Guacamole lovers around the globe are all too familiar with the panic and desperation that descends when realizing that their avocados won’t magically ripen in the hour left before taco night. But you ...

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Picking out avocados is a whole thing. I mean, timing is everything with these guys for the perfect taste, depending on when you need them, of course. Maybe you're making your world-famous guacamole, ...

We tested popular avocado-ripening methods to see which ways work and which ways don't.

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With avocados, what you see -- a dark, rough exterior that may have helped to earn the fruit its nickname of alligator pear -- isn't exactly what you get when you cut them open. Inside, you're hoping ...

If you have a hard avocado and you need it to be soft in a day or so, simply place it in a brown paper bag with a banana or apple and fold the top to close it up. The natural ethylene gases emitted by ...

10:28, Tue, Jan 6, 2026 Updated: 10:32, Tue, Jan 6, 2026 Avocados make a lovely creamy addition to breakfast dishes or sandwiches, but it's very frustrating to slice into one only to find it's still ...