Avocado is a fruit, but it's an honorary vegetable just like tomatoes.
The fruit in supermarkets here is almost always underripe, especially if it's out of season and has to be shipped from abroad. Fruit that's picked underripe never tastes as good as fruit that's ripened on the plant. For example, supermarket peaches tend to be little hard things that go kind of rubbery instead of ripening. A properly ripe peach should drip exquisitely sweet juice all down your top when you bite into it. So buy stuff that's in season, and find a good supplier.
There are some fruit farms here that let people pick their own fruit. Do you have those where you live? I remember spending afternoons as a kid picking strawberries in the sun, then going home and eating them with cream. It was the tastiest thing ever.
You could try things at different stages of ripeness. Overripe bananas are a bit slimy, but underripe ones are almost crisp.
Mangoes are very sweet, and I love them, but I'm not sure you'd like the texture. They're kind of squishy and stringy inside. Maybe you could try making a mango smoothie or something to avoid any texture problems.
Try pineapple? They are very sugary when ripe, but also a bit tart. They are a lot of work to peel, though.
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Date: 2008-03-01 03:58 pm (UTC)The fruit in supermarkets here is almost always underripe, especially if it's out of season and has to be shipped from abroad. Fruit that's picked underripe never tastes as good as fruit that's ripened on the plant. For example, supermarket peaches tend to be little hard things that go kind of rubbery instead of ripening. A properly ripe peach should drip exquisitely sweet juice all down your top when you bite into it. So buy stuff that's in season, and find a good supplier.
There are some fruit farms here that let people pick their own fruit. Do you have those where you live? I remember spending afternoons as a kid picking strawberries in the sun, then going home and eating them with cream. It was the tastiest thing ever.
You could try things at different stages of ripeness. Overripe bananas are a bit slimy, but underripe ones are almost crisp.
Mangoes are very sweet, and I love them, but I'm not sure you'd like the texture. They're kind of squishy and stringy inside. Maybe you could try making a mango smoothie or something to avoid any texture problems.
Try pineapple? They are very sugary when ripe, but also a bit tart. They are a lot of work to peel, though.
You may also find this reference chart helpful: http://www.xkcd.com/388/