Avocado. I heard much about these fruits/berries/whatever. But I am a poor guy from a very poor and totally non-tropical country. So apples and carrots are the sweetest things around and apples become too expensive too.

Still I bought a few. Just out of curiosity. It tastes like… butter block. Internet says that it should be this way. So… Why people eat it? Maybe it is bad alone and\or raw, but after some preparation it is delicious?

Am I missing something?

  • Ilixtze@lemmy.ml
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    8 hours ago

    Latino here, surprised how somebody would not like avocado while i eat some fried flautas with fresh cheese, cream and avocado on top; My family rarely eats avocado alone; We add it to a soup to give it a fresh taste. mash it; put peppers cilantro, olive oil, onions and a pinch of salt and lime juice to make guacamole; add it to tuna salad, in fact we add it to everything with fish on it; including ceviche, fried fish tacos and tostadas. Some soups and stews can taste great with a few slices of avocado, like tortilla soup, bone marrow soup and caldo tlalpeño.

    You can mix it with dried bacon or cream cheese and make a great dip for potato chips.

    Smoked mussles + mashed avocados + onions, tomatoes and lime juice, to snack with with tortilla chips.

    Avocado is inexpensive where i live so it’s a common ingredient for most recipes, as a fresh buttery flavor to add with some lime and salt to compliment something spicy. It tends to neutralize spicy flavors, so it’s also something nice to add in particularly “hot” food for someone new to those type of flavors.

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      6 hours ago

      se me antojaron una flautas de pollito bien crujientes leyendo tu comentario…

      Tal vez me haga unas al rato…

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      6 hours ago

      I’ve never had tuna salad with avocado, and now I really want to try it. Thanks for this!