Middle Class Life Saver Of The Week

[jefmcg]

Avocados so 1970's dinner party, are you have prawn cocktail and following it all up with black forest gateaux?

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[Crackle]

I was eating avocados before they were trendy or, in some cases, ripe.

 

[Cheddar George]

Does this mean that my bathroom suite is back in fashion ?

I only kept it to be ironic.

 

[jefmcg]

I'm not buying avocado, out of solidarity with millennials who are not allowed it because it will render them unable ever to buy a house

Avocados have been cheap for a long time. They were really, really expensive in the 1970s so farmers across the subtropics planted avocado trees to get rich. Planned failed as millions of trees matured at the same time, and the price plummeted in early 80s.

They are still pretty cheap from around a pound each at a supermarket, down to several (at least) for a pound at a market stall (I've got 10 once, as it was closing up). I bought 4 at Tescos last night for considerably less than the cost of a flat white, which millennials seem to be able to afford.

 

[perplexed]

Too much coconut milk gives you the squits apparently. I think i'll pass in that case.

It made my other half trump like Mrs Trumpy McTrump face

 

[dan_bo]

Is that a peeled testicle in the centre?

 

[Globalti]

I tried quinoa recently and what a disaster that was; within an hour I was in agony with trapped wind and a couple of hours later the trapped wind worked its way to the end and the stink was unbearable, like a Parisian sewer only twice as strong. Never again.

 

[rich p]

I expect everyone's using an avocado fresh pod these days, yeah?

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I think that's Donovan's Brain

 

[John the Monkey]

Why eat that, when you could be eating Robert Carrier's Aubergine Mould?

 

[jefmcg]

Why eat that, when you could be eating Robert Carrier's Aubergine Mould?

Why pick that? It's about the least disgusting dish on that page.

 

[John the Monkey]

Why pick that? It's about the least disgusting dish on that page.
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I was working up to ham and banana hollandaise, you know.

 

[lazybloke]

I knew a girl who was hooked on Robert Carrier recipes. She thought of them as comfort food.

Obviously she hadn't seen Fish sticks with pineapple.

 

[rich p]

I feel a bit nauseous

 

[Bollo]

[QUOTE 4888949, member: 259"]I was going to leap to the defence of Robert Carrier, as I do still use a couple of his recipes, but worryingl;y, the first item you get on a Google search for Carrier recipes is this

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"The Fish Turban" could well be the name of Viz's next annual.

 

[Reynard]

Um... 70s cookbooks... Yeah...

As long as you leave the stone in the half you don't need, avocado will keep for a couple of days wrapped in cling film. I'm a sucker for avocado on toast for lunch - with just a wee bit of salt and pepper. I either get my avocadoes on yellow sticker when they're marked right down, or off the market when you can get a respectable quantity (4, 5, sometimes more) for £1. Keep them in the veg drawer in the fridge - stops them from ripening too quickly.

P.S. I love them when they're really soft.