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Can Avocados 🥑 Be Frozen???

Mom just came back from the grocery with a HUGE bag of Avocados that appear to be on their last leg.  She said she wouldn't have normally bought them, but the lady working in produce told her she freezes them all the time...and they were only $2.  

I laughed because I've never heard of this.  Has anyone here ever successfully frozen and ate later?

Thanks.😊🌸

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Re: Can Avocados 🥑 Be Frozen???

I have seen them for sale frozen at costco, not sure how they fare. They would probably be fine to use in guacamole after freezing, not sure about just eating on their own.

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Re: Can Avocados 🥑 Be Frozen???

I'd try freezing them in the shell.

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@spumoni99 

 

Well, I feel a little better lol.  I haven't seen them for sale frozen.  These poor things don't look long for the world, so unless I fix a giant bowl of guacamole tonight, there's no way they'll last even a couple more days.

 

She's bound and set these be frozen!  I think it's because I laughed.  Oh boy!🌸

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@Sooner wrote:

I'd try freezing them in the shell.


That's what she's done.  Already tossed in the freezer still in the big net bag lol.   Ya know, they might arrive at the grocery frozen? I'd never considered this before until @spumoni99   mentioned it.

I know she was excited to find such a big bag for only $2

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Re: Can Avocados 🥑 Be Frozen???

According to Martha Stewart, you should freeze slices w/o their peels.

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@cheriere 

 

I do buy frozen avocados at Wal-Mart for my smoothies Woman Happy that is the only time I use them so I don't know what they taste like by themselves.

 

 

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@SilleeMee wrote:

According to Martha Stewart, you should freeze slices w/o their peels.


Thanks for this information.😃🌸 I WILL try this sometime.


Although, truth be told, she's set on freezing them still unpeeled and in the bag.  I don't know if she'll believe me telling her this over the produce lady lol.

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@LadybugDG wrote:

@cheriere 

 

I do buy frozen avocados at Wal-Mart for my smoothies Woman Happy that is the only time I use them so I don't know what they taste like by themselves.

 

 


Thanks 😃🌸

I know this wasn't my original question, but what kind of smoothie do you make with avocados?  I've never had one like that. 

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Re: Can Avocados 🥑 Be Frozen???

Once upon a time--a hundred years agoWoman Very Happy----my local Safeway store had avos on sale for 50 cents each-----I bought $20 worth and then peeled them, cut them up  to put into my freezer--mostly for smoothies. Never did thaw them for anything else tho.