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["Lynda" <lurine AT com-pair.net>]

Buy then HARD and set them on a shelf somewhere and they will gradually 
ripen.  NEVER refridgerate and avocado!  The California-type avocado (lumpy 
skin) keeps much longer and has a better flavor than the Florida-type 
(smooth skin).

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "EarthNSky" <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 10:37 AM
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Canned Meats


> Clansgian AT wmconnect.com wrote:
>
> > > > Ancho?
> > > > Pasilla?
> > > > Something else?
> > Not ancho or pasilla, althought those would make a good sauce, they don't
> > make the classic chili sauce one finds on tamales.  If you grow them, any 
> > of
> > those giant chili peppers like the old Big Jim and such.  In most grocery 
> > stores
> > they are called "Guajilla" peppers.  If there's a tienda around, just ask 
> > for
> > the chilis that are 'para tamales'.
>
> Bueno.
>
>
> > > > So you don't use the pepper at all?  It just flavors the water?
> >
> > Right, the dried pepper itself is not used, just the water you boil it 
> > in.
> > 'Flavor' the water is misleading, though.  The inside of the pepper
> > disintegrates and all you remove from the water is basically the outside 
> > hull of the
> > pepper, which isn't much edible anyway.
> >
> > > > I have become addicted to avocados.  I know they are loaded with fat,
> > > but I'm telling myself it is a good fat<g>
> >
> >
> > Don't underestimate that!  It is whole, unadulterated vegetable fat.   I 
> > very
> > seriously doubt any active person ever got fat from eating avocados.
>
> The only bad thing is that we can't grow them, so they must be
> purchased.  Is there a way to preserve them?  Can you mash the flesh,
> add lime juice and maybe freeze it?  How long will a avocado keep?  I
> wouldn't have a clue-since they are my chocolate-it never lasts more
> than two days in the fridge..:)
>
> B
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