America's Love Affair with Avocado • Hacker News Board

Re: America's Love Affair with Avocado

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Post by dang » Tue, Jan 30, 2018, 7:27 AM UTC

divanvisagie wrote: post #66

mc32 wrote: post #48

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And at least the affair is with the avocado itself and not the color as it had been in the UK[1]... Of course now, an avocado bathroom will cost you 5-8000 pounds in resale value, so better spruce up the 70s chic before listing[2]. On the other hand, it apparently is making a retro comeback. [1 http://www.houseandgarden.co.uk/interiors/bathroom/avocado [2] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4282662/Avocado-bath.…

Straddling the line of off topic

I'm sorry you got downvoted like that, but there are different flavors of offtopicness on HN and some of them are quite welcome. Whimsical tangents, particularly, that veer off in some unpredictable direction, can be quite good for intellectual curiosity, which is the main value of this site.

The kind of offtopic discussions we really want to avoid are the generic and predictable ones. This includes vapid comments and ideological/political flames.

Re: America's Love Affair with Avocado

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Post by mistermann » Tue, Jan 30, 2018, 7:29 AM UTC

magic_beans wrote: post #122

mistermann wrote: post #74

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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.

Where on earth are you from that you've never tried an avocado!?

lol, Canada. I've always seen them, but they just look gross peel on or off. Little did I know, they're delicious.

Re: America's Love Affair with Avocado

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Post by girvo » Tue, Jan 30, 2018, 8:00 AM UTC

madeofpalk wrote: post #88

neosavvy wrote: post #35

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Yeah at least it's not the great lime shortage of 2014 https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/26/upshot/why-everyones-talk...

I still remember my mum and grandparents talking and complaining about the absurd prices of bananas in... 2007?

A cyclone destroyed quite lot of banana plantations in Queensland, which caused banana prices to shoot up to $12/kg

Re: America's Love Affair with Avocado

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Post by optymizer » Wed, Jan 31, 2018, 4:05 PM UTC

mistermann wrote: post #76

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…

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

I have not seen those in stores in the US yet.