bob <akabob@surfwriter.net.not> wrote:

> Long time no post....

And you've got a lot of catching up to do if you're responding to
posts that are 1.5 years old.

FWIW: Hass avocados are 2 for $1 right now (often 3/$1). They're on
sale at 2 or more $1 more often than not.

-sw

On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 2331 -0600, Sqwertz wrote:

> bob <akabob@surfwriter.net.not> wrote:
>
>> Long time no post....
>
> And you've got a lot of catching up to do if you're responding to
> posts that are 1.5 years old.
>
> FWIW: Hass avocados are 2 for $1 right now (often 3/$1). They're on
> sale at 2 or more $1 more often than not.
>
> -sw

i thought that was a blast form the past.

'what, bobo's posting again?'

your pal,
blake

Steve Pope <spope33@speedymail.org> wrote:

> Gloria P <gpuester@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>Except for a very short time during the summer, avocados here in
>>Colorado are 2/$3 for the small ones or 2/$5 for decent sized ones.
>
> That's odd because avocados are mostly harvested later in the year.
>
> Maybe these summer avocados are (somehow) locally grown?

Mexico, Central, and South America pump out a lot of avocados. Each
year the government lets more and more in. For the longest time
they didn't allow any imports. And later, only to the northeast
states during certain months. I think they're unrestricted now.

-sw

Steve Pope wrote:
> Gloria P wrote:
>
> >Except for a very short time during the summer, avocados here in
> >Colorado are 2/$3 for the small ones or 2/$5 for decent sized ones.
>
> That's odd because avocados are mostly harvested later in the year.

You couldn't be more WRONG!

> Maybe these summer avocados are (somehow) locally grown?

Yeah, they grow avocados in Colorado... like they grow spruce in San
Diego. <dummy>

> In any case, when prices are *that* high I'm reasonably happy
> with buying frozen guacamole (e.g. from Costco). �

Blech! <TIAD>

Califonia produces 80 pct of all the avocados in the US and their's
are harvested *all year*. Florida avocados are harvested for 8 months
of the year. I've never seen a shortage of avocados at any time of
year here in NY, except there are never huge displays except at some
ethnic markets. For the most part avocados are not all that popular
here except as an occasional garnish at certain theme restaurants.
The last time I bought an avocado I lived in California, during the
'60s, in fact that was when I ate avocado for the very first time, it
was offered because a friend had an avodado tree in their yard, I
thought it was like biting into a bar of tasteless soap, was all I
could do to get it down. During the five years I lived in CA I bought
avocado maybe five times, also to use as a garnish. I've learned to
accept that texture and have eaten it since but only when encounterd,
I don't buy avocado. I think as a fruit avocado is an anomoly, it's
not juicy, it's not sweet, it has very little flavor, and no aroma,
all it offers is texture, and when I want that texture I'd rather eat
a banana, at least a banana has flavor and aroma... bananas are
wonderful for baking, for making tropical drinks, and for eating out
of hand they are much easier to handle and contain no fat at all, I've
never seen anyone eating an avocado out of hand, they're not used in
baking, and I've never seen it in tropical drinks... there are
thousands of recipes where banana is manditory and nothing else will
suffice, I can't think of even one recipe where avocado is a necessary
ingredient, even for guacamole avocado can easily be replaced with
asparagus and sourcream/yogurt... certainly much better than frozen
guac. The only time I eat avocado is when it's a garnish at a
restaurant, and most times it doesn't look very appetizing so I'll
push it aside. If I had to choose my least favorite produce avocado
would definitely share top billing with cilantro, and cilantro only
because to me it tastes like soap. I don't think anyone noshes on a
bunch of cilantro like they do grapes.

And I don't see the point in using the most costly Hass for guacamole,
that's like the pinheads using top shelf scotch for a sour.

On Dec 28, 2:58�am, Sqwertz <swe...@cluemail.compost> wrote:
> Steve Pope <spop...@speedymail.org> wrote:
> > Gloria P �<gpues...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> >>Except for a very short time during the summer, avocados here in
> >>Colorado are 2/$3 for the small ones or 2/$5 for decent sized ones.
>
> > That's odd because avocados are mostly harvested later in the year.
>
> > Maybe these summer avocados are (somehow) locally grown?
>
> Mexico, Central, and South America pump out a lot of avocados. �Each
> year the government lets more and more in. �For the longest time
> they didn't allow any imports. �And later, only to the northeast
> states during certain months. �I think they're unrestricted now.

California harvests avocado all year, and along with Florida produces
more then enough avocados to supply all of the US all year, and many
are exported too. The US only imports avocado to extend the season of
certain types. Produce is grown and shipped all over the planet so
that there rarely is any that's out of season anymore.

Sheldon <PENMART01@aol.com> wrote:

> California harvests avocado all year, and along with Florida produces
> more then enough avocados to supply all of the US all year,

Sure - because nobody wants to buy them at $2 each - there's plenty
to go around. As a rule, I don't spend more than $.50 for an
avocado. And you can't buy a California avocado for $.50.

-sw

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