Avocado dehydrating or freezing?

[CaliRaw]

Has anyone frozen avocados? What about dehydrating them? Should they be sliced thinly for dehydrating? Frozen is halves or slices? In my mind, I can't envision them being successfully frozen or dehydrated. :confused:

I'm thinking about stocking up since 1/3 of California's avocado crop comes from San Diego and they've been destroyed by the fire. So, prices may be going up.

[lafsalot]

I freeze mine ~ Cathy

[CaliRaw]

I freeze mine ~ Cathy

Thanks! How do you prepare them for freezing? Do you only prepare the ones that are ripe? Freeze them whole? Cut them in half or slices?

[lafsalot]

I usually keep my slightly under- ripe and still firm avos in the fridge - sort of stalls the ripening process, and just take them out a day or two in advance to ripen up before use. If I have an over abundance of really ripe avos, I've just put the whole fruit in the freezer. ~ Cathy

[CaliRaw]

Thank You! :)

[Ama]

I've frozen them a bunch of times. They freeze GREAT if you are going to use them in a soup, pudding or dressing type recipe but in my experience you don't want to freeze it if you want them firm as the freezing changes the texture. After it thaws it is mushy so works well with a lot of recipes but if you wanted slivers for a sandwich or to make avo fries (http://rawinspiration.blogspot.com/2007/06/avocado-fries.html) freezing wouldn't work!

[ski bumette]

I bough a bag of avocadoes last week and they still aren't ripe! I put 1/2 of the bag in the fridge so they would all ripen at once. Yeah right!! lol Had to go buy a couple of ripe ones so I could use them right away. Any way to ripen them quikly?
Thanks

[subbacultcha]

I put bananas in the airing cupboard by the boiler to make them ripen quickly, I imagine it would work with avos too.

[rawererin]

do they taste good after they're frozen?
would frozen avo's be good for guac?

[RawHeaven]

I bough a bag of avocadoes last week and they still aren't ripe! I put 1/2 of the bag in the fridge so they would all ripen at once. Yeah right!! lol Had to go buy a couple of ripe ones so I could use them right away. Any way to ripen them quikly?
Thanks

Put them in a paper bag and they will ripen quickly or quicker. I just bought a dozen unripe, really hard avos 3 days ago. I put half in a bag and left it on my kitchen counter...they are ripe and ready to enjoy. The other ones are still unripe and too firm.

[raweater]

subbacultcha: What's "the airing cupboard by the boiler"?

And boiler is what you call water heaters in the UK right? I'm quite sure of that, just not sure of the "airing cupboard".

About accelerating the ripening of avo's, I read putting them in a paper bag accelerates it, and adding a banana to the bag accelerates it even further (something about the banana releasing "ripening gases").

[blix]

[QUOTE=raweater;385315]subbacultcha: What's "the airing cupboard by the boiler"?

And boiler is what you call water heaters in the UK right? I'm quite sure of that, just not sure of the "airing cupboard".

In the UK, we call boilers :) 'immersion heaters' and they are usually situated in a cupboard (closet) in which are put slatted shelves. You can then put sheets underwear, or anything that needs extra 'drying' in there as it is very warm in the cupboard. This is great, especially if the house is damp or cold and the clothes may get damp.

[KatK]

Hmm...is the boiler or immersion heater used to just make hot water or is it used to heat your home?

[blix]

No, it's just used to heat the water. If there is an open fire, you can fit in a back boiler with a special fire burner and then it will heat up the home and give hot water. But immersion heaters are just for hot water.:)

[crystalmoon]

Hi there...in the Uk an 'airing cupboard' is the cupboard the hot water tank is in (the boiler is usually somewhere else in the house). Most airing cupboards have shelving in them & the idea is to bring in your fresh clean washing, having dried it outside, & to put it in the airing cupboard to finish drying it. But most people I know just use them to keep their clean sheets & towels in so they stay fresh, dry & warm (nothing quite as yummy as a soft warm towel after a lovely bath Sigh!)