Comments on: Advocating Avocado http://www.trifles.nl/2007/02/08/advocating-avocado/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:12:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Marieke http://www.trifles.nl/2007/02/08/advocating-avocado/comment-page-1/#comment-4786 Marieke Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:27:08 +0000 http://www.trifles.nl/2007/02/08/advocating-avocado/#comment-4786 Hi Johanna, Great tips both about the pasta and the ripening! Hi Johanna,

Great tips both about the pasta and the ripening!

]]> By: johanna http://www.trifles.nl/2007/02/08/advocating-avocado/comment-page-1/#comment-4784 johanna Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:19:45 +0000 http://www.trifles.nl/2007/02/08/advocating-avocado/#comment-4784 i also love avocado... could eat it every day. i also like it very simple with a vinaigrette spooned into ste stoned half, with crusty bread and cream cheese. or, as tried recently, mashed up with pesto for a pasta sauce - divine! my trick for ripening them is to wrap in newspaper and place bananas on top - they're the only fruit that ripen off the tree and therefore encourage the avos to ripen, too! i also love avocado… could eat it every day. i also like it very simple with a vinaigrette spooned into ste stoned half, with crusty bread and cream cheese. or, as tried recently, mashed up with pesto for a pasta sauce – divine!
my trick for ripening them is to wrap in newspaper and place bananas on top – they’re the only fruit that ripen off the tree and therefore encourage the avos to ripen, too!

]]> By: Marieke http://www.trifles.nl/2007/02/08/advocating-avocado/comment-page-1/#comment-4783 Marieke Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:29:38 +0000 http://www.trifles.nl/2007/02/08/advocating-avocado/#comment-4783 Hi Ari - fond of the chili beans too! Pamela - another nice lunch tip. Thanks! Susan - Thank you so much. A bit jealous at the moment of people living in South California, nothing but damp and rainy weather here. Kristen - I introduced them to my parents and after a few attempts..they are converted. So don't give up! Hi Ari – fond of the chili beans too!

Pamela – another nice lunch tip. Thanks!

Susan – Thank you so much. A bit jealous at the moment of people living in South California, nothing but damp and rainy weather here.

Kristen – I introduced them to my parents and after a few attempts..they are converted. So don’t give up!

]]> By: Kristen http://www.trifles.nl/2007/02/08/advocating-avocado/comment-page-1/#comment-4770 Kristen Mon, 12 Feb 2007 02:57:23 +0000 http://www.trifles.nl/2007/02/08/advocating-avocado/#comment-4770 I love avocados. My hubby doesn't so I usually save them for appy's for girls night out and things. Maybe I can make him a convert with some of these ideas! I love avocados. My hubby doesn’t so I usually save them for appy’s for girls night out and things. Maybe I can make him a convert with some of these ideas!

]]> By: Susan from Food "Blogga" http://www.trifles.nl/2007/02/08/advocating-avocado/comment-page-1/#comment-4769 Susan from Food "Blogga" Mon, 12 Feb 2007 02:32:18 +0000 http://www.trifles.nl/2007/02/08/advocating-avocado/#comment-4769 Thanks for the informative post! Since moving to Southern California I have gained a new appreciation for avocados. This is my first visit to your site; I am simply amazed by your spectacular photos and delicious recipes! Thanks for the informative post! Since moving to Southern California I have gained a new appreciation for avocados.

This is my first visit to your site; I am simply amazed by your spectacular photos and delicious recipes!

]]> By: Pamela http://www.trifles.nl/2007/02/08/advocating-avocado/comment-page-1/#comment-4752 Pamela Sun, 11 Feb 2007 17:50:40 +0000 http://www.trifles.nl/2007/02/08/advocating-avocado/#comment-4752 I too am a huge avocado fan. Packed into a sandwich with tuna mayo makes a really yummy lunch or chopped up in a salad with grilled chicken, cherry tomatoes, mozzarella and ruccola.... Mmmmmm I really love your potato salad idea, will definitely give that a try! Thanks I too am a huge avocado fan. Packed into a sandwich with tuna mayo makes a really yummy lunch or chopped up in a salad with grilled chicken, cherry tomatoes, mozzarella and ruccola…. Mmmmmm I really love your potato salad idea, will definitely give that a try! Thanks

]]> By: Ari (Baking and Books) http://www.trifles.nl/2007/02/08/advocating-avocado/comment-page-1/#comment-4709 Ari (Baking and Books) Sat, 10 Feb 2007 13:59:11 +0000 http://www.trifles.nl/2007/02/08/advocating-avocado/#comment-4709 I love avocados, I put them on nearly everything when they are around. My favorite way to eat them is inside a chili bean burrito or on top of a hot quesadilla with chili. Yum! I love avocados, I put them on nearly everything when they are around. My favorite way to eat them is inside a chili bean burrito or on top of a hot quesadilla with chili. Yum!

]]> By: Marieke http://www.trifles.nl/2007/02/08/advocating-avocado/comment-page-1/#comment-4707 Marieke Sat, 10 Feb 2007 13:14:39 +0000 http://www.trifles.nl/2007/02/08/advocating-avocado/#comment-4707 Hello Sha, Maybe it is the association with vegetables because of the green colour of the flesh that people use it more in savoury dishes. I have never seen avocado in a fruit salad for example. But we do put pear or strawberries in our green salads....something to ponder over :-) Hello Sha,

Maybe it is the association with vegetables because of the green colour of the flesh that people use it more in savoury dishes. I have never seen avocado in a fruit salad for example. But we do put pear or strawberries in our green salads….something to ponder over :-)

]]> By: sha http://www.trifles.nl/2007/02/08/advocating-avocado/comment-page-1/#comment-4673 sha Fri, 09 Feb 2007 19:45:02 +0000 http://www.trifles.nl/2007/02/08/advocating-avocado/#comment-4673 Where I grew up in the Philippines avocado is a fruit not a veg... we would add milk and sugar to it till I came to Europe I had my shock when it was served sliced in salad.... well... ;-) Where I grew up in the Philippines avocado is a fruit not a veg… we would add milk and sugar to it

till I came to Europe I had my shock when it was served sliced in salad….

well… ;-)

]]> By: Marieke http://www.trifles.nl/2007/02/08/advocating-avocado/comment-page-1/#comment-4667 Marieke Fri, 09 Feb 2007 18:11:40 +0000 http://www.trifles.nl/2007/02/08/advocating-avocado/#comment-4667 I humbly thank you Gilly. This weekend I am going to try your bagel recipe! I humbly thank you Gilly. This weekend I am going to try your bagel recipe!

]]> By: gilly http://www.trifles.nl/2007/02/08/advocating-avocado/comment-page-1/#comment-4625 gilly Thu, 08 Feb 2007 14:17:30 +0000 http://www.trifles.nl/2007/02/08/advocating-avocado/#comment-4625 Hi Marieke! What an absolutely stunning site you have here - beautiful photos! I'm so glad to have found it via your comments! Hi Marieke! What an absolutely stunning site you have here – beautiful photos! I’m so glad to have found it via your comments!

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