Submitted 1 month ago by username_1@programming.dev to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
Avocado. I heard much about these fruits/berries/whatever. But I am a poor guy from a very poor and totally non-tropical country. So apples and carrots are the sweetest things around and apples become too expensive too.
Still I bought a few. Just out of curiosity. It tastes like… butter block. Internet says that it should be this way. So… Why people eat it? Maybe it is bad alone and\or raw, but after some preparation it is delicious?
Am I missing something?
At least in the Americas, you don’t buy avocado for sweetness. It’s basically a replacement for fat (with fats of it’s own). Think turkey bacon avocado, for example: turkey is a leaner meat, avocado supplements that, and bacon adds flavor and saltiness.
If you must get something sweet out of it, I’ve had good luck mixing it with a sprinkle of sugar, a splash of lime juice, and a little hot sauce if you want to be frisky.
Yeah. Slice it and put it on a sandwich with a fried egg. Or chop it when it’s still firm and throw it in a salad. It’s good, but it’s not really for eating like an apple. They added creaminess and texture to savory things.
I think some people genuinely like the taste, but I’m with you - they just taste kind of ‘meh’. Certainly not as nice as most other things.
They are extremely healthy, though - they’re considered a top-tier superfood.
Agreed excellent in a smoothie no thanks in any other dish.
Latino here, surprised how somebody would not like avocado while i eat some fried flautas with fresh cheese cream and avocado on top; With that said; My family rarely eats avocado alone, we add it to a soup to give it a fresh taste. put peppers cilantro and onions to make guacamole, add it to tuna salad.
se me antojaron una flautas de pollito bien crujientes leyendo tu comentario…
Tal vez me haga unas al rato…
Espero que hayas disfrutado tus flautas!
I’ve never had tuna salad with avocado, and now I really want to try it. Thanks for this!
It’s pretty good! When i was a kid my mom used to make “avocados stuffed with tuna” which was basically to halves of avocado skins filled with tuna salad mixed with mashed avocado!
Seems like you’re missing the part of the internet with, like, recipes. How did you manage to get here, without looking up Avocado on or as food?
Kind of like how reddit is overrun now with AI that keep posting questions to those “Peter, explain the joke” type subs which have absolutely exploded in the last few years, I think more than a few are spreading out of containment.
At least I hope so.
I would literally prefer the creepy, unnerving idea that artificial entities are prowling our forums trying to learn about humanity than the idea that there are people out there who can’t figure out the most basic things.
Avcados need salt and acid to be good. Next time try in a salad with a sharp dressing; or just cubed with lime juice, chili powder, and salt. It’s amazing added to a bowl (but not the pot!) of chicken soup.
I didn’t like avocado until I tried it in a bowl of chicken tortilla soup with a bunch of cheese and avocado at the bottom of the bowl.
Avocados aren’t sweet and contain a lot of fat, so yes, they kind of taste like a butter block with kind of a vegetable undertone. That’s why they are usually eaten seasoned and as a savory.
That said, if they aren’t traditional in your country, they don’t have that much going for them. I like guacamole, but I don’t think the it justifies the price when there are so many other things to eat.
Without getting too foodie about it. Its blandness is its strength, it adds moisture and a creamy texture to foods, especially salads sandwiches and tacos without using unnecessary oil or animal fats and it counts as a fruit/vegetable in your diet.
The quality can vary by the avocado. If it is slightly stringy, brown or metallic, the fruit is bad. Even a good avocado still has a mild flavor. I think that avocado is good with salt, cumin, tomato salsa, or garlic powder. In some recipes, people add cilantro or lime juice, too.
Avocados are good for sandwiches, but you can also make guacamole dip with them. The guacamole pairs with chips. I don’t think people eat avocados on their own very much.
Little bit of salt and a squeeze of line, maybe some cilantro, and you can put that shit on most anything!
That’s almost guacamole
Minus the tomatoes and onion, yes. But it retains a ton of structural integrity when you don’t have the acid and water from a tomato, so it is more versatile.
This is what worked for me. I never saw the appeal until I started seasoning it with other things. I’ll put a thin layer of avo, salt, lime, garlic powder, paprika on sandwiches instead of mayo and it’s incredible.
It seems you’re expecting it to act as a fruit. Avocados are used as gourmet ingredients in the west. If you want a sweeter application of it, look up southeast asian desserts made from avocado. It’s usually combined with milk, sugar, and sometimes ice to make it cold and refreshing.
Weird Asian hack for ya, Avo + soy sauce on rice is weirdly very good. Wife does that sometimes, sometimes with other stuff like natto.
This is why I’m practically addicted to avocado sushi rolls.
You seem to be expecting a sweet fruit. It isn’t that. It’s fatty and savory. Your post reads like “Fruit is really expensive in my area so I started buying butter… why does anyone like this?”
Spread it on bread and sprinkle on some taco seasoning and salt. You’ll thank me.
There are different varieties, my coworker from Brazil said the ones they have there are sweet.
actually it might have just been because they put sugar on it, I forgot about that party until I read someone else’s comment 😅
It does taste like a block of earthy butter. It’s absolutely delicious on its own. Even more delicious if cut into thin slices; that somehow intensifies the flavour.
It sounds like you’re just not into that flavour. It’s not for everyone.
Yeah I fuckin love eating a whole stick of butter straight
you’re speaking my love language
It’s OK to not like stuff that everyone else likes
are you not even putting salt and pepper on it?
Cause thats the most barebones way to eat it… Its okay just by itself, but it really needs at least salt and pepper, if its not part of a larger recipe or something.
IMO it’s natural mayo: add bit of freshly cracked pepper and salt. If you can handle the spice: paprika or chilli pepper
If you can handle the spice: paprika
Is paprika already too spicy for some people?
I’ve come to enjoy it and use it regularly, but that’s because I’ve been working on increasing my spice tolerance through the past few years. Once upon a time, it definitely hit me too hard.
For me it’s: sensory differences + a European family background (I wasn’t exposed to much spice growing up) = incredibly low spice tolerance.
A note on the sensory differences, I ironically have a high pain tolerance, extremely low tolerance for being tickled, and I find scratching to be a pleasant sensation. Sensory processing differences are fascinating. Brains are so weird.
I fail to find any taste to paprika. I always thought it was for the colour.
Avocado alone needs some salt. Otherwise, you need to prepare stuff with it.
Yeah, it’s rich and fatty, which makes it more suitable than a carrot for a sandwich. But the flavour in its own isn’t hugely interesting to me, but with lime or chilli or something tangy the creamy texture works wonders.
Avocados are definitely more on the savory side of the food spectrum. Culinarily, they’re almost always referred to as a vegetable because of this, despite being a fruit in botanical terms.
As others have said, salt is pretty much always involved in their preparation. Also, for me and most of the people I know, it’s more of an addition to a meal than an actual meal or snack in itself.
I often dice them and put them in rice bowls with cilantro, lime or lemon juice, and whatever other protein I’m using (usually chicken or a fresh fish). They’re also added to citrus heavy or savory Asian fusion dishes a lot, nowadays. Basically, avocado goes well with anything rich and savory or light and citrusy.
Aside from that, they are a popular condiment on sandwiches and wraps and add a hint of their flavor and a really nice texture.
People will also do them somewhat like oysters, though, just halved and with hot sauce and lime or lemon juice.
Regardless, I don’t think anyone I know eats them without preparation/straight.
“Salt. I hear so much about salt. I tried a heaping spoonful and it was nasty. What am I doing wrong?”
Same energy, my friend. This is why cooking is such an amazing skill. You can take 10 things that aren’t particularly tasty, and create something amazing.
Hey, how fresh are they? I never liked avocados until I tried them in California, in season. It was like night and day.
But as others have said, they’re not really “sweet”.
I love this thread so much!
Just to be clear, I’m not laughing at you, OP. I sure wouldn’t know what to do with a pomegranate, and we only learn through asking questions and experimenting.
That being said, the idea of biting into an avocado and expecting it to taste like a banana or apple is funny as hell! Especially the comments where they aren’t quite sure if these people talking about putting it on a sandwich are fucking with them or not.
Golden!
I mean, one time I ate an entire kiwi with the skin cause I had no idea how to eat one so I guess I shouldn’t find this is as hard to believe as I have been.
I did the same with a mango. In public.
Where I live, we put sugar on it.
You live in a strange world.
Here it is strange to eat it savory, we do see it more like a fruit. Just recently we started to use it to make guacamole because of mexican restaurants influence.
I always though avocados taste were kind of bland compared to so many other foods. But when I was made aware that it actually tastes like a clean penis, and it actually does, I’ve come to enjoy the taste more.
People down vote like it’s a shitpost, but it the honest reason how I got accustomed to the taste.
If your love of gobbling cock also helps you enjoy the taste of healthy food, then I do not see the problem :D
All the unclean penis’ weep.
But this begs the question. Do you really enjoy the taste of cock or the taste of clean.
I’d say the former, but not unhappy with the latter. In the case of avocado, it was for me a case of making sense of the taste. And it worked once I had a reference to attach it to.
Don’t think of them as fruits. It’s more like a very rich, creamy vegetable.
By itself it has a mild nutty flavour. When ripe enough to mash, you make guacamole (tonatoes, onion, salt, and freah lime juice) and it becomes amazing.
But on its own, not groundbreaking.
Try salt and lime/lemon or try putting it on bread with some type of meat.
You don’t like butter block?
Avocados aren’t really supposed to be sweet. More like savory, with that buttery texture. They’re really good on toast, no matter what the boomers say.
Others have made some good suggestions. Salt, pepper, chili sauce or sriracha. A fried egg if you want it. Top notch.
I put avocado slices on toast with fried eggs on top.
Avocados aren’t supposed to be sweet. I can’t do dairy, so sometimes I’ll use avocado to get that creaminess I’m looking for, but my favorite way to eat them is in guacamole with some tortilla chips.
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Try a touch of salt.
username_1@programming.dev 1 month ago
Salt? Hmm… No sure if you’re joking…
False@lemmy.world 1 month ago
No, look up a recipe for a guacamole for instance.
Also you might be eating then before they’re ripe (it can be hard to tell), though I think that’s more a texture thing than taste
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
They aren’t joking but Avacados are never sweet like Apple/grapes/peaches/bananas etc
mech@feddit.org 1 month ago
No, really. Add some salt and spoon it out of its hull.
Or even better, add salt and some lemon juice, and mash it. Now you’ve made guacamole.
nul9o9@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Salt is a must if eaten on it’s own. Touch of fresh lime takes it to another level.
kiwifoxtrot@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Avocados are amazing with salt and pepper.
_stranger_@lemmy.world 1 month ago
One of my favorite snacks as a kid was a slice of bread with avocado smashed up and spread all over it with a sprinkling of salt. I’d fold it in half and dunk it in milk. So good
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 weeks ago
Why would that be a joke??
starlinguk@lemmy.world 1 month ago
A vinaigrette works too.