Avocados 🥑
One taught me love, one taught me patience, and one taught me pain.
Perhaps no other type of produce gets as much press as avocados. They’ve been at the center of political debates, dominated Instagram and apparently they’re to blame for millennials’ financial woes.
Needless to say, people have opinions about this fruit (yep, it’s technically a fruit), which are believed to have originated around 10,000 years ago in the tropical climates of Mexico, Guatemala, and the West Indies.
Versatile, filling, healthy, and delicious - so beloved it has its own holiday. From its nutritional fortitude to its interesting history to the myriad of ways to eat them, here are a few facts about the holy avocado:
- Just one avocado contains 7 grams of fiber. That’s 27% of the amount your body needs each day.
- Instead of tossing the peels and pits, you can use them to make a natural dye. That’s right; avocado peels and pits can be boiled to create a surprising and delicate pink hue.
- Ask yourself this when testing for ripeness: does the nub of stem have any wiggle to it? If so, the avocado is ripe.
- Instead of using plastic wrap to keep guacamole from browning in the fridge, you can try this: Smooth and level the dip, then add either a thin layer of lime juice or water to the top. When ready to eat, you can pour off the liquid or mix it in.
- At the height of avocado toast’s popularity, more than 3,000,000 photos of avocado toast were uploaded to Instagram every day during the summer of 2017.