COOKING AVOCADOS : COOKING

COOKING AVOCADOS : TIME MANAGEMENT COOKING : ITALIAN COOKING OILS

Cooking Avocados

The tropical evergreen tree that bears this fruit. It is native to Central America and widely cultivated elsewhere

(avocado) of the dull yellowish green of the meat of an avocado

(avocado) a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed

(avocado) tropical American tree bearing large pulpy green fruits

A pear-shaped fruit with a rough leathery skin, smooth oily edible flesh, and a large stone

A light green color like that of the flesh of avocados

cooking

Food that has been prepared in a particular way

(cook) someone who cooks food

The practice or skill of preparing food

(cook) prepare a hot meal; "My husband doesn't cook"

The process of preparing food by heating it

the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"

how to cut an avocado with ease!

In the photos that follow, I'll show you how to cut and peel an avocado with ease!

You can use your free (i.e., non-camera-wielding) hand to cradle the avocado as you carefully work your way through the steps. Your palm should make contact with the avocado in the same place that my cutting board does. If you want to take your kitchen safety to a new level (never a bad idea), place a tea towel between your hand and the avocado; if you make any slips along the way, the knife will hit the tea towel rather than your hand!

Now carry on to Part 1!

avocado-names

My husband's mother's neighbor owns an avocado farm in the California Central Valley. That neighbor gave my husband a grocery bag of avocados from his orchard, and kindly labeled the five different kinds of avos in the group. The tiny seedless "cuke" is a perfect one-person avo.