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Re:How to ripen and store avocados by ars on Thursday November 30, 2023 @02:59PM (#38478306)
Squeeze the side of the avocado, and if it gives AT ALL it's ready to eat.

If it's soft it's way way overripened. Take a piece of cardboard between you fingers and squeeze - that's the firmness level that indicates the avocado is ready. Actually even more firm than the cardboard and the avocado is still ready.

> where you can sometimes feel the level of hardness/softness more accurately (if it is a particularly thin-skinned one), you bruise it

You are squeezing way too hard.

Re:How to ripen and store avocados by gooseball92 on Thursday November 30, 2023 @06:03PM (#38480495)
I think you’re underestimating the variability in hand strength between people.
Re:How to ripen and store avocados by lobocinza on Sunday December 03, 2023 @11:40AM (#38508333)
Self-calibrating over time.