Storing unripe uncut avocado in fridge: In plastic bag?

[andymh...@gmail.com]

Googling reveals a variety of answers, but the 10,000 foot view seems to be to store uncut unripe avocados in the fridge for upto a week. Whether to store them in tightly sealed plastic bags or the fruit bin is not clear. I tried the plastic bag, but a film of condensation seems to build up, and I'm not sure if this is the cause of the problem that I'm seeing. The wetness seems to create swaths of darker green on the avocado.

The problem occurs when I take the avocado out to ripen it in a paper bag on the counter. It never really seems to tender up, and the dark green spots turn into dark brown spots that are softer than the rest of the avocado. When I cut it, the flesh has a grayness that is pronounced at the core and emenates outward. Ugh, into the garbage it goes.

Thanks for any advice.

[ImStillMags]

Wait until the avocado is just barely ripe.... yields to a light squeeze... and THEN refrigerate it. It will hold at that stage of ripeness for quite a while. We bought avocados by the case and my supplier had just ripe ones...those are the ones we wanted. The would keep in the walk in for over a week with no loss of qualitiy.

[ImStillMags]

Oh...and don't put it in a plastic bag. Just put it in your vegetable drawer as is.

[Janet Bostwick]

On Thu, 17 Oct 2013 17:31:47 -0700 (PDT), andymh...@gmail.com
wrote:

>Googling reveals a variety of answers, but the 10,000 foot view seems to be to store uncut unripe avocados in the fridge for upto a week. Whether to store them in tightly sealed plastic bags or the fruit bin is not clear. I tried the plastic bag, but a film of condensation seems to build up, and I'm not sure if this is the cause of the problem that I'm seeing. The wetness seems to create swaths of darker green on the avocado.
>
>The problem occurs when I take the avocado out to ripen it in a paper bag on the counter. It never really seems to tender up, and the dark green spots turn into dark brown spots that are softer than the rest of the avocado. When I cut it, the flesh has a grayness that is pronounced at the core and emenates outward. Ugh, into the garbage it goes.
>
>Thanks for any advice.

Agree with ImstillMags. Almost ripe, fridge, no plastic bag.
Janet US

[sf]

On Thu, 17 Oct 2013 17:59:06 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags
<sitar...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Wait until the avocado is just barely ripe.... yields to a light squeeze... and THEN refrigerate it. It will hold at that stage of ripeness for quite a while. We bought avocados by the case and my supplier had just ripe ones...those are the ones we wanted. The would keep in the walk in for over a week with no loss of qualitiy.

My husband eats a lot of avocados. He puts the ones he wants to eat
soon on the counter and lets them ripen, the others go into the
refrigerator where the ripening process slows. He takes one or two
out of the refrigerator a day or two ahead of the time he wants to eat
them and all is good.

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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

[Nunya Bidnits]

I agree. If you refrigerate them while hard and unripened they will still
turn, but it takes longer and they tend to go from hard green to soft brown
with little or no opportunity to intercept the process at a time where it's
likely to be eaten.

If you tick off the little stub of the stem and look at the color underneath
it will reveal an overripe avocado. It should be green under the stem, and
if brown, avoid.

MartyB

[an...@peak.org]

On Thursday, October 17, 2013 5:31:47 PM UTC-7, andymh...@gmail.com wrote:

I put a little lemon juice on a saucer and lay the avo cut side down on the juice.

[andymh...@gmail.com]

Thanks, ImStillMags, Janet. Will ripen outside and refrigerate when they are ready, outside of plastic bags. Hopefully, I didn't mess them up too badly from having themm in plastic bags in the fridge unripened.

Thanks, MartyB, I think the refrigeration while unripe messes up the whole ripening process, so normal ways of assessing ripeness become unreliable.

an...@peak.org, I don't usually leave use up part of an avocado. It seems that this is also true for many people :) .

[Kalmia]

Even if I buy one which is not ripe in time for my recipe, I still use it later in guacamole and save the stone - my best plants are freebies like avos.

[andymh...@gmail.com]

On Tuesday, October 22, 2013 5:26:43 PM UTC-4, Kalmia wrote:
> Even if I buy one which is not ripe in time for my recipe, I still use it later in guacamole and save the stone - my best plants are freebies like avos.

Yes, plants in the home would be nice. I'd need a bigger place. A future possibility.