*Avocados are single-seed berries (fruit) not vegetables.
*You can ripen an avocado quickly by putting it in a bag with bananas.
*Avocados provide “healthy fat” that reduces bad cholesterol.
*Hass Avocado, the most popular variety in the world, was patented by Rudolph Gustav Hass in 1935.
*In Ethiopia, avocados are made into juice and mixed with sugar, milk, or water.
*Avocados are very healthy – they have essential vitamins and minerals, high fiber, and healthy fat.
*Avocado farmers promoted guacamole (avocado dip) as a Super Bowl Sunday staple.
*In the Philippines, avocado is often served as a dessert mixed with condensed milk, sugar, and shaved ice. Sometimes they make it into ice cream, a milk shake, or a smoothie.
*Gwyneth Paltrow promoted avocado toast.
*The scientific name for avocado is Persea Americana.
*In the 1700s, European sailors called avocados “midshipman’s butter”.
*Guinness World Records confirmed that a family in Hawaii grew the heaviest avocado that weighed 5.6 pounds.
*Pre-Columbian ancient Aztecs called avocados ahuacatl because it grew in pairs and looked like human male testicles.
*Avocados don’t ripen until they’re picked from the tree.
*A single avocado tree produces about 60 pounds of fruit a year.
*Avocados have more potassium than a banana.
*Maoz is a pear-shaped avocado with violet-purple skin from Israel.
*There are over 500 varieties of avocado.
*Avocados can become bitter-tasting if they’re cooked too long. Most are usually eaten raw.
*The avocado was introduced to Florida and Hawaii in 1833 and to California in 1856.
*Avocados are often used in sandwiches, salads, and sushi rolls or plain with a little lemon juice.
