Dd1 bought an avocado today.

[lucysmam]

Wtf do we do with it?

It's only a little one from the market, in case we didn't like it. I've never bought one before 🤷‍♀️

Cut it in half and twist it open and remove the stone.
Fill the stone hole with malt vinegar.
Grind on sea salt and black pepper.
Eat with teaspoon.

Delicious.

@imisscashmere

Be careful cutting it. I severed a tendon in my hand trying to get an avocado stone out!

You must have very sharp teaspoons.

Best sandwich ever: avocado, houmous and tomato on crusty bread.

Tell her she's ruined her chance of buying a house forever. Or something.

My DD likes avocado just with a squeeze of lemon. I like it in a Lebanese-style salad with cucumber and tomato and grains and parsley, with sumac. Or it's lovely with salmon.

If it’s ripe, lightly mash with a little lime juice, salt and pepper, spread on thick fresh brown bread and top with a poached egg and some tiny bits of fried chorizo.

Or, lightly mash with lime, salt and pepper, spread on thick brown fresh bread and then top with buttery scrambled eggs, smoked salmon and raw red chilli 🌶

Or have them with Mexican food; in tortillas, tacos etc.

I LOVE avocados.

You’ll never be able to buy a house now.

Give her a lecture on the poor carbon footprint of avocados, but then eat it in any of the ways here mentioned.

i have been eating them since the 1980s

in fact i messaged an old friend i knew 85 - 89 and she asked me if I still loved avocados!
strange but true

I grew up on an island and had lots of avocados tree around. As kids we used to pick them from the trees, peel them sprinkle sugar on them and eat them. Never knew they are eaten as part of sandwiches or eggs etc. until I came to the UK

I like it on toast with feta, red onion and tomatoes

Let us know how you get on!

I'm not a modern hipster and so like mine with salad cream and a bit of pepper.

And the 70s were right about it going well with prawns!

@starfishmummy

I realise lots of people happily eat avocados. But in my opinion just place it straight in the bin. Don't waste other good ingredients on it!!

Sacrilege!!

Freshly halved with lemon juice, salt and pepper. Bit of balsamic if your feeling fancy. Eat with a spoon.

Either on toast with marmite, or whizz it with a small food processor (the kind that fits on a stick blender) with some lime juice and fresh coriander. Lovely with tortilla chips, on toast, with things dipped in it.

Cut open as described, then fill the hollows with home made vinaigrette dressing. Delicious!
Or slice and add to a BLT sandwich.
Or slice and make into a sandwich with cream cheese and spring onion.

When it's ripe enough, mashed on a toasted bagel with a squeeze of lime, some chilli flakes and a small sprinkle of salt

It will need salt.