# Easy question, avocado **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 8, 2018, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-question-avocado/824164 "2018-11-08T00:05:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-question-avocado/824164/1 "2018-11-08T00:05:38Z")
These avocados are just about right. Do I now store them in the fridge, or on the counter? ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-question-avocado/824164/2 "2018-11-08T00:07:49Z")
Store them at room temperature. They aren’t supposed to be refrigerated unless they are mixed with something. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-question-avocado/824164/3 "2018-11-08T00:11:36Z")
Fridge them, they will slow down the ripening process a bit for a few days. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-question-avocado/824164/4 "2018-11-08T00:24:20Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > Fridge them, they will slow down the ripening process a bit for a few days. That’s what I would do. I often eat half an avocado with lunch and save the second half for the next day in the fridge. There’s usually a bit of browning but the firmness holds. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-question-avocado/824164/5 "2018-11-08T00:44:19Z")
Definitely fridge unless you plan on using them by tomorrow. Even then it does no harm. ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-question-avocado/824164/6 "2018-11-08T01:21:41Z")
My understanding now is “Fridge, but don’t waste many days”. That was more or less what I had assumed, but I’m glad there’s a semi-consensus. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-question-avocado/824164/7 "2018-11-08T01:34:15Z")
I keep my avocados on the counter until they are just ripe. If I can’t eat it that day, I put it in the fridge so it won’t continue to ripen and get overripe. [Cite.](https://www.stilltasty.com/articles/view/45) > [@nearwildheaven](#): > > They aren’t supposed to be refrigerated unless they are mixed with something. That’s a new one on me. You keep avocados at room temperature if you want them to ripen. If you want to slow ripening, it’s fine to put them in the fridge. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-question-avocado/824164/8 "2018-11-08T01:39:08Z")
Another vote for fridge, but not too long. To store half of one with limited browning, leave the pit in, paint the exposed flesh with water and press a piece of cling film tightly to it. If you can impede air interacting with it, it will stay remarkably green. Citrus juice is better, but then you have half a cut lemon or lime you have to store, too. Unless you make a drink with a squeeze to go with your half an avocado. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![snoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@snoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snoe)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-question-avocado/824164/9 "2018-11-08T01:43:25Z")
Yes, the old Chiquita jingle had the same misleading, old-wives’ advice we’ve all internalized: _“Bananas grow at the equator So don’t put them in the refrigerator_ But it probably isn’t true. [How Long Do Avocados Last and How To Ripen Avocados? | StillTasty.com - Your Ultimate Shelf Life Guide](https://www.stilltasty.com/articles/view/45) Protip: if tomatoes are ripe, they’re fridgeable if needed, too. [How to Store Tomatoes (and Whether to Refrigerate Them)](https://www.seriouseats.com/2014/09/why-you-should-refrigerate-tomatoes.html) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-question-avocado/824164/10 "2018-11-08T02:20:40Z")
Agree with **Aspenglow**. A proper application of cling wrap will keep them good for a surprisingly long time. Umm… Onion bagel with salmon cream cheese, bacon, red onion and avocado. Yum! ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-question-avocado/824164/11 "2018-11-08T02:32:24Z")
> [@snoe](#): > > Yes, the old Chiquita jingle had the same misleading, old-wives’ advice we’ve all internalized: > > _“Bananas grow at the equator > So don’t put them in the refrigerator_ > > But it probably isn’t true. [How Long Do Avocados Last and How To Ripen Avocados? | StillTasty.com - Your Ultimate Shelf Life Guide](https://www.stilltasty.com/articles/view/45) > > Protip: if tomatoes are ripe, they’re fridgeable if needed, too. [How to Store Tomatoes (and Whether to Refrigerate Them)](https://www.seriouseats.com/2014/09/why-you-should-refrigerate-tomatoes.html) That doesn’t even come close to scanning. “But bananas like the climate Of the very, very tropical equator. So you should never put bananas In the refrigerator.” And did you even read the whole article about tomatoes? The non refrigerated tomatoes won hands down in the first blind taste tests. In the second test the “non refrigerated” ones had, in fact, been refrigerated, just not as long.