How long is it ok to keep an avocado in the fridge and how will I know if it is spoiled?

Answer 1

I assume this is an avocado you've already cut open and used part of? (Whole, intact avocados needn't be refrigerated. They're ripe when what you can feel through the skin is sort of like firm butter: It dents in a little when you press with your thumb, or even is soft like butter, but isn't squishy-rotten). If you have part of an avocado left, put the seed back in, cover it with plastic wrap, put it in the fridge, and I would use it within about 3 days max. Cut away any brown parts.

Answer 2

Living in San Diego,Avacado's are plentiful.We even have a short stretch of the 15 fwy named the avacado freeway lol.Anyways I know a few things about avacado's lol.

You can tell an avacado is going bad when.. the skin is wrinkled and "mushy to the touch"and or it feels liquidy.The best way to know though would be to open the avacado up before use and check for brownspots otherwise the inside of the avacado should be light green with the consistancy of room tempature butter.The avacado may also have a light powdery film on the surface wich indicates mold is setting in.
You can tell when the avacado is ripe.. by the darkening of the outer skin.Most underripe avacados are green but with ripening, the skin turns blackish and the avacado is "soft to the touch".
Avacados are never to be refigerated unless opened.When opened grap the unused portion of the avacado and refigerate it.It will stay good in the fridge for at least 3 days.Just remember that fruits and vegetables like..... avacado's and bananas "oxidate"(turn brown)
after their opened. A good way to prevent this would be to lightly brush a lemon or lemon juice over the top of the avacado.It will preserve the avacado.
Another way to "speed ripen " an avacado would be to place it in a brown paper bag with an apple.Leave it for a day or 2 and voila!!! you have a ripened avacado.
Happy Eating!!

Answer 3

Avocado - Native to the tropics and subtropics, this rich fruit is known for its lush, buttery texture and mild, faintly nutlike flavor. Ripe avocados yield to a gentle palm pressure, but firm, unripe avocados are what are usually found in the market. Select those that are unblemished and heavy for their size. To speed the ripening process, place several avocados in a paper bag and set aside at room temperature for 2-4 days. Ripe avocados can be stored in the refrigerator several days. An Avocado that has gone bade will give easily to pressure, sometimes even break apart. Once avocado flesh is cut and exposed to the air it tends to discolor rapidly. To minimize this effect it is always advisable to add cubed or sliced avocado to a dish at the last moment. When a dish containing mashed avocado, such as guacamole, is being prepared, the addition of lemon or lime juice helps to prevent discoloration. Though avocados are high in unsaturated fat, the California Avocado Advisory Board states that half of an 8-ounce avocado contains only 138 calories. In addition, avocados contain a fair amount of vitamin C, thiamine and riboflavin.

Answer 4

What turns peeled and sliced avocado brown is the presence of air, which allows its enzymes to begin their work of breaking down the exposed flesh. So, after peeling and slicing, one way to prevent this from happening is to wrap the slices tightly in plastic wrap, or, even better, vacuum seal them. Since most of us don't have vacuum packing gizmos, we use the time-tested remedy of sprinkling them with an acid like lemon juice or vinegar. This will slow down but not stop the process.

Another remedy is to leave the pit attached to the flesh or in the case of guacamole in the mixture until it's served. This really works with halved avocados but not with sliced ones.

Answer 5

you shouldnt put avocado's in the fridge, only after their opened. You have to wait for the avocado to feel soft-ish and then you can open you name and i think after its open then you could leave it for a couple days befroe it ruins. You can tell if its spoiled because it probley would have changed colors a bit.

Answer 6

It will get soft and squishy, brown and disgusting when it spoils
Refrigerating them doesn't help them to keep. If you've cut it already, it's rotten NOW.

Answer 7

put a squeeze of lemon on them, if you have take out the seed.
If not, just leave the seed in, then it will take longer to go bad.

Answer 8

it gets brownish and the skin gets black no more than 2 days to be safe

Answer 9

you disgust me...dont put those in the fridge ever

Answer 10

oops I remember I have some in the fridge, thanks for reminding me