Avocado Juggling - December 31, 2016
Avocado Juggling
Fifteen avocados! That’s how many we have in our fridge right now. In fact, the bottom left “fruit keeper” is dedicated to avocados. (Yes, avocados are fruits.) And if you add up the frozen containers of avocado dip in our freezer, we very likely have the equivalent of 25 avocados! Why would I make this up?
You may be wondering … are we having a party? Is there a special occasion coming up? Nope! We just did our regular shopping. It goes like this. We normally pick up groceries two afternoons a week at two different stores, and we normally forget to take stock of what is in the fridge already.
Add two more factors. Factor one. Avocados are expensive in Ontario compared to Arizona (as long as you don’t factor in a 65-cent dollar.) We can get large avocados at the 99-cent store for – well – 99 cents. We can get medium avocados at the next store for 50 cents. We can’t afford not to buy them! (Faulty math logic, I know.)
Factor two. Laur likes to collect things. Unusual things. Things he is somehow afraid he could run out of. Old coats, used backpacks (I won’t even mention books), semi-used notebooks, and so on. And his latest thing is avocados - because heaven knows what will happen if the world runs out of avocados.
Laurence had never even had avocados until Anna brought home her new boyfriend (now husband) Neal – some 10 years ago. Neal happened to bring some avocados with him. Being from St. Catharines, he possibly thought that folks in Sudbury didn’t have access to produce year-round, I don’t know. But for Laurence, it was love at first bite.
In the past avocados used to be considered “poor man’s butter.” Naturally, these poor folks being referred to had to be living in equatorial climates. Once avocados move north of Mexico, they are – because of their high price and high calories - practically decadent. A Sobeys in Ontario recently sparked online outrage by selling pre-peeled and packaged avocado halves — for $3.99. Not seeing myself as inclined to decadence, I prefer to think of avocados as “vegan margarine.”
You would be amazed at the variety of things you can make with avocados, other than guacamole dip. Soups, sandwiches, smoothies, mousse, fries, burgers, sushi, and – my favourite – chocolate avocado cake with chocolate avocado frosting. A friend of Laur’s and mine made this for us – and let us take some home. Pure joy. See
http://www.craftycookingmama.com/chocolate-avocado-cake-with-chocolate-avocado-buttercream-frosting/
But my favourite avocado food remains guacamole dip. In particular, a guacamole dip made by our neighbours Sam and Nita. They had us over for supper last evening, and I made the guac dip and corn chips my main course. I don’t have the guac recipe and I won’t ask for it. One, because I’ll never make it, and two, because Laurence will. This will mean doubling the number of avocados we currently buy, and taking over the second “fruit keeper.”
Just as many Korean folks have a second refrigerator for kimchi, we may soon need an surplus avocado fridge.
*****
PS – Want to learn 15 health benefits of eating avocados? Check out … http://healthynews24.com/avocado-superfood-15-proven-health-benefits-of-avocado
Fifteen avocados! That’s how many we have in our fridge right now. In fact, the bottom left “fruit keeper” is dedicated to avocados. (Yes, avocados are fruits.) And if you add up the frozen containers of avocado dip in our freezer, we very likely have the equivalent of 25 avocados! Why would I make this up?
You may be wondering … are we having a party? Is there a special occasion coming up? Nope! We just did our regular shopping. It goes like this. We normally pick up groceries two afternoons a week at two different stores, and we normally forget to take stock of what is in the fridge already.
Add two more factors. Factor one. Avocados are expensive in Ontario compared to Arizona (as long as you don’t factor in a 65-cent dollar.) We can get large avocados at the 99-cent store for – well – 99 cents. We can get medium avocados at the next store for 50 cents. We can’t afford not to buy them! (Faulty math logic, I know.)
Factor two. Laur likes to collect things. Unusual things. Things he is somehow afraid he could run out of. Old coats, used backpacks (I won’t even mention books), semi-used notebooks, and so on. And his latest thing is avocados - because heaven knows what will happen if the world runs out of avocados.
Laurence had never even had avocados until Anna brought home her new boyfriend (now husband) Neal – some 10 years ago. Neal happened to bring some avocados with him. Being from St. Catharines, he possibly thought that folks in Sudbury didn’t have access to produce year-round, I don’t know. But for Laurence, it was love at first bite.
In the past avocados used to be considered “poor man’s butter.” Naturally, these poor folks being referred to had to be living in equatorial climates. Once avocados move north of Mexico, they are – because of their high price and high calories - practically decadent. A Sobeys in Ontario recently sparked online outrage by selling pre-peeled and packaged avocado halves — for $3.99. Not seeing myself as inclined to decadence, I prefer to think of avocados as “vegan margarine.”
You would be amazed at the variety of things you can make with avocados, other than guacamole dip. Soups, sandwiches, smoothies, mousse, fries, burgers, sushi, and – my favourite – chocolate avocado cake with chocolate avocado frosting. A friend of Laur’s and mine made this for us – and let us take some home. Pure joy. See
http://www.craftycookingmama.com/chocolate-avocado-cake-with-chocolate-avocado-buttercream-frosting/
But my favourite avocado food remains guacamole dip. In particular, a guacamole dip made by our neighbours Sam and Nita. They had us over for supper last evening, and I made the guac dip and corn chips my main course. I don’t have the guac recipe and I won’t ask for it. One, because I’ll never make it, and two, because Laurence will. This will mean doubling the number of avocados we currently buy, and taking over the second “fruit keeper.”
Just as many Korean folks have a second refrigerator for kimchi, we may soon need an surplus avocado fridge.
*****
PS – Want to learn 15 health benefits of eating avocados? Check out … http://healthynews24.com/avocado-superfood-15-proven-health-benefits-of-avocado