Avocado 101: How to Pick an Avocado, Ripen It, Store It & More!
Avocado color does not always indicate ripeness. Ripe avocados will yield to firm gentle pressure.
How to Know If an Avocado Is Ripe
Step One: Place the avocado in the palm of your hand.
Step Two: Gently squeeze without applying your fingertips as this can cause bruising.
Step Three: If the avocado yields to firm gentle pressure, you know it’s ripe and ready to eat. If the avocado does not yield to gentle pressure, it is considered still “firm” and will be ripe in a couple of days. If the avocado feels mushy or very soft to the touch, it may be very ripe to overripe.
Next: How to Store Unripe Avocados
Comments
I have become so tired of buying avocados that are bruised and brown on the inside. I have started buying them green and hard as I can find them. If I buy them early in the week, they are ready by the weekend. I just leave them out on the counter. If I am not ready for them yet I store them in the refrigerator in a green bag for sometimes 2 to 3 weeks and they are still pretty on the inside and spread like butter. I rarely have to throw any out now. No more finger print bruises on the inside.
It’s tough when all the avocados at the store are at the same stage of ripeness. You buy a batch to last several days and none are ripe and suddenly there are too many at once!
OK HAS ANYONE EVER BOTTLED AVOCADOS BEFORE I LOVE THEN & WOULD REALLY LIKE TO BOTTLE THEN WHEN ITS TIME TO DO MY BOTTLING TOMATOES PEACHES ALL KINDS OF JUICING COBBLER MIX EXTRA ? I CANT FIND ANY THING ON BOTTLING AVOCADOS THANKS
Another tip: this requires special equipment, but if you have a vacuum sealer, this is an excellent way to store a cut avocado, no lemon juice or mashing required. Just put the open fruit in a bag and seal it up. It will go bad in the fridge before it turns green! I rarely bought avocados before I had the sealer because I wasted too many of them. This is a great solution.
Useful information. Thanks for your sharing!
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