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Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15967

Posted: Tue Oct 15, 19 6:19 am Post subject:
Husband thinks son and I are odd because neither of us eat bananas or Marmite. I ate them as a child, but wasn't keen, which surprised my mother as they had been a real luxury when she was a child and virtually unobtainable during WWII which was still fresh in the minds of her generation.

Shan

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 9075
Location: South Wales

Posted: Tue Oct 15, 19 8:56 am Post subject:
I like bananas and will eat marmite but I prefer Bovril. I don't think there are many fruits I don't enjoy.

sgt.colon

Joined: 27 Jul 2009
Posts: 7380
Location: Just south of north.

Posted: Tue Oct 15, 19 1:44 pm Post subject:
Avocado

Shan

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 9075
Location: South Wales

Posted: Tue Oct 15, 19 3:07 pm Post subject:
I love avocado. We used to have an avocado tree in our garden in SA. Enormous avocados on it. Bloody dangerous standing under the tree!

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15967

Posted: Wed Oct 16, 19 7:06 am Post subject:
I only had avocado once and have never had the urge to eat it again.

Slim

Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Posts: 6612
Location: New England (In the US of A)

Posted: Wed Oct 16, 19 8:19 am Post subject:

sgt.colon wrote:

Avocado

You people are insane.

(Avocado by itself isn't good, but on a tortilla chip it's almost impossible to have enough. Fifty times that if it's in guacamole form.)

sgt.colon

Joined: 27 Jul 2009
Posts: 7380
Location: Just south of north.

Posted: Wed Oct 16, 19 8:54 am Post subject:
Insane in the membrane! Never tried guacamole, so I couldn't say. Some people have on toast over here Slim. :shudder:

Slim

Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Posts: 6612
Location: New England (In the US of A)

Posted: Wed Oct 16, 19 9:01 am Post subject:
Homemade guacamole with ripe avocados, on tortilla chips. Only then can you declare avocados good or not!

Shan

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 9075
Location: South Wales

Posted: Wed Oct 16, 19 9:04 am Post subject:

Slim wrote:

Homemade guacamole with ripe avocados, on tortilla chips. Only then can you declare avocados good or not!

Absolutely!!!

I suspect part of the problem here is that people don't actually know the difference between a ripe avocado and an unripe one. Firstly, supermarkets store them in refrigerated sections, which alters the flavour and secondly, they sell them as ready to eat when they are clearly massively under-ripe. Vile.

Slim

Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Posts: 6612
Location: New England (In the US of A)

Posted: Wed Oct 16, 19 10:33 am Post subject:
They are not sold refrigerated here. Ours travel all the way across the country, but that may still be shorter than the journey yours require?

Shan

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 9075
Location: South Wales

Posted: Wed Oct 16, 19 11:16 am Post subject:
It depends entirely where they have come from. They are also grown in Europe.

sgt.colon

Joined: 27 Jul 2009
Posts: 7380
Location: Just south of north.

Posted: Wed Oct 16, 19 1:26 pm Post subject:
It's more the texture than the flavour for me. It's just.......I can't find the words.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46209
Location: yes

Posted: Wed Oct 16, 19 1:37 pm Post subject:
i feel your pain, not with avocados but the texture of an under cooked carrot is appalling. a poor avocado is pretty disappointing but a good un is a delight

Shan

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 9075
Location: South Wales

Posted: Wed Oct 16, 19 1:48 pm Post subject:

sgt.colon wrote:

It's more the texture than the flavour for me. It's just.......I can't find the words.

The texture should be beautifully creamy.

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8918
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Wed Oct 16, 19 2:06 pm Post subject:
It is the same with any fruit picked too early in order to travel..it never develops the proper flavour

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