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This is probably sacrilege but after 40 years of being annoyed with avocado ripeness I just routinely buy them and keep them in the fridge. They don't go off an

by apercu 3y ago

This is probably sacrilege but after 40 years of being annoyed with avocado ripeness I just routinely buy them and keep them in the fridge. They don't go off and keep for weeks.

civilitty 3y ago
My trick is to eat them so frequently (1-3 a day) that I'm always rotating avocados between the store, kitchen counter, and the fridge.
- lotsofpulp 3y ago
  Same, my family probably goes through 10 to 15 avocados per week, so we buy them every few days at Costco to have a rotating stock. They take about 5 days to ripen, and then once it feels a little soft, we put it in the fridge, and then they last for a while in the fridge (at least a week). The one rule at Costco, however, is to not buy avocados from Peru. For whatever reason, the loss ratio is way too high for those specifically.
- rootusrootus 3y ago
  That's impressive. I thought I was a maniac when I was eating one large avocado every day.
  - civilitty 3y ago
    As I love to say: three avocados a day keeps the doctor away* * This statement has not been evaluated by the FDA
jeremiahbuckley 3y ago
I feel my life has improved immensely by the revelation of storing avocados in the fridge. 1. Ripeness-window is days, maybe even a week, and they can be super squishy and still not turn brown. 2. Because of #1, buy a good number of avocados when you notice you’re out and immediately toss them in the fridge. Maybe work to find that one in the store that is ready to go for today/tomorrow. Sure for the next few days you might not have an avocado ready, but…you probably don’t have to eat avocado every day so you’ll be ok. 3. If you really need avocados and you’re annoyed at the unripe avocados in your fridge, take one out and put it on the counter for tomorrow. So much less stress to immediately use that purchased avocado. Net-net so much less wasted avocado.

by apercu 3y ago

This is probably sacrilege but after 40 years of being annoyed with avocado ripeness I just routinely buy them and keep them in the fridge. They don't go off and keep for weeks.

civilitty 3y ago

My trick is to eat them so frequently (1-3 a day) that I'm always rotating avocados between the store, kitchen counter, and the fridge.

lotsofpulp 3y ago
Same, my family probably goes through 10 to 15 avocados per week, so we buy them every few days at Costco to have a rotating stock. They take about 5 days to ripen, and then once it feels a little soft, we put it in the fridge, and then they last for a while in the fridge (at least a week). The one rule at Costco, however, is to not buy avocados from Peru. For whatever reason, the loss ratio is way too high for those specifically.
rootusrootus 3y ago
That's impressive. I thought I was a maniac when I was eating one large avocado every day.
- civilitty 3y ago
  As I love to say: three avocados a day keeps the doctor away* * This statement has not been evaluated by the FDA

jeremiahbuckley 3y ago

I feel my life has improved immensely by the revelation of storing avocados in the fridge. 1. Ripeness-window is days, maybe even a week, and they can be super squishy and still not turn brown. 2. Because of #1, buy a good number of avocados when you notice you’re out and immediately toss them in the fridge. Maybe work to find that one in the store that is ready to go for today/tomorrow. Sure for the next few days you might not have an avocado ready, but…you probably don’t have to eat avocado every day so you’ll be ok. 3. If you really need avocados and you’re annoyed at the unripe avocados in your fridge, take one out and put it on the counter for tomorrow. So much less stress to immediately use that purchased avocado. Net-net so much less wasted avocado.