A certain sense of joy comes with cutting into a perfectly ripe avocado. You twist it open, feast your eyes on that smooth, beautiful green flesh, and simply have to show someone — either in person or ...

The hack involves wrapping an avocado in foil and placing it into boiling water for 10 minutes, which makes the flesh much softer and more usable for meals. But Aussie nutritionist and dietician ...

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Avocados are fickle. Sometimes they seem to be ready for consumption but then hard as a rock when cut into. Other times avocados look like they'll be rotten before you get them home. This ...

A new avocado scanner uses infrared technology to determine ripeness, helping shoppers pick the perfect fruit without squeezing or bruising it. The machines are currently being tested in Tesco stores ...

Avocados are a popular breakfast choice, but the biggest drawback is that they take ages to ripen - but there is a natural method to speed up the process ...

Placing unripe avocados in a paper bag with fruit that gives off ethylene gas ripens them the fastest. Using a ripe banana edged out an apple by two days, but either method works. Heating avocados ...