Avocados the size of my face

[Mira]

I mentioned I might show them to you, so here they are

[madamesilverspurs]

1. Wow ---

Guacamole on the hoof!!!


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[Elfin Yeti]

2. Love the sunglasses for reference!

Size matters doncha know!

[handmade34]

3. and only $1.50 each

so pretty... I am afraid it would get brown before I could eat the whole thing

[NV Whino]

4. Yeah, but they'r not Haas avocados

They are those Florida imitations of an avocado. LOL.

[Mira]

5. LOL - maybe I'm really in Texas n/t

[hippywife]

6. Did you buy one

and sample it? I'm wondering how that variety tastes. And you weren't joking about the size! :hi:

[Mira]

9. Not only did I buy one, my dear hippywife

but because I know you are a solid participant in cooking and baking on DU I'll tell you what I did with it.

I opened it up, threw away the pit, scooped out all the meat, mashed it with a fork til very smooth. Then I added salt, a full 2 limes worth of juice, and a teaspoon of Paul Prudhomme's magic salt free seasoning.

Then, it generously fed three all afternoon, scooped up with corn chips. It made a large soup bowl full.

The fun part is that the new found cousin who is here in Florida with me and Mom is a photographer who takes more photos than I do.
(P&S, no view finder window, a camera I would have to throw against the wall in short order)

He took pictures of me fixing up the avocado, which for him is a new taste sensation he wants to replicate in his own household when back in
Germany.

[Tindalos]

7. I've never seen an avocado like that.

Ours are usually dark and shrivelled by the time they get here. I guess that's what they look like fresh?

[Mira]

8. Nope - different type of Avocado.

The shiny green ones like in my photo, are always available in my favorite local (mostly Mexican clientele geared) grocery store at about a fourth the size. Along with the dark and shrivelled ones as well.
I can't tell a difference in taste, but I'm no connoisseur, I just like avocados.

Here is a little info, for the heck of it:

Types of Avocados

There are nearly 500 varieties of avocado, but you may only see two or three in your grocery store. Here’s how to get to know them:

Hass – Recognized by its rough, dark skin, the Hass avocado was developed in California. (The word rhymes with “lass.”) According to a December 2008 article in the Los Angeles Times, “the coveted Hass is traced to a single tree growing in the La Habra backyard of Rudolph Hass in the 1920s. That tree is the genetic origin of every Hass avocado worldwide. The tree succumbed to root rot in 2002. The Avocado Commission reports that its wood is in storage in a Ventura nursery awaiting a decision on a memorial to what has become known as the Hass Mother Tree.” A variation is the Lamb Hass.

Zutano – Generally available September through mid-December, this variety has shiny greenish skin.

[Xipe Totec]

11. The word avocado comes from from the Nahuatl word AHUACATL

Sorry for the all caps, Nahuatl has only upper case letters.

AHUACATL means two things:

1.- Testicle

2.- Fruit that looks like a testicle (avocado)

So your description is, as a teabagger would say, right on the nose...

[HappyCynic]

10. Mmm...

I saw some of those at the farmer's market but I wasn't sure how they'd taste. Your photo (and descriptions) make me regret not getting any. I did get some fresh chickpeas, though.