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Yummy in my tummy

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by Candace, Dec 10, 2008.

  1. Wendy H

    Wendy H Just me

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    No. Is that a bad thing? I guess I've had a sheltered life....:rolleyes::D
     
  2. Jon

    Jon Mmmm... bulbophyllum...

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    A friend of mine moved to the US from Canada in '94. He wouldn't go near guacamole until '03. He'd never heard of an avocado before either.
     
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    Mary Jane New Member

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    I really can't describe the taste...rich, creamy..help me out, avocado lovers!
     
  4. Forrest

    Forrest Really Neat

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    avocadoey
     
  5. Mary Jane

    Mary Jane New Member

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    ya know, alone...eh. It's okay. I prefer mine in guac. Although avocado is damned good in Tortilla Soup.

    That still doesn't describe the taste, though.
     
  6. Dale

    Dale New Member

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    Creamy, herbal, and kinda earthy. In a good kinda way. I miss Rich.
     
  7. Mary Jane

    Mary Jane New Member

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    You do a fine job of filling his shoes, Dale.
    *snicker*
     
  8. Dale

    Dale New Member

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    *glares at Mary Jane*

    Pum vipt zaxat diiet riko Pum vipt zo fufenic praxaguo.
     
  9. Mary Jane

    Mary Jane New Member

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    Haxatovol ug saxaupp. *sningol*

    You're description is spot-on. I can almost taste an avocado.

    *mj runs from the room, giggling*
     
  10. Dale

    Dale New Member

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    Smaxaltaxapt
     
  11. Mary Jane

    Mary Jane New Member

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    :D

    I'm joshin' with you, Dale. I hope I didn't bend your feelers. I would rather dig out all of my toenails with a Phillips screw driver then bend your feelers.
     
  12. Dale

    Dale New Member

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    I know you are, Mary Jane.

    *looks for a Phillips screwdriver*
     
  13. Mary Jane

    Mary Jane New Member

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    A straight blade will work just as well. Might not make as much of a mess but....
     
  14. Tracey

    Tracey Interloper

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    Oh Jeeze, is this gonna segue into another spare body parts thing again?
     
  15. Tom_in_PA

    Tom_in_PA I am not an addict

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    *smacks Dale right back*
     
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    Dale New Member

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    :D
     
  17. Karen

    Karen Species nut

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    Alexis New Member

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    Sorry, Candace, I missed your question. No, we will be selling to one of the local packing houses. We don't want the grove to be labor intensive or time consuming. That's one of the reasons we chose avos, because like you said, they practically take care of themselves.
     
  19. Brant

    Brant dazed

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    Nothing beats a good ol Hass. The hills down here are covered in them, the tree's sure get huge. Candace who climbs up in the tree to fetch those up hi ?

    Candace, they import Avo's from Guatamala up there ? We only have local grown and Chile.
    No Mexican or other foreign imports allowed down here because of fruit flys and other pests. Chile is clean (pest free) so they are allowed to be sold here. Fuerte's and the other types are just not as creamy and yummyrific as Hass (IMO), but are better than NO Avo's at all.
    Good luck Alexis, i do not know that variety, it must be more heat and humidity tolerant?

    Wendy it is a Fruit, the rather large seed is in the center.

    Candace, throw a couple hard one's in a paper bag with a couple apple slices and in 2 days it is ripe. (ethylene gas i believe)
     
  20. Candace

    Candace Kept Woman Supporting Member

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    Hubby gets out the ladder and pole fruit picker, but the tree isn't too big. It's maybe 15-17 ft. tall. Because it sometimes gets some freeze damage, it has kept it from not getting huge. It may get to the point where it does get too big to get the top most ones, though. Don't know...

    Yes, I believe most of our avos are shipped in from Guatamala. Though, I think we do see some from Chile too. I agree that Hass are the supreme of yumminess. I have to grow Mexicola because it's the one cold tolerant variety for sale in nurseries here. And I had to search for a while to find one. They're not common. It's a good bet if I planted a Fuerte or another type, I'd be replacing it every 2-4 years. Or it would be so stunted from the cold it wouldn't produce well.