America's Love Affair with Avocado • Hacker News Board

Re: America's Love Affair with Avocado

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Post by khedoros1 » Mon, Jan 29, 2018, 4:52 AM UTC

AznHisoka wrote: post #10

jcadam wrote: post #8

Personally, I hate avocado in all its forms (guacamole, etc.). I don't understand what people see, err, taste in them. My wife, OTOH, loves avocados (I had never tried avocado before she forced me to sample one while we were dating, which I ineptly pretended to sort of not hate), and if I forget to buy several when I do the shopping, I'll find myself trying to make up a story on the spot about how all the avocados at…

I feel they ruin the taste of sushi as well. I wanna taste the raw fish not the avocado.

If they're too unripe, or too bitter, I agree. Otherwise, there are at least some times that it just adds some pleasant richness to the other flavors in the roll.

Re: America's Love Affair with Avocado

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Post by wmil » Mon, Jan 29, 2018, 5:01 AM UTC

petecox wrote: post #39

beilabs wrote: post #33

Afraid you have nothing on Australians affair with Avocado. https://www.sbs.com.au/comedy/article/2016/10/17/i-stopped-e... It's a staple of the Australian diet, fairly certain it's one of the 5 fruits a day over there adorned on the walls of schools across the country. Seriously though, I've seen Avocado go for $6 a piece.....those were hard times.

I never understood the "smashed-avo" obsession but they're great in a vegemite and cheese toastie.

Avocado is a high fat fruit. So for vegans or people on low fat diets they're especially delicious.

Re: America's Love Affair with Avocado

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Post by ProfessorLayton » Mon, Jan 29, 2018, 5:01 AM UTC

Avocados are delicious, and it seems that demand will continue to rise for the foreseeable future, especially as Latinos become a larger portion of the U.S population.

Re: America's Love Affair with Avocado

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Post by triggercut » Mon, Jan 29, 2018, 5:05 AM UTC

beilabs wrote: post #33

Afraid you have nothing on Australians affair with Avocado. https://www.sbs.com.au/comedy/article/2016/10/17/i-stopped-e... It's a staple of the Australian diet, fairly certain it's one of the 5 fruits a day over there adorned on the walls of schools across the country. Seriously though, I've seen Avocado go for $6 a piece.....those were hard times.

Those following along in other countries should also know that, amongst younger people, an Avocado is a typical house warming gift to friends who have recently purchased a house. Which, when you stop and think about it makes even less sense that the original proposition.

Re: America's Love Affair with Avocado

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Post by jessaustin » Mon, Jan 29, 2018, 5:34 AM UTC

Iv wrote: post #29

Obligatory Oglaf : https://www.oglaf.com/incubus/

So much better than "obligatory" XKCD.

Re: America's Love Affair with Avocado

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Post by twothamendment » Mon, Jan 29, 2018, 5:38 AM UTC

jcadam wrote: post #8

Personally, I hate avocado in all its forms (guacamole, etc.). I don't understand what people see, err, taste in them. My wife, OTOH, loves avocados (I had never tried avocado before she forced me to sample one while we were dating, which I ineptly pretended to sort of not hate), and if I forget to buy several when I do the shopping, I'll find myself trying to make up a story on the spot about how all the avocados at…

You save money and enjoy 5 minutes of silence? You are on to something.

I agree, everyone else can have my share of them.

Re: America's Love Affair with Avocado

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Post by njarboe » Mon, Jan 29, 2018, 5:40 AM UTC

Large stands of avocado orchards around San Diego were not irrigated and died during the last drought due to the expense of water. A bit of a shame considering the time it take to get an avocado tree to produce. Some of the groves were also quite old and the land ripe for development, so that might have played into the decision of letting the orchards die.

Re: America's Love Affair with Avocado

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Post by scruple » Mon, Jan 29, 2018, 5:45 AM UTC

mixmastamyk wrote: post #44

Was proud to find out that the Haas avocado is from Southern California, where I grew up eating them and guac on just about everything. Other states used to make fun of that for years, implying we were all yoga hippies that put avocados on our salads FFS. Guess it’s finally caught on elsewhere. Was pleased to find a great selection on a trip to New Zealand recently, though kiwis still have trouble with the concept of…

I lived in Santa Barbara in the mid/late 2000s and absolutely fell in love with the local avocados. They were so cheap back then, too. You could regularly find them for 3/4 for $1. The place I worked at back then, one of the technicians would make a big batch of guacamole every single Wednesday, it was awesome. I'm in Orange County these days. I still eat a lot of avocados (it's part of my normal lunch during the week) but they're so much more expensive today and they're also, unfortunately, rarely local any more.

Re: America's Love Affair with Avocado

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Jan 29, 2018, 5:58 AM UTC

pdonis wrote: post #20

PacifyFish wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He forgot to buy them. He's not being mean, he's being human.

Forgetting to buy them, yes, that's human. Trying to cover up instead of just saying "Sorry, honey, I forgot", that's at least tending toward mean.

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Re: America's Love Affair with Avocado

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Jan 29, 2018, 6:00 AM UTC

simonsarris wrote: post #12

jcadam wrote: post #8

Personally, I hate avocado in all its forms (guacamole, etc.). I don't understand what people see, err, taste in them. My wife, OTOH, loves avocados (I had never tried avocado before she forced me to sample one while we were dating, which I ineptly pretended to sort of not hate), and if I forget to buy several when I do the shopping, I'll find myself trying to make up a story on the spot about how all the avocados at…

This is a strange way to be mean to your wife? I don't get it. EDIT: sorry! Somehow missed the "forget" part of the sentence. I don't eat fruit, I don't like the taste. When I see dried mangoes, I buy them for my girlfriend because she loves them.

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