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Avocados
Avocados are grown in tropical areas around the world. They have a green leathery skin, almost like a shell. When ripened, the inside is firm and creamy. There is a very large seed in the center. Avocados are the main ingredient in guacamole.
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What is the nutririon value in avocado?
The nutrition label for Hass avocado courtesy of the California Avocado Commission. Hass accounts for 90 - 95% of all avocados consumed in the US.
When is a Florida avocado ripe?
My mom had two mature producing avocado trees in her yard in the Jensen Beach area (40 miles north of West Palm Beach) They had nice big avocados ready in November. One of the hurricanes eventually took out the trees, unfortunately.
Get avocado stain out of clothes?
Avocado stains are tough to remove because they contain both protein and oil. Rinse it the best you can with cold water and rub it with laundry detergent. Wash it on a cool cycle.
What country does avocado come from in Africa?
The Avocado is NOT native to Africa, it originates in South America. It does however grow widely in Africa since it was introduced there.
Avos are pear-shaped fruits that range in size from the palm of your hand to the length of your hand, so when cutting them you would start at the top and slice downwards, effectively cutting them in half.
Remove the portion of avocado from one section and be sure to leave the seed in,the other section. Cover that section with clear plastic or an Avo-storer.
For those who do not know what an Avocado is, well, they are found in temperate to tropical zones world-wide. They are frost-sensitive fruit that are high in Vitamin C and contain a large amount of good oils. If they are not available for recipes, try substituting hommus or lightly steamed peas, mashed.
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A hypothesis is a question that a scientist comes up with, which will later form the basis of experiments or testing which will attempt to answer the hypothesis. For an avocado, an interesting hypothesis might be, 'Will the pit of an avocado grow hydroponically?'
Does the skin of an avocado harden as it dries?
yes but you should i mean should not make it harden or else your teeth will be chipped
Why are avocados called avocados?
WORD HISTORY: The etymology of avocado takes us back to the Incas and Aztecs of Central America who spoke Nahuatl,a native language in antiquity which contained the word ahuacatlmeaning both: fruit of the avocado tree and testicle. The word ahuacatl was compounded with others, as in ahuacamolli, meaning avocado soup or sauce, from which the Spanish-Mexican word guacamole derives. In trying to pronounce ahuacatl, the Spanish conquistadores who found the fruit and its Nahuatl name in Mexico came up with aguacate, but other Spanish speakers substituted the form avocado for the Nahuatl word because ahuacatl sounded like the early Spanish word avocado (now abogado), meaning lawyer. In borrowing the Spanish avocado,first recorded in English in 1697 in the compound avogato pear (with a spelling that probably reflects Spanish pronunciation), we have lost some traces of the more interesting Nahuatl word.
An avocado is a fruit because it contains a seed which is the product sexual reproduction involving pollen transfer from a male flower part (anther) to the female flower part (stigma), pollen tube growth into the ovary, and fertilization of the single ovule in the female ovary. The product of fertlization grows into the embryo contained in the single large seed. This type of fruit with a single seed covered by fleshy mesocarp pulp is called a berry. Definitely categorized as a fruit.
All leafy greens and root crops that contain no seeds are considered vegetable crops. Through humanity's ingenuity some fruits are seedless by design because in some crops like seedless watermelon, the ovules are programmed to abort early in their development, the fruit still grows in response to early signals by the ovules/embryos before their abortion which leads to parthenocarpy, or seedless fruit.
Avocado is very much a fruit, because it has a pit. Just like a tomato is a fruit, because it has seeds. But, spinach does not have seeds, therefore it is a vegetable.com
Some people think it is a vegetable, but yes, it's a fruit.
What is the function of tannin in avocado seeds?
tannins are secondary metabolites produced by plants to discourage herbivory. High doses of tannins interfere with an herbivores ability to digest food. fortunately, humans are large enough that doses found in most plants don't affect us. Lol, Im at work right now....
Do avocado trees need tropical conditions?
In a word, NO. Some avocados do better in the tropics,eg, in Australia, the Shepard thrives in the tropics, and some like a mild climate,eg, Hass & Wurtz. Brendan, Australia.
What are people allergic to if they can't eat tomatoes and avocados?
Early evidence suggests that people with allergies to avocados, potatoes, bananas, and tomatoes may be more likely to be allergic to ______.
Where do avocado trees typically grow and can they Grow in Vt?
avocado trees are subtropical, they like warm weather with no harsh winters (no snow or frost) and have a shalow root system 'cos they are used to light rain fall every fe days. they are also very sensitive to water salinity.
Can you eat part of an avocado seed?
If you gently roast it, the bitterness goes away and the toasted "nut" tastes very much like a peanut. Here in the San Francisco Bay area we have Bay Trees, the source of the bay leaf used in seasoning. The fruit is identical in structure to the avocado. It is smaller with a very thin layer of yellow green flesh. . .much the likeness of the Pinkerton avocado. The original residents of the area, the Indians, harvested the Bay fruit and roasted it as a regular part of their diet.
How do you store half of an avocado?
The best way to store half of an avocado is to first brush the cut surface with fresh lemon juice, Then wrap tightly in plastic wrap to seal out the air. It should stay fresh in the refrigerator for at least two days.
The Avogadro number is a convenient multiplier for dealing with numbers of entities on a molecular scale, since dealing with practical amounts of a substance (say, a few grammes) would usually entail a colossal number of molecules that would be inconvenient to fully write down. Instead, one divides the number of molecules by Avogadro's number and expresses the new value in moles; moles being a shorthand, dimensionless unit for however many multiples of the avogadro number are present. The Avogadro number itself is about 6x10^23; that is, there are 6x10^23 molecules in one mole of a particular substance (it is the same number for one mole of any substance - we are counting numbers of particles; we are not currently concerned with how massive one of these particles might be). As an example, consider a 1kg lump of pure iron. The mass of one molecule of iron is slightly less than 1x10^-25 kg, so dividing by this there there would be 1x10^25 molecules of iron in that 1kg lump. It would be inconvenient to keep on writing down this number in scientific form, and also increase the likelihood of mistakes. Instead, we divide by the Avogadro number (6x10^23) to get about 16.7 - so we say there are 16.7 Moles of iron in one kilogram (there is no need to specify that this is the number of molecules; the unit of moles tells us that we are dealing in the number of particles, ie molecules, already). This is much more convenient to write down, and whereas a misspelling or pen smudge of the word "mole" would not introduce any error, miswriting "x10^25" could produce a drastic mistake. Indeed, it would be rare to find the atomic mass of iron given in kg per molecule; most sources would use either kg per mole (kg/mol), or atomic mass units(u). One would assume that the avocado number has the same value as the Avogadro number, since the two are so often mistaken, but presumably in reference to pieces of fruit rather than molecules. Unlike the Avogadro number this is not useful, as 6x10^23 is clearly too many avocados.
