Ripe Bananas Work the Best...(to ripen Avocados)

We did a test this past week to see what works best to "speed up" avocado ripening.

[Please see this blog post for the exact details of how we did that.]

Bottom line: Yellow, ripe bananas worked the best. Next was the green bananas and then the apples.

All 3 of the avocados were ripe in the paper bag with the yellow bananas. The other 2 bags only had one of the 3 "sort-of ripe" after 5 days.

The one that DID ripen fastest was a Hass. The two others (a Pinkerton and a Lamb) were not ripened -- and are still in the bag. We will open them up tomorrow to see if they are ready. We hope so - we have a BIG tasting at a local community organization on Thursday night -- so -- we need those babies to be ripe!

In the mean time, we put the rest in with the yellow bananas and are keeping our fingers crossed.

Have you ever tried using the old "paper bag" trick? How about adding another fruit to ripen your avos quicker?! Let us know if you have special tricks.

Peace Out Friends!

Ripen Your Avocado Faster

Nothing is more frustrating than wanting to eat your delicious heritage avocado - and its not ripe yet! So here is a test we are doing at the Diva's office (we did this Friday, 7/29/11).

To ripen avocados faster - you put them in a nice, thick paper bag (we send you a great one with your order). To make it go even faster - you can put in a fruit that produces ethylene, like a tomatoes, bananas or apples.

So we were wondering what works BEST -- green bananas? Ripe bananas? or apples? We put 3 avocados into each of 3 bags -
(a) with ripe bananas
(b) with green bananas
(c) with apples

We'll open them up on Tuesday and see which ones are the ripest and let ya'll know.

BTW - are you ever worried if you order a box of avocados from the Diva that they will go to waste? No way - we ship them right off the tree - so they are very hard (don't get damaged in shipment that way). Then we send you detailed instructions as well as a "Diva ripening bag" - so you can stagger the avocados to ripen over a long period of time.

Order some today! They are beautiful, full of minerals, protein and DELICIOUS!