Brown spots in an avocado...

[b_light]

Eat it?
Toss the brown spots?
Toss the avocado?

[Wendee]

I cut out the spots

[luna99]

I cut out the spots

yes, I also cut out the brown spots in avocados when they have them.

(I originally typed "ditto" and was told that my message was too SHORT. haha.)

[SchoolOfRAWk]

Nothing is worse than spending all that money on a lusty avocado and it's a) full of unforeseen brown spots or c) hard (although squeezable)

And WHY do they get FIBROUS sometimes. What does THAT mean? :-(

[mblessed]

b light, I love love love your name, that is sooo cool! I was having quite a challenging time with avacados for awhile. Now I buy them hard (so no one has squeezed them), and I make sure I don't let them get too ripe before I put them in the refrigerator. Those two things are really helping, as lately all the ones I have bought (I buy 6 -8 at a time), have been great. I'm sure this method isn't fool proof, but it is helping. But to answer your question, yes I do cut out the brown spots and salvage as much of the good as possible (sometimes there doesn't seem to be much left). I had gotten so frustrated with avocados that I started saving my grocery receipts in case I bought 6 or 8 that were not salvageable.

SchoolOfRawk dang this isn't the first time you have posted something "and why do they get FIBROUS sometimes, what does that mean," that I have wondered the same thing, only have never asked. Good question! Anyone know?

Blessings,

Marcia

[SchoolOfRAWk]

Hopefully someone comes to our aid - lol!

And you are right - when I buy a FEW and they are gross/inedible, I return them. Heck no, they are expensive (but worth it!)

Good for you!

[Conscious Midwife]

I think they get frost bitten on the trucks.

I've gone to the store early in the morning only to find ice cold avacados sometimes with a light blue residu on the skin too

Whats really disgudting is I think some avacados sit o long next to other foods including meats. I've had an avacado taste so "porky" that I had to throw it out.

[SchoolOfRAWk]

I've had an avacado taste so "porky" that I had to throw it out.

My TOTAL condolences --- that is just VILE!

[RawChicky]

LifeAGift- I, too, have tasted avocados that taste liike bacon- it's weird and quite disturbing since I've never enjoyed bacon

[b_light]

b light, I love love love your name, that is sooo cool!

Thanks! :D

[Michellex1013]

hi b_light. It is a small world. Hope you and your family are doing well.

I think the brown spots have something to do with age. I bought several avocados and all were mostly brown. I went back to the same store and asked for avocados from the back. They were all perfect on the inside.

Michelle

[veggiekat]

I agree with mblessed, buy them green! Then you know they won't be brown inside...unless, of course, you drop them and bruise them. :o Just let them sit on the counter for a few days and they'll be perfect.

But, back to the original question: when in doubt, cut it out.

[Naiad]

Porky avocados??? :eek: Ugh... nothing I hate more than bacon and pork products. They have always smelled like pee to me :confused:

As for the spots, I cut those out. If too much of the avocado has gone that gray/brown shade, it's usually time to toss it :(

[Random Violin Guy]

If an avocado has gone bad, I hear you can still make a nice face mask out of it.

But yeah, if there's just a bad spot or two, just cut it out and use the rest. No big deal. For some recipes I want a really soft and ripe avocado, so I just expect that there'll be a bad spot or two to cut out. I haven't made any of those recipes lately, though.

[Naiad]

If an avocado has gone bad, I hear you can still make a nice face mask out of it.

But yeah, if there's just a bad spot or two, just cut it out and use the rest. No big deal. For some recipes I want a really soft and ripe avocado, so I just expect that there'll be a bad spot or two to cut out. I haven't made any of those recipes lately, though.

I like the face mask idea! Thanks! :D

[garden granny]

I hate to waste an avocado, so I just cut off the brown spots and eat the green part.

[Zella Juice]

I need to try the face mask thing.

I give them to my dog...she LOVES them.

[RawGoddess13]

I just did a search for rancid avocados and found this thread. Confession: I always eat the avocados INCLUDING the brown spots and they always taste good. Looks like everyone else cuts them out, so maybe I am nasty! My real ? is what if there are white spots inside the avocado and brown spots. The brown spots have never fazed me before b/c I have been eating them for months and months with no worries, but I have been seeing white spots lately and those are starting to scare me! Also, are organic locally grown avocados supposed to be a darker green as opposed to the cheap regular bright hot green yummy ones that I buy at the store? Maybe I got ripped off but I bought a bunch of locally grown organic avos at my farmers market and they are an ugly greenish brown with white spots in the middle. They tase like funk & even over power my smoothies when blended with other yummy non rancid fruits and veg. yuck!