wouldn't know its taste but people do talk great about this fruit. I thought the fruit is imported.
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
11 Jun 21
Just because I heard so much about this fruit I thought I too would taste but I did not like it They are expensive - around Rs. 300 a kilo
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@msdivkar (23359)
• India
12 Jun 21
@allknowing Yes I know. I never went for it.
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@RebeccasFarm (86520)
• United States
12 Jun 21
I eat it plain only with salt and lime
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
12 Jun 21
Many like it but I have yet to acquire a taste for it
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@Fleura (29097)
• United Kingdom
11 Jun 21
Avocados are definitely unlike other fruits. Their texture is smooth and creamy - at least when ripe - otherwise it is just hard and almost tasteless. The flavour is also quite odd. I like them just chopped and combined into a mixed salad, or made into guacamole (very simple, just with lime juice and coriander), or spread on toast with a dash of chilli sauce, sometimes topped with a fried egg. You can also cook them, they are tasty roasted with herbs, tomatoes and olive oil.
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
11 Jun 21
Thank you Fleur for all those varieties that an avocado can be eaten . May be I may like it with fried eggs.
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@Fleura (29097)
• United Kingdom
11 Jun 21
@allknowing You are lucky being able to grow them, here we can grow them as house plants but of course they will not grow large enough to fruit!
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• India
12 Jun 21
i also have same question why people are so obsessed with avocado . i don't like it
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
12 Jun 21
I do not like its smell
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
12 Jun 21
@Sam_graphixer Mangoes. We have them in our properity
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• India
12 Jun 21
@allknowing nor do I ... which fruit do you like ?
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@hora_fugit (5862)
• India
12 Jun 21
Avocado is as bland as possible. But where I live, it's a son not to like it. People mostly make guacamole... so far I haven't found any "tasty" recipe involving this fruit. But it being tasteless, I guess it can be added safely anywhere.
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• India
12 Jun 21
@allknowing It should be a great match to coriander leaves then. One steals the taste of other ingredients, and the other overpowers all the tastes.
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
12 Jun 21
@hora_fugit This is like the story of the stone soup. You add all ingredients to that soup and finally throw the stone away
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
12 Jun 21
It can be added so that it robs the taste of other ingredients and then the world says avocado is tasty
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@May2k8 (18049)
• Indonesia
11 Jun 21
No Directly, usually taken partly mixed with sugar and water.
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
12 Jun 21
You have to have some additives for it taste good
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• Midland, Michigan
11 Jun 21
I don't love the taste but I do eat them periodically because they are a good fat. I've eaten them with eggs, and in sandwiches although I wouldn't rave about that so much. The most common way is with a mix and as a dip for tortilla chips. Some eat it like an apple but with a little lime juice and sea salt. I have yet to try it that way.
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
12 Jun 21
There are so many suggestions I read here Finally I may try with one of these combinations.
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@Daelii (5619)
• United States
11 Jun 21
I love it! Its great on toast, grilled with bacon, with chicken...
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
11 Jun 21
I envy you Because of its health properties I so wanted to acquire a taste but no I just do not like it.
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@Nevena83 (65282)
• Serbia
11 Jun 21
I have never tried avocado, and they say it is very healthy.
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
12 Jun 21
It is healthy I am told. I tried but did not like it
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@Nevena83 (65282)
• Serbia
14 Jun 21
@allknowing They say it has some neutral taste.
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@erictsuma (9726)
• Mombasa, Kenya
11 Jun 21
Yes I like avocado. I just enjoy the way it is or I will make fresh avocado juice by adding milk and little sugar in it.
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
12 Jun 21
Glad you like it but I don' t
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@erictsuma (9726)
• Mombasa, Kenya
13 Jun 21
@allknowing it's okay my friend I understand that every one has his or her likes and dislikes
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@ladyhero (3846)
• Indonesia
12 Jun 21
I eat avocado directly with the addition of a little sugar, sometimes I make juice
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
12 Jun 21
I am glad you enjoy it
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@ladyhero (3846)
• Indonesia
13 Jun 21
@allknowing thank you
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• Indonesia
12 Jun 21
i like avocado. If you make juice it tastes better, add chocolate milk as a sweetener, delicious
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
12 Jun 21
It needs all that to be palatable (lol)
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@sjvg1976 (41132)
• Delhi, India
12 Jun 21
Yes I like avocado.
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