How to Tell if an Avocado is Ripe and Ready To Use

Avocados don't have to be a mystery fruit. Even you can tell if an avocado is ripe and ready to eat.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. Take a walk to where ever you purchase your produce. Once there find the section where they are selling avocados.

2. Take a look at the avocados. This is the first and easiest test that will help you decide if an avocado is ripe. They should be a dark brown possibly with a hind of purple. If they are green then they are likely not ripe.

3. The second and final test is the squeeze test. Pick up a couple of avocados and gentle squeeze them. You do not want a firm avocado. A firm avocado will not be easy to manage. Rather you want an avocado that is relatively soft. On a ripe avocado the skin on the avocado should be firm but the inside should feel very soft. Sometime you may want to buy one of each. This is a great way to help understand why you do not want an unripe avocado.