Avocado will have a pleasant taste and will benefit health if the fruit is ripe and not spoiled. How not to miscalculate with a choice? What criteria should I pay attention to so as not to be disappointed in the purchase afterwards?
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The main points that you need to pay attention to when choosing an avocado are:
- fetal weight;
- appearance;
- color in the area of the cut stalk;
- softness / hardness of the fetus;
- the position of the bone inside the fruit.
The avocado, ripened and ready for direct use, even if the fruit is small, is always felt heavy in the hand. Too light fruits can be either overripe or not fully ripe.
After choosing a fruit, you need to carefully examine the avocado from all sides. On the surface of the fetus should not be any dents, dark or black dots, cuts, etc. It will be useful to look at the color of the peel, which depends on the variety of fruit. Pinkerton mature avocados should have a smooth emerald hue. Saturated green tone should differ and the fruits of the Florida variety. If the peel of the avocado of these species has a mint or light green color, then such fruits are considered unripe. The presence of completely dark areas indicates overripe avocados. There is a third popular variety of avocados - Californian. It differs in brown or brown-green hues of the peel, the surface of the fruit is always tuberous. If there are many bright spots on such a fruit, it is not worth buying. Otherwise, you have to wait for the avocado to ripen at home.
The next step when choosing a good avocado is to carefully examine the place where the fruit was cut from the stem. If this area has a rich green tint, then such a fruit is ready to eat. It will be ripe and very tasty. The yellow-green color indicates that the fruit is ripening. But the avocado, in which the cut has become dry and dark brown or even turned black, is never worth taking. It is likely that the fetus did not just overripe, but also began to rot from the inside.
It is believed that a hard and firm to the touch avocado will have a special taste and soft consistency. However, it is not. If the fruit is very hard, it is considered unripe. Of course, you can eat it, but the taste sensations will be unpleasant. The ripe avocado should be a little soft, but it’s good to keep the shape, no dents should be present on the surface. To check the avocado for ripeness, you need to lightly press your fingers on the fetus. If the fingerprint quickly disappears, the peel is gently smoothed, then such a fruit is ripe.
Avocado is a fruit, inside of which there is, as a rule, a fairly massive bone. In ripe fruit, it is quite easily separated from the pulp. Before acquiring, the selected avocado should be slightly shaken and listen to whether any sound is heard from the inside. If the bone taps on the walls of the fetus, such an avocado can be safely bought.