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How To Store Avocados
Room temperature ripening
Avocados do not ripen on the tree. They begin the ripenning process after they are picked. Store avocados at room temperature until they’re fully ripe. You can tell if an avocado is ripe by giving it a gentle squeeze. If it yields to that light pressure, it’s ready to use. It generally takes anywhere from four to seven days for a hard avocado to fully ripen.
Speeding up the ripening process
You can speed up the ripening process by putting your avocados in a brown paper bag. Placing an apple and/or a banana in the bag will help hasten the process. This will usually cut down the ripening time to 1 to 3
days. Ethylene gas that is naturally released by ripening fruit is what speeds up the process. The brown paper bag keeps the ethylene gas in contact with the fruit.
Slowing down the ripening process
You may want to slow down the ripening process of a few pieces of fruit so that your avocados don't all ripen at the same time. Keeping them cold, in the refrigerator, will slow down the ripening process. Even fully ripe avocados can be held for three to five days in the refridgerator.
Freezing Avocados
Whole avocados do not do well when frozen. However, fully ripe avocados that have been mashed can be frozen in a plastic freezer bag. Be sure to add about a half teaspoon of lemon or lime juice per avocado. The lemon or lime juice prevents the avocado from turning brown.
Avocados do not ripen on the tree. They begin the ripenning process after they are picked. Store avocados at room temperature until they’re fully ripe. You can tell if an avocado is ripe by giving it a gentle squeeze. If it yields to that light pressure, it’s ready to use. It generally takes anywhere from four to seven days for a hard avocado to fully ripen.
Speeding up the ripening process
You can speed up the ripening process by putting your avocados in a brown paper bag. Placing an apple and/or a banana in the bag will help hasten the process. This will usually cut down the ripening time to 1 to 3
days. Ethylene gas that is naturally released by ripening fruit is what speeds up the process. The brown paper bag keeps the ethylene gas in contact with the fruit.
Slowing down the ripening process
You may want to slow down the ripening process of a few pieces of fruit so that your avocados don't all ripen at the same time. Keeping them cold, in the refrigerator, will slow down the ripening process. Even fully ripe avocados can be held for three to five days in the refridgerator.
Freezing Avocados
Whole avocados do not do well when frozen. However, fully ripe avocados that have been mashed can be frozen in a plastic freezer bag. Be sure to add about a half teaspoon of lemon or lime juice per avocado. The lemon or lime juice prevents the avocado from turning brown.