How to choose ripe avocados?

Answer 1

Choose unbruised, unscarred fruit with no wrinkles, and don't squeeze the fruit or you'll bruise it. Look at the stem end: if the avocado is ripe, the stem will pull right out. The best strategy is to buy avocados when they're still a bit green and firm and ripen them at home.

Leave firm avocados out on the counter for a few days to ripen. Early in the season avocados will take six to nine days to ripen.

Answer 2

The skin of ripe avocados are more of a darker color. Give it a very, very slight squeeze and if it is soft, then it should be ripe.

Answer 3

for immediate use, select one that yields to gentle pressure. the small knob at the stem end should come off easy. a ripe Haas avocado will have dark, matte purple skin. others may be light green.

Answer 4

When you press on the skin, you should feel some of the flesh give. It's best to buy avocados on the peak of ripening, let them sit for a couple of days in your kitchen, and then use them for whatever. They taste great by themselves too! Or if you are a sushi fan....california rolls all the way!

Answer 5

Choose avocados that feel full and heavy without blemishes or bruises. Fruit that yields to gentle pressure, it is ready to eat.

Answer 6

I look for the RIPE sticker at the grocery store...