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• Butter Bacon and Fuerte have smooth, thin, green skin.
• Gwen avocados have a dark green skin that is soft and rough when ripe.
• Avocado Hass and Lamb Hass have the most distinctive colors. Hass avocados, when ripe, range in color from dark green to purple. However, the black avocado skin means it is overcooked, just as the fresh green avocado is likely unripe.
• Like Hass avocados, Pinkerton avocados are dark in color when ripe. Ripe Pinkerton avocados are usually dark green in color.
• Reed Butter remains bright green even when fully ripe. The pods are usually thick and slightly lumpy.
• Zutano avocados have a thin pod that is green and yellow when ripe.

Hold the avocado in the palm of your hand. Do not press the avocado with your fingertips. You should place the avocado completely in the palm of your hand.

• If you press on the avocado with your fingertips or thumb, the avocado may smash. Unripe avocados are difficult to break, but ripe avocados will not. Place the avocado in the palm of your hand to spread pressure on the avocado and reduce the risk of flattening.

Lightly squeeze the avocado. Use the palm of your hand and the bottom of your fingers to gently and evenly press the avocado.

• When you press on the avocado, if it is ripe, it will feel a bit soft, even if you press lightly. The pods will "give up" a little bit but still won't sink.
• If the avocado feels soft when you press the avocado, it is well done.
• If the avocado stays firm when you press it, it is not ripe.

Squeeze multiple spots on the avocado. Turn the avocado and press again using the palms and the bottom of the fingers with light pressure.

• It could be that the first point you press on is flapped, making it feel like the avocado is overripe or overripe. To confirm that this is not the case, you should shape the avocado in different positions and compare with the hardness of the fruit. Unbroken avocados are evenly tender.

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Part 3 of 4: Inspecting the bottom of the avocado stalk

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   Shake the avocado gently. Hold the avocado to your ear, gently shake it a few times, and hear if there is a scratch inside.
   • Shaking the avocado is a good way to check without cutting it out if you feel the avocado is soft and worried that it is overripe.
   • If the avocado is overcooked, the seeds will loosen from the pulp and make a crunching sound when shaken. If you hear this sound when you shake the avocado, it's likely overcooked.

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   Pull out the stem of the avocado. Holding the stem of the avocado between your thumb and index finger, quickly pull it out.
   • If you can easily pull the stalk, the avocado is ripe.
   • If the avocado is unripe, you won't be able to remove the stem from the fruit without cutting it. Do not use a knife or other tool to remove the stem. If you cannot remove the stalk from the avocado, the avocado is underripe and inedible.

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   Use lemon juice to paint over the surface of the avocado. Use a cake brush to sweep about 1 tablespoon (15 ml) of lemon juice over the cut sides of the avocado.
   • When you cut the avocado, you break the cell wall of the pulp and activate the oxidation process. The best way to slow down oxidation is to apply an acidic substance to the pulp.

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   Put the two halves together. Put the two halves together as before, the better the match.
   • Another way to slow down oxidation is to reduce the contact surface of the pulp. Putting the two halves together can help conceal the pulp as much as possible.

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   Cover the avocado with plastic wrap. Wrap the avocado in several layers of film so that it is tightly sealed.
   • The sealing film will limit the fruit's flesh's oxygen exposure, which will slow oxidation.
   • You can also use a box with a closed lid, a plastic zipper bag, or a plastic vacuum bag.

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   Keep the avocado in the refrigerator until cooked. Since the avocado has been cut, you will have to store it in the refrigerator so it won't spoil as it continues to ripen ..
   • The avocado will ripen within a few days. However, if it does start to soften and turn brown, you may have to throw it away.
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• To ripen a green avocado, place it on a table at room temperature for a few days. Refrigerating the fruit will interfere with the ripening of the fruit, so you should not store unripe avocados in the refrigerator unless cut out.
• The avocado will be ripe after picking. If you want to pick an avocado from a tree, choose a large, uniform dark color and a hard texture. After picking, you will have to leave the avocado on the table for 2-7 days before the fruit is ripe and ready to eat.
• If you are not going to eat it right away, it's best to buy unripe avocado. Ripe avocados can only be stored for a few days in the refrigerator.
• To speed up the ripening process of the avocado, place the avocado in a paper bag with an apple or banana. Apples and bananas will give off ethylene gas, a stimulant that works to ripen fruit, and avocados will ripen faster when exposed to ethylene gas.