Shoppers buying avocados in supermarkets this November have been urged to check their fruit is ready to take home and eat. Many supermarket avocados are nowhere near ripe enough and you could find yourself playing the waiting game if you select the wrong one. And many shoppers may not realise that avocados are one of the worst items to buy when it comes to climate change , usually being flown thousands of miles out of season.
The avocado may seem like a humble ingredient but it’s gained notoriety as a fruit in recent years after becoming a symbol of overspending. Australian billionaire and luxury real estate mogul Tim Gurner came under serious fire from furious millennials after implying that young people can’t afford to buy a home because they’re wasting money on fancy toast. It’s possible to pay over £10 for the pleasure of eating smashed avocado on toast in a cafe and while it’s not exactly breaking the bank in the way Gurner suggests, it is cheaper to buy one yourself and rustle up the dish at home.
If you have a penchant for the dish then there are four key things to bear in mind when picking one out to ensure it is perfectly ripe. According to WikiHow, you need to check its colour, how soft it is, its skin texture and examine its stem before buying. Firstly, the colour.
You want to look for ones that are almost black as the ripest avocados are very dark, with only a hint of green. Of course it can depend on the variety as the Fuerte, Ettinger, Reed, and Sharw.
