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[Jaymes]

Lo and behold, perfectly ripe and creamy and delicious, without even a hint of rotten or dry spots. Who knew?!

Well, I certainly knew since, as I said above, that's exactly what I've been doing for some 30+ years, ever since we lived in Panama and had five avocado trees in our yard.

It works great in my long experience, so nobody could ever convince me otherwise.

[Varun Sheth]

Very interesting topic.

Here are my observations; We have a relatively hot and humid climate in Mumbai, India (90F)and I constantly seem to have trouble having my avocados ripen evenly. One in two does not ripen properly or at all. When they do ripen they are sometimes black on the inside (oxidization?). Also I have noticed that the variety we get here is very fibrous versus when I was in New York i never noticed this.

I have been typically ripening them at room temperature which can vary from 90-100F and the above inconsistencies are the end result. My vegetable supplier recommends that I put it in a box of uncooked rice to help speed up the ripening process but again the results have not been consistent.

From what I have gathered on this thread and links posted it may not be ideal to harvest avocados in hot weather which could be one of the reasons for inconsistencies. Couple things that I will try however are letting it ripen in a cooler room, (keep my air condition running!) as well putting in the fridge for a few days and then ripening both at regular room temperature here and air con room temp

[bigkoiguy]

Living in Alaska, our produce gets chilled simply moving it from the truck to the store, or bringing it home in the car! I always have problems getting ripe avocados, so I refrain from buying them in the winter!