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America's Love Affair with Avocado

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Re: America's Love Affair with Avocado

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pitaj wrote: post #40
optymizer wrote: post #30

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I like avocados because they have a creamy and nutty flavor. They taste a little like green walnuts - not the dried ones from the store, but the raw walnuts from walnut trees. They get your fingers all dark brown when you try to peel the skin and they're delicious. Also, I wasn't much of a fan of guac until we learnt how to make it at home 2 years ago. Since then we have guac at least twice a week. I still have some…

Homemade guac is the only guac worth eating. It's totally different from store-bought.

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Re: America's Love Affair with Avocado

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rosser wrote: post #69
yetanother1980 wrote: post #61

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His wife forces him to be silent - which is actual abusive behaviour.

"stops speaking to me for a whole five minutes" != "forces him to be silent" There is no abuse in this anecdote, either way. There's some passive-aggressiveness, and some dismissal, but neither quite rises to the level of abuse .

Oops I miss-read that.

I do find the fact that people are accusing him of abusive behaviour here pretty scarey though.

Re: America's Love Affair with Avocado

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Post by peferron »

azinman2 wrote: post #47
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…

Add some salt and lime juice, maybe ancho chili too :)

Or split it in half, fill the pit holes with vinaigrette, and eat it with a spoon together with bread and butter. Had a lot of fun with that as a kid :)

Re: America's Love Affair with Avocado

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Post by mistermann »

wmil wrote: post #52
petecox wrote: post #39

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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.

And it's great if you're on a high fat diet, you can eat all the avocados you want! I hadn't even ever tried one before.

Re: America's Love Affair with Avocado

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Post by mistermann »

optymizer wrote: post #30
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 like avocados because they have a creamy and nutty flavor. They taste a little like green walnuts - not the dried ones from the store, but the raw walnuts from walnut trees. They get your fingers all dark brown when you try to peel the skin and they're delicious. Also, I wasn't much of a fan of guac until we learnt how to make it at home 2 years ago. Since then we have guac at least twice a week. I still have some…

Man those sound good, do you think they ever sell them seasonally in stores?

Re: America's Love Affair with Avocado

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Post by gkgicccj »

cvsh wrote: post #23
drawkbox wrote: post #16

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Probably a reason they are adding other high margin products like queso to offset shrinking margins on avocado. Guacamole is always expensive but worth it. Though simplicity and just doing the same thing well is really what Chipotle is or was, much like In-N-Out doesn't need gimmicks, just the same good food consistently with well paid employees so it is quality. Hopefully Chipotle doesn't add too many things.

Based on casual observation of what other customers are ordering from my frequent visits to Chipotle, it seems like queso has been a complete failure. I don't understand why they thought cheese would be something people would pay extra for. A) Cheese is not usually expensive, like avocado, and so not usually considered worth paying extra for 2) Cheese is known not to be healthy, and part of the appeal of Chipotle is…

Which cheese are you referring to and why do you think it's not healthy? Genuine q

Re: America's Love Affair with Avocado

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Post by bluthru »

ben174 wrote: post #62

Not sure how this contributes to this thread, but I’m nearly 40 years old and have never once tasted an avocado. I was born and raised in California but for some reason I’ve always been repulsed by their appearance. I’ll realize this is ridiculous and will probably get over this at some point.

As a child I thought guacamole looked absolutely disgusting and wouldn't touch it. It's amazing and you must try it.

Re: America's Love Affair with Avocado

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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.

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Re: America's Love Affair with Avocado

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triggercut wrote: post #54
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.

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