Am I the Last Person On Earth to know this? Saving avocados by storing in water

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marilynfl

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A while back there was a thread about saving guacamole from turning brown by floating water on the top. To serve, simply pour off the water and blot. This protects the avocado from reacting to oxygen which causes brown oxidation.

Last night I cut open an avocado and had a slice with some of the Barbacoa pork and black beans. Then I thought--why not! and put the cut avocado in a small plastic container and filled it partially with water, ensuring the cut surfaces were below the water line. Stuck it in the frig and promptly forgot about it.

Brought it into work and just tested it a few minutes ago. I pulled it out, blotted then smeared it on crispy whole wheat toast, salt, and lemon juice and it was perfect. Only a tad softer than yesterday, but with no degrade to color or taste.

Hazzuh! Do you have any idea how many cut avocados I've tossed because they turn brown? The answer to that would be MANY. Marsha taught me a trick about keeping them in the frig in a bag, but I was still losing one for every one I saved.

 
I have never heard of that, I keep my cut avocados in plastic wrap and they

usually hold a couple of days in the crisper, at which time I love to put on toast. I have also drizzled with lemon before wrapping.

 
We did a whole thread on it last year. I did it for a couple months but...

Yes, it does keep it green BUT it gets a bit waterlogged. Probably not so much as the normal person would notice, but my picky hubby didn't like it. The reason an avo turns brown is air - if you vacuum seal it, that would work too.

 
never heard of it either! and when I read Barbacoa, I actually read Barbarella

just thought I would share that

 
Agree with the short-term usage of this. But it was perfect for cut today/finish tomorrow. I

regrettably don't have a vacuum-sealer.

 
I do too, and did not know it. I will bet that you could put saran around it

and then put in the water, and that might solve the problem of it getting a little mushy mentioned above. It would still keep the air out.

 
smileys/smile.gif I'll be on Longboat Key Nov8-25, and then East in Oak Hill Nov 25-Dec2

fly out of Orlando. I hope to meet up with as many as I can. I know Michael is now in Naples and we will probably do some roadtripping to see both coasts and figure out if we want to be snowbirds in FL

 
The Lazy Lobster restaurant on Longboat Key - YUM!

My parents spend winters in Sarasota and we always go here when we visit:)

 
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