Dreadful Avocados

[pastafreak]

I love avocados,but have had terrible luck with them this year. I buy any...the so called ripe 'n ready,'value ' range minis,ordinary Hass to ripen at home. They've all been nasty since early July. Black and quite useless inside. Its a terrible waste of money. Is it due to storage methods? I know they are not supposed to be refrigerated.

[Tilly2]

I buy mine from the market. They are as hard as nails but soon ripen up at home where I can keep an eye on them.

[pastafreak]

I'll give the market a go tomorrow. Any thing is better than what the supermarkets are serving up...and they had been lovely earlier in the season.

[atalanta]

You can refrigerate them if you want. It stops them ripening so quickly in hot weather. I have done so without harming them.

[mickthemuppe]

The supermarkets do not worry what they taste like or the flavour. They are only there because they have a long shelf life. Go to a proper greengrocer otherwise it serves you right

[pastafreak]

I meant to check at the market when I was in town today. Will do on the weekend.