Avocados...

[alicat]

In Papua New Guinea, they feed them to their pigs.

Wish I lived in PNG!

 

[Pale Rider]

Time to dust off dictionary compiler Dr Johnson's sarky definition of oats:

http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/dic/johnson/oats/oats.html

 

[Sharky]

Here's my attempts. The one on the left has been going for about 3 weeks and is beginning to spilt, so hopefully a good sign. I think the book said to use cocktail sticks, but as I don't drink cocktails, have used nails instead ....

 

[Heltor Chasca]

Here's my attempts. The one on the left has been going for about 3 weeks and is beginning to spilt, so hopefully a good sign. I think the book said to use cocktail sticks, but as I don't drink cocktails, have used nails instead .... View attachment 408905

Rusty Nails is a popular drink too.

 

[Reynard]

Do you have a compost heap @Sharky ? If so, worth sticking a stone or three in there - before I got my green waste wheelie bin, I was forever weeding out sprouted avocadoes

 

[Sharky]

Do you have a compost heap @Sharky ? If so, worth sticking a stone or three in there - before I got my green waste wheelie bin, I was forever weeding out sprouted avocadoes

No I don't. Worth considering though. Thanks

 

[Accy cyclist]

I might start taking one of those to the laundry,instead of a banana.

 

[night cycler]

I've never come across one that was not ripe enough for how I eat them.

I put one in a blender with 3 pinaple rings. An amazing taste-so much so that I eat it all throughout the same day.

I keep the avacados and tinned pinaple in the fridge so everything is chilled as soon as I start to use/eat them.

 

[rich p]

Smother it with lemon juice, wrap it in cling film then chuck it in the bin.
Then go and buy some baby food in a jar.

 

[smutchin]

I would get your mum to a doctor smartish. They will recommend a cream perhaps.

Or olive oil and balsamic vinegar if the doctor is middle class.

 

[Reynard]

Or olive oil and balsamic vinegar if the doctor is middle class.

 

[User65760]

Avocados are also known as alligator pears.

(A last-minute cancellation has left me with time on my hands today, sorry.)

Any idea why?

 

[PK99]

Any idea why?

A numbers of sources give this reason:

The etymology of the word “avocado” is based on the Spanish word aguacate, which was based on the native Nahuatl word ahuacate, which seems to have a rough translation that references a male sex organ.

Stepping away from anatomically-based names of yore, the avocado has another, more reptilian name; “alligator pear.” According to Dictionary.com, this name came about not due to the seemingly scaly skin of the fruit, but due to a mislabelling and mispronunciation of its Spanish name, “avogado” by English speakers.

An English description of the fruit called it the “avogado pear,” which then morphed into “alligator pear.” It wasn’t quite as simple as taking a look at the avocado and describing its color or description, and it definitely was not as simple as naming kitchen appliances.

https://www.rd.com/food/fun/alternate-avocado-name/

A whole new mental image for smashed avocado on toast....

 

[Salty seadog]

Here's my attempts. The one on the left has been going for about 3 weeks and is beginning to spilt, so hopefully a good sign. I think the book said to use cocktail sticks, but as I don't drink cocktails, have used nails instead .... View attachment 408905

Ahhh helping the second world war effort by growing floating mines.

 

[MichaelW2]

In Papua New Guinea, they feed them to their pigs.

A fruit which in Papua New Guinea is genrally given to pigs but in London sustains people.