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?
How good they taste depends on thier ripening too, if you open them too early it tastes like wood, too late and they are very bitter.
You seem to be expecting a sweet fruit. It isn’t that. It’s fatty and savory. Your post reads like “Fruit is really expensive in my area so I started buying butter… why does anyone like this stuff?”
Spread it on bread and sprinkle on some taco seasoning and salt. You’ll thank me.
There are different varieties, my coworker from Brazil said the ones they have there are sweet.
actually it might have just been because they put sugar on it, I forgot about that part until I read someone else’s comment 😅
Without getting too foodie about it. Its blandness is its strength, it adds moisture and a creamy texture to foods, especially salads sandwiches and tacos without using unnecessary oil or animal fats and it counts as a fruit/vegetable in your diet.
Try a touch of salt.
Salt? Hmm… Not sure if you’re joking…
No, look up a recipe for a guacamole for instance.
Also you might be eating them before they’re ripe (it can be hard to tell), though I think that’s more a texture thing than taste.
They’re generally better as an ingredient in other dishes. I don’t think many people just sit down and eat one plain.
It’s definitely a taste thing too. Unripe avacados have very little flavor.
They aren’t joking but Avacados are never sweet like Apple/grapes/peaches/bananas etc
It’s more for savory dips than sweet things. Id compare its uses more to that of an artichoke
No, really. Add some salt and spoon it out of its hull.
Or even better, add salt and some lemon juice, and mash it. Now you’ve made guacamole.Sweet chilli sauce where the stone was; perfect with eggs for breakfast
Salt is a must if eaten on it’s own. Touch of fresh lime takes it to another level.
Why would that be a joke??
Avocados are amazing with salt and pepper.
I like an avocado sandwich with garlic salt. super tasty.
One of my favorite snacks as a kid was a slice of bread with avocado smashed up and spread all over it with a sprinkling of salt. I’d fold it in half and dunk it in milk. So good
You had me at the first half
I almost threw up
A vinaigrette works too.
At least in the Americas, you don’t buy avocado for sweetness. It’s basically a replacement for fat (with fats of its own). Think turkey bacon avocado, for example: turkey is a leaner meat, avocado supplements that, and bacon adds flavor and saltiness.
If you must get something sweet out of it, I’ve had good luck mixing it with a sprinkle of sugar, a splash of lime juice, and a little hot sauce if you want to be frisky.
Yeah. Slice it and put it on a sandwich with a fried egg. Or chop it when it’s still firm and throw it in a salad. It’s good, but it’s not really for eating like an apple. They added creaminess and texture to savory things.
Where I live, we put sugar on it.
You live in a strange world.
No wonder you are in constant pain.Here it is strange to eat it savory, we do see it more like a fruit. Just recently we started to use it to make guacamole because of mexican restaurants influence.
are you not even putting salt and pepper on it?
Cause thats the most barebones way to eat it… Its okay just by itself, but it really needs at least salt and pepper, if its not part of a larger recipe or something.
Little bit of salt and a squeeze of lime, maybe some cilantro, and you can put that shit on most anything!
That’s almost guacamole
Minus the tomatoes and onion, yes. But it retains a ton of structural integrity when you don’t have the acid and water from a tomato, so it is more versatile.
This is what worked for me. I never saw the appeal until I started seasoning it with other things. I’ll put a thin layer of avo, salt, lime, garlic powder, paprika on sandwiches instead of mayo and it’s incredible.
Seems like you’re missing the part of the internet with, like, recipes. How did you manage to get here, without looking up Avocado on or as food?
Kind of like how reddit is overrun now with AI that keep posting questions to those “Peter, explain the joke” type subs which have absolutely exploded in the last few years, I think more than a few are spreading out of containment.
At least I hope so.
I would literally prefer the creepy, unnerving idea that artificial entities are prowling our forums trying to learn about humanity than the idea that there are people out there who can’t figure out the most basic things.
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.
se me antojaron una flautas de pollito bien crujientes leyendo tu comentario…
Tal vez me haga unas al rato…
Espero que hayas disfrutado tus flautas!
I’ve never had tuna salad with avocado, and now I really want to try it. Thanks for this!
It’s pretty good! When i was a kid my mom used to make “avocados stuffed with tuna” which was basically to halves of avocado skins filled with tuna salad mixed with mashed avocado!
I think some people genuinely like the taste, but I’m with you - they just taste kind of ‘meh’. Certainly not as nice as most other things.
They are extremely healthy, though - they’re considered a top-tier superfood.
Agreed excellent in a smoothie no thanks in any other dish.
“Salt. I hear so much about salt. I tried a heaping spoonful and it was nasty. What am I doing wrong?”
Same energy, my friend. This is why cooking is such an amazing skill. You can take 10 things that aren’t particularly tasty, and create something amazing.
I used to think I hated it as I only encountered it in guacomoli that always had cilantro. Finally had it on its own and realized I lover it. And yeah its basically has a buttery texture but with its own flavor that pretty much goes with any savory dish. Its main problem is the same as bananas. Unripe is no good and it has a short ripe window before it becomes overripe and you have to use it in the window. Man I would love bananas and avocado that could be held and used like potatoes. Similar to avocado I would put bananas on pretty much anything sweet.
Avcados need salt and acid to be good. Next time try in a salad with a sharp dressing; or just cubed with lime juice, chili powder, and salt. It’s amazing added to a bowl (but not the pot!) of chicken soup.
I didn’t like avocado until I tried it in a bowl of chicken tortilla soup with a bunch of cheese and avocado at the bottom of the bowl.
Try salt and lime/lemon or try putting it on bread with some type of meat.
