CLW Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 They are quite big size. Variety is Buccaneer. They have a very thick skin. The one I thought it's ripe (black skin) was rotten inside. Another one was okay but still unripe and the taste was not so good... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLW Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Avocado mango chicken salad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickJ Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Wrap the unripe ones in newspaper or put them into a paper sack. They ripen in a day or three. Dont keep them in the fridge. Plant a seed and if your real lucky in ten or plus years you might have a tree that bears fruit. or maybe just one that doesnt..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLW Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 This week, ripe Hass Avocado available at Royal Project Store. 5 pieces, 90 Baht. Taste is amazingly good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tutsiwarrior Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 when I lived in provincial Vietnam there were avocados available most of the time (also in Hanoi and HCMC but I only lived in those places for short periods)...they were misshapen and not picture perfect but they were the real thing...and they were cheap and no more expensive than other fruit... I attribute this to the colonial influence just like the availability of nice local bread, pastries, edible beef and drinkable beer (the wine from Dalat is drinkable as well and cheap...) someone mentioned that avocados from Burma are available in northern areas...why is it that there is no cheap imported VN produce available? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tutsiwarrior Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 an'...ye wanna know what is one ob de nicest things about ex-imperialist Paris? goin' shoppin' in de produce section ob de local supermarket (but ye gots to have rented a holiday flat with a kitchen...not stay inna hotel)...I was there in July and the avocadoes were to die for...and de peaches were indescribably delicious (someone said that 'eating a peach' is a gallic metaphor for sex) all locally produced... the gov't there subsidises agriculture in de interest of preserving culinary standards...remember that when you see images of angry french farmers protesting that their efforts cannot give them a living wage when the subsidies are cut...they defend the soul of 'la France'... (as La Marseillaise crescendoes in de background...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted November 8, 2015 Author Share Posted November 8, 2015 IN SEASON IN THAILAND NOW! Recently there are lots of cheap Thai cados in the market. Some Haas. Some not Haas. I prefer the Haas of course. But poor handling and refrigeration of unripe cados is STILL an issue! Also mold. Keep in mind even if they're displayed at the market at room temp they may have been refrigerated before. You don't know. Thai grocers still don't seem to know "Jack Sheit" about cados! They're cheap now so not complaining, but still finding about HALF of them end up in the trash. Mold or going from hard to rotten, never ripe. Sometimes they go from hard to somewhat edible MUSH, I will eat those if it doesn't SMELL BAD, but that is not even near the way they should be. Sign of refrigeration before storage. Now you might see some unripe ones sold refrigerated and then I think HOW LONG they have been chilled will change the odds. I'll still buy those when there isn't another choice, but know I will end up tossing some, or all. Please, if you know people who Thai food industry people will LISTEN to (not foreigners of course) get the message out that refrigerated cados when they are HARD is the exact WRONG way to handle them. Ideally you will eat them when perfect ripe and never chilled. I find you can "save" cados that have ripened in the frig for a number of days, but they need to be RIPE first, not overripe, and they won't be ideal, but it's worth doing if you can't eat right at the time of ripening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMGImInPattaya Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Central Beach Gourmet Market (Pattaya) has them now for B 79 each (regular sized Aussie imports) or 4 packs (small ones) for B 99. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazzasore Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Just an update for buying Plants The Nurseries across the road from Central Plaza near Piman Metro Condo has Plants grafted from Uganda and also local Thai plants Here is the Business card below Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted December 18, 2015 Author Share Posted December 18, 2015 It's been some good months now of good availability of low cost Thailand cados, some Haas-y, some not-sy. But that seems to be trailing off now. The last two packs I've bought, almost all were edible. Sometimes I buy a pack and none of them are. Always a crap shoot. You don't know how they were stored before you buy them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazzasore Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Does anyone out there in Thaivisa land Know what this fruit isIt comes in many different shapes The flesh is kind of like Pumpkin's and it has a seed kind of like an AvocadoSomeone must know ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMGImInPattaya Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 They look like persimmons to me but the variety I'm familiar with don't have that pronounced peak to them, Maybe some local variety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLW Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 I'm quite sure it's ม่อนไข่ or Mon Kai. The scientific name is Pouteria campechiana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMGImInPattaya Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 I'm quite sure it's ม่อนไข่ or Mon Kai. The scientific name is Pouteria campechiana. Just showed the pics to a Thai and they said it wasn't a mon Kai...but they didn't know what it was so the mystery continues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazzasore Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 OK thanks it also came in other shapes too almost like a Pawpaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLW Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 OK thanks it also came in other shapes too almost like a PawpawCould you post a picture with the cut fruit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazzasore Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Will do latter we are out for the day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazzasore Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 It has 5 large seeds they look a bit like Chestnuts And it smells a bit like a Pumpkin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiSePuede419 Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Looks like the best way to eat avocados in Thailand is to fly to California, buy a few Hass avocados (superior in taste and flavor to the giant green ones), bring the seeds back, plant them in wet soil or suspend in water using toothpicks and a couple months later, got seedlings. It doesn't take a genius to grow a tree in a warm climate with almost unlimited rainfall, yet... 555 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazzasore Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 I found out a day or two ago that Avocado's are deadly Toxic to Animals like Cows etc So be careful where you grow them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMGImInPattaya Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Looks like the best way to eat avocados in Thailand is to fly to California, buy a few Hass avocados (superior in taste and flavor to the giant green ones), bring the seeds back, plant them in wet soil or suspend in water using toothpicks and a couple months later, got seedlings. It doesn't take a genius to grow a tree in a warm climate with almost unlimited rainfall, yet... 555 You do know that most of Thailand is in a severe drought don't you? And many areas of Thailand are not lush green tropical forests but harsh dry scrub land plateau like Issa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiSePuede419 Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Looks like the best way to eat avocados in Thailand is to fly to California, buy a few Hass avocados (superior in taste and flavor to the giant green ones), bring the seeds back, plant them in wet soil or suspend in water using toothpicks and a couple months later, got seedlings. It doesn't take a genius to grow a tree in a warm climate with almost unlimited rainfall, yet... 555 You do know that most of Thailand is in a severe drought don't you? And many areas of Thailand are not lush green tropical forests but harsh dry scrub land plateau like Issa. California has experienced a more severe drought in 2015 than Thailand, 555 The solution to drought is something called "irrigation". Either cached rainwater or underground, you know--something called a "well"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazzasore Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 It has 5 large seeds they look a bit like Chestnuts And it smells a bit like a Pumpkin This could be them maybe http://ongzi-secretgarden.blogspot.com/2010_11_01_archive.html Diospyros digyna – Black Sapote Family : Ebenaceae Origin : Central America Uses : eaten fresh ; unripe fruit as fish poison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLW Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Looks like the best way to eat avocados in Thailand is to fly to California, buy a few Hass avocados (superior in taste and flavor to the giant green ones), bring the seeds back, plant them in wet soil or suspend in water using toothpicks and a couple months later, got seedlings. It doesn't take a genius to grow a tree in a warm climate with almost unlimited rainfall, yet... 555 You do know that most of Thailand is in a severe drought don't you? And many areas of Thailand are not lush green tropical forests but harsh dry scrub land plateau like Issa.California has experienced a more severe drought in 2015 than Thailand, 555The solution to drought is something called "irrigation". Either cached rainwater or underground, you know--something called a "well"? Yes but this is Thailand, not California.Have you seen a sophisticated irrigation network here? You just need to read the daily news to see the trouble with drought here. Dams are empty. Moreover, most area of Isaan have salty groundwater so a well might not work to water your plants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLW Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 It has 5 large seeds they look a bit like Chestnuts And it smells a bit like a Pumpkin This could be them maybe http://ongzi-secretgarden.blogspot.com/2010_11_01_archive.html Diospyros digyna – Black Sapote Family : Ebenaceae Origin : Central America Uses : eaten fresh ; unripe fruit as fish poison. Here maybe a helpful thread for you:http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?/topic/861458-mamey-sapote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazzasore Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Great Team work yes Top Job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazzasore Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Got it "Egg Fruit" or " Yellow Sapote " or " Canistel " And the Taste is wonderful A bit like a Roast Pumpkin that is very sweet With 5 seeds we will have 5 Trees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiSePuede419 Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Looks like the best way to eat avocados in Thailand is to fly to California, buy a few Hass avocados (superior in taste and flavor to the giant green ones), bring the seeds back, plant them in wet soil or suspend in water using toothpicks and a couple months later, got seedlings. It doesn't take a genius to grow a tree in a warm climate with almost unlimited rainfall, yet... 555 You do know that most of Thailand is in a severe drought don't you? And many areas of Thailand are not lush green tropical forests but harsh dry scrub land plateau like Issa.California has experienced a more severe drought in 2015 than Thailand, 555The solution to drought is something called "irrigation". Either cached rainwater or underground, you know--something called a "well"? Yes but this is Thailand, not California.Have you seen a sophisticated irrigation network here? You just need to read the daily news to see the trouble with drought here. Dams are empty. Moreover, most area of Isaan have salty groundwater so a well might not work to water your plants. Avocados are originally from Puebla, Mexico. An extremely dry, sunny place with a four month rainy season. Every year I lived in California, there was a 4-6 month dry season (SoCal and NoCal). Once established, seems like Issan or a dry, South facing hill anywhere in Thailand would be ideal. I'm not a farmer, but I know where they grow in Cali is hot and dry (and is irrigated). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazzasore Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 That is good news for me We have some land in Isaan I was hoping to grow them on the Rice paddy Humps I have 20 odd seedlings ready to plant next rainy season Then I was planning to irrigate from a pond during the dry season But I have also found they are Toxic to cows if they eat to much of the Plant leaves or fruits and will kill them So I'm not sure what the go is now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiSePuede419 Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 That is good news for me We have some land in Isaan I was hoping to grow them on the Rice paddy Humps I have 20 odd seedlings ready to plant next rainy season Then I was planning to irrigate from a pond during the dry season But I have also found they are Toxic to cows if they eat to much of the Plant leaves or fruits and will kill them So I'm not sure what the go is now Advos are toxic to all animals, except humans. That's a good thing. You can breed out the individuals too stupid to eat too much of them. Most smart animals might eat them once and get sick. And never eat them again. 555 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.