I've never heard of freezing avocados. At what stage of ripeness did they go into the freezer? And what did they look like when they came out? Glad you had a delicious result!

I never heard of freezing avocados either, but you can buy frozen guacamole, so I guess freezing works. They must have been ripe when you froze them, because I doubt they would ripen in a freezer.

I've frozen guacamole with success, but never thought/heard of freezing them whole! $1 each would be the best possible price here. :p

Good to know Lucille! The only deal we get on avocados is by buying a bag of bright green, rock-hard ones in a net bag. 5/$3.50 or thereabouts. Otherwise they're easily $1 each. By the time all 5 are ripe at the same time, I'm wondering what to do with them.

This is a very good topic! If you have ever seen people pinching and squeezing avos at the store, you know that the ripe ones are usually bruised, so I buy mine green and wait till they ripen. Now I know they can be frozen, I'll be buying more often.

How to tell how ripe they are.

I used to get them from the Schwan person frozen and they were very good. Of course I used them right away. They were shrunk wrapped to preserve them. I bought some guacamole in tiny containers and the directions say to use by or freeze by a certain date. I realize it is past that date, so I probably will toss them.

Who knew?? Thanks for the great tip. I'm ashamed to say I've thrown away more than my share of overripe avocados.

Audrey I hope that's not a way of checking them at the store. I'd be ticked if all the avocados had their stems pulled off, just to check if they're ripe. I'd rather just see if there's some give in the body.

Like when people pull back the husks of corn and toss them back in the bin. That really irks me. I just pick the cobs I want and take my chances. I think it's incredibly rude to leave corn with a strip torn off, or pulled back to dry out for someone else to take.

I agree Jasdip! The ex's aunt grew corn on the cob in Texas, and I would help shuck it and couldn't believe all the worms in there! Grocery store corn is usually much better. I think their corn was feed corn. They had a cattle ranch, but we ate that corn anyway. I still don't like when people pull off the husks to see what they are getting.

Aint Pat grew watermelon down the middle of the corn rows, and I learned from her how to thump the rind to know ripeness. She could cheat. When the curl next to the stem dies, the melon is ripe, and she taught me how to tell that nice hollow sound. Works without seeing the curl. I got that sound down.

Avos get abused at the store too. Sad. We have 3 trees and I'm looking forward to the day they start bearing. Two are grafted and one is a seedling.

Yes Suzi! I've yet to ever see a worm in a store-purchased cob of corn.

I look for the yellow patch on the bottom of watermelon, then I know it sat on the ground to ripen. I'll thump it sometimes too, but mostly the yellow.

Cantaloupe should smell like cantaloupe.

Lucky you, having avocado trees!!!! They take a number of years before bearing fruit, don't they? Just think when you'll be buried in avocados. LOL

Jas, you reminded me of a man I saw at the grocery store a few weeks ago who was picking out ears of corn. Can you believe he shucked those ears right then and there, and left the mess in the pile of corn?? I was pretty shocked. I mentioned it to the produce guy, thinking he'd want to clean it up, but he just shook his head and wasn't the least surprised. The customer didn't look like the kind of guy I could say anything to, even jokingly.

Thanks to you, Lucille, when my four avocados got ripe all at once today, I knew what to do. :-)

I'm not sure what I'm going to do with them when they come out of the freezer, however. I read that the texture will have changed (no surprise), so people usually use them for guacamole or salad dressings. Unfortunately, the usual guacamole recipes are out for me because I can't have peppers or tomatoes, but I might be able to come up with a different kind of dip. Otherwise, salad dressings sound good.

Thanks for the tip!

Alisande, Raven makes a good avocado dressing. She and Patti love it. It's excellent on salads, on taco salad and on BLT's. It reminds me of the Green Goddess from years ago. I've made it as well, when the avocados ripen all at once (the pkg of 5 in a net bag)

AVOCADO DRESSING (Ravencajun)

1 large avocado peeled, mashed
1/2 c. sour cream
1/4 c. milk
1/4 c. mayonnaise
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
1/8 tsp. garlic salt, up to 1/4 tsp. (I used 1/4)
2-3 drops hot sauce

Mix together and refrigerate several hours to blend flavors.

I REALLY like avocados. One way to use them, Alisande, that does not involve peppers or tomatoes, is mashed with mayo, salt and pepper and tucked into sandwiches or burritos.

An ordinary chicken sandwich can morph into an 'artisan' sandwich using one of those 7 grain breads, a layer of mashed avocado, and some lettuce.

Never tried that with avocados - will have to do so.

Stores in our area all have bins so that you can shuck corn when you buy it, if you wish.

Thanks, Jasdip and Lucille! I'll try both suggestions. I love avocados too.