# Damn you avacodos! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 11, 2003, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-avacodos/206902 "2003-10-11T21:07:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-avacodos/206902/21 "2003-10-12T00:55:27Z")
OK, no joke threads in the Pit. And yeah, put some lime or lemon juice on cut/mashed avocadoes, it keeps them from turning brown, assuming that they sit out long enough TO turn brown. I’m moving this to Cafe Society. And I hope you’re happy, now _I_ want some guacamole. And some enchiladas. Lynn ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-avacodos/206902/22 "2003-10-12T00:57:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dizzy Fingers \* > \*\*“Amelia Bedelia,” exclaimed Mrs. Rogers, “why are there little pieces of pit in the guacamole? Didn’t you pit the avocados first?” > > “Of course,” said Amelia Bedelia, “just like the recipe said. . .” \*\* You are my hero for the day. There just aren’t enough Amelia Bedelia references around! ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-avacodos/206902/23 "2003-10-12T02:39:33Z")
Aww, c’mon Lynn, what’s the point to this thread in Cafe Society? It isn’t about arts and literature, and more to the point, the recipe didn’t say to Cafe the avocados, it said to Pit them. I know the pit is for venting, but we were having fun with this thread even if it wasn’t about Nazi mods or the governmental outrage du jour. Is it really so bad to have a lighthearted, fun thread in the pit once and awhile? ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-avacodos/206902/24 "2003-10-12T02:43:45Z")
“in”. Once in a while. Sheesh! :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Dizzy\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dizzy\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dizzy_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-avacodos/206902/25 "2003-10-12T02:55:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by evilbeth \* > \*\*You are my hero for the day. There just aren’t enough Amelia Bedelia references around! \*\* You flatter me. Now excuse me, I have to go separate some eggs. ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-avacodos/206902/26 "2003-10-12T04:02:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dizzy Fingers \* > \*\*You flatter me. Now excuse me, I have to go separate some eggs. \*\* I hear ya. Are they for your tea cakes? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-avacodos/206902/27 "2003-10-12T05:19:10Z")
be sure to check the shirts. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-avacodos/206902/28 "2003-10-12T06:21:18Z")
Sorry for dicking up your thread, Dave, with a recipe. I saw the humor…I just figured everything’s better with a good guacamole recipe around. The following is my attempt to return the subject to Pit-worthy invective: God_damn_ my miserable, filthy, avocado-squicking guacamole! God_damn_ the smooth, mellow, wonderful flavor of a fresh, squishy avoc… It’s no use. I’m sorry. ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-avacodos/206902/29 "2003-10-12T19:26:54Z")
I’m of Canadian descent and I don’t like guacamole. So there nyah! 😛 I never thought anyone would have trouble spelling avocado. Dios mio! ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-avacodos/206902/30 "2003-10-12T20:15:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by aryk29 \* > \*\*I’m of Canadian descent and I don’t like guacamole. So there nyah! 😛 > > I never thought anyone would have trouble spelling avocado. Dios mio! \*\* Hi, **aryk**. I’m Canadian. Also, trouble spelling avocado is nothing. Sometimes, he doesn’t even spell his own name correctly. ---
**Author:** ![look\_ninjas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@look\_ninjas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_ninjas)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-avacodos/206902/31 "2003-10-12T21:13:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ogre \* > \*\*Dave, here’s a tip: cut the avocados in half, cutting around the pits. \*\* But whatever you do, [don’t use a steak knife](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=4036180#post4036180)! ---
**Author:** ![Kieras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a87d85/32.png) [@Kieras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kieras)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-avacodos/206902/32 "2003-10-13T02:51:50Z")
Now I have this horrible craving to eat guacamole:smack: ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-avacodos/206902/33 "2003-10-13T04:30:03Z")
In Spanish, avocado is aguacate, from the Mesoamerican ahuacatl. Ahuacamolli, means “avocado soup or sauce,” hence, guacamole. Avocado, it seems, came also from the Spanish, but that spelling fell in disuse because it sounded a lot like “abogado” meaning “lawyer”, but the English settlers kept the “original” spelling. In addition, in the indigenous language, part of the name came also from the word for “testicle” Lawyer’s balls! Better get that steak knife!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-avacodos/206902/34 "2003-10-13T04:43:35Z")
Lucky **Weirddave** isn’t British - he would have been told to [stone](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/wine/main.jhtml?xml=/wine/2001/05/10/edrrecs10.xml) the avocados. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-avacodos/206902/35 "2003-10-13T05:40:05Z")
Some of the tips in this thread are just plain wrong; I hope you haven’t already followed them. The sure-fire way to prepare avocados: 1. Soak them for at least 15 minutes in ice-cold water 2. Dry them thoroughly 3. Using a sharp knife, make a very shallow incision (just enough to break the skin) at the base (fat end) of the avocado. 4. Continue from the incision length-wise around the avocado, keeping it shallow. You’re just going for a “guideline” here. 5. Again starting from the base, _slowly_ guide the knife down through your previous incision until you touch the pit. 6. Now, rotate the avocado around the knife, keeping the knife edge against the pit. Should split perfectly. 7. Twist the pit until it comes out; if you remembered to chill them first the pit should come out easily. 8. Throw the pits into the trash. 9. Throw the rest of the avocados into the trash. They’re nasty as hell and they’re not even good for you. Go eat a tomato or something instead. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-avacodos/206902/36 "2003-10-13T13:36:37Z")
A CALIFORNIAN dissing avocados? They’re gonna make you turn in your suntan oil and bathing suit, or whatever y’all use as state identifiers there. The thread and I remain unmoved, despite **Weirddave’s** plea. However, if anyone knows how to grow trees from those pits, I’d appreciate instructions. I had a clipping years ago, but lost it. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-avacodos/206902/37 "2003-10-15T05:42:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lynn Bodoni \* > \*\*A CALIFORNIAN dissing avocados? They’re gonna make you turn in your suntan oil and bathing suit, or whatever y’all use as state identifiers there. > > The thread and I remain unmoved, despite **Weirddave’s** plea. > > However, if anyone knows how to grow trees from those pits, I’d appreciate instructions. I had a clipping years ago, but lost it. \*\* A friend of mine grows lots of them as indoor office plants. They don’t produce fruit but he doesn’t know whether that’s because he only grows them indoors or whether the seeds have been “doctored”. He basically follows this advice : Fill a pot with potting mix. Plant the avocado seed pointy end downwards, with the flat top just at soil level. Keep the pot moist and in partial shade. Sometime in the next month to a year the seed will split open and a shoot will emerge. When the seedling is about 30cm (12") tall, transfer it to an attractive pot, bring it inside and place it next to a well-lit window. Feed with liquid fertiliser in spring and summer, keep well watered and wipe the leaves with a damp cloth to keep them free of dust every month or so. Your avocado will not fruit indoors, so just enjoy it for its size, lushness and generally expensive look! from [Burke’s Backyard](http://www.burkesbackyard.com.au/) an Aussie gardening show. Further research [here](http://www.crfg.org/tidbits/AvocadoFromSeed.html) indicates that it takes 10 years to get fruit outdoors so my friend may just have to keep waiting. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-avacodos/206902.md?page=1)