Avocados can be ripened at home without failure.
It is difficult to tell the ripeness of an avocado from its appearance alone. It would be a shock if you cut an avocado and find that it has turned black due to oxidation, even though you have made a serious selection.
This is why I have recently been practicing the method of
buying avocados that are still firm before they are ripe, and then ripening them at home. Basically, it is very easy as long as they are stored at room temperature. This time, I would like to introduce a method to soften avocados more speedily by adding a twist!
It's easy to pick out the hard avocados.
Wrap
in aluminum foil First, wrap in aluminum foil and leave at room temperature. Wrapping in foil traps the ethylene gas emitted by the avocado itself, which speeds up the ripening process. The avocado, which was still green, is ready to eat within a day.
When you buy it, wrap it in aluminum foil.
Store at room temperature
Store
with bananas This is the recommended method for those who keep bananas on hand. By keeping them near the bananas, the ethylene gas produced by the bananas is used to speed up the ripening process. The key is to place the bananas and avocado in a paper bag and gently bend the mouth to allow the gas to escape properly.
The more bananas, the better ◎
Store at room temperature
The avocado that was the bluest this time turned glossy black in two days. By the way, you can do the same with
apples.
In
winter,
put the avocado
on top of the refrigerator
. In the summer, room temperature is fine, but in the cold season, the top of the refrigerator is a good environment for ripening avocados. Please be careful not to forget to leave them on the refrigerator!
When
ripe, put them in the refrigerator
. Avocados are ready to eat when they have turned a shiny dark green to black color and are slightly elastic and soft. If the avocados are ripe but not ready to eat immediately, you can delay the ripening process by placing them in the refrigerator.
However, once ripe, eat it as soon as possible!
Depending on the environment, ripening may occur earlier than expected, so it is a good idea to check on them daily. It takes some experience to determine when they are ready to eat, but by making full use of the methods introduced here, avocados can be freely controlled. Enjoy them without wasting them!