Saturday, November 14, 2009

Love dem Alligator Pears!

We don't care if these girls want to eat their men. That's the Piranha Man's problem. We just want the avocados. Ford Maddox in “Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death”
Avocados are among the most nutritious fruits in the world, rich in potassium, B and E vitamins, monounsaturated fats, as well as compounds with anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties. A native to Mexico that traveled throughout the tropics of the New World, Martín Fernández de Enciso first introduced the avocado to the Old World in his 1519 book Suma de Geografía, in which he modestly described the geography of the world. The name is derived from the Aztec ahuacatl, the “testicle fruit“, which describes the masculine characteristics of the fruit; ahuacamolli, a sauce of the avocado gave rise to the Spanish word guacamole. The trees need warmth and sunshine to bear fruit; even slight frosts can cause the stems to be too weak to support the fruit, which grow in pairs from a single stem. The avocado is a climacteric fruit, which means that it matures on the tree but ripens off the tree. The fruit must be kept at 28-32 degrees to inhibit ripening; above 32 degrees ethylene gas is produced and ripening proceeds.

“There are not many references to the avocado in Icelandic literature…" Matthew James Driscoll.

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