Avocados make you work for their love.
With avocados, it’s always like you’re hurrying to wait and waiting to hurry.
All real love is worth a little work, though.
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We tested a simple hackstoring avocados in waterto see if it worked.
Here are the results.
Leave the container there until you’re ready to use.
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Take it out, dry off the avocados, and enjoy.
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When I left, the avocados were still partially green, but turning dark in some areas.
I had been storing them previously in the fridge in hopes of adding them slowly intodifferent recipesthroughout the week.
Testing Timeline
I began the experiment on Wednesday, a day before I was leaving town.
To say the least, the three avocados had aged quite differently.
When I cut it open, it was brown on the inside.
Edible, creamy, deliciousI had definitely opened it at the fleeting moment of peak ripeness.
Those Costco avocados never disappoint.
If left another day, it probably would have startedturning brown.
There were no visible changes that I could tell upon first glance.
When I cut it in half, it wasn’t even ripe enough yet!
Visually, it was gorgeous and bright green.
However, it was too firm to enjoy, and the seed wouldn’t budge from the center.
(See below for how it looked inside after five days stored in water.)
I don’t recommend it.
Try These Avocado Recipes
What to do with those perfectly ripe avocados?
Here are some recipes that help you take full advantage of them.
Here’s to more guac and less rot.
