Ripen Avocados in 24 Hours!
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- Опубліковано 23 вер 2024
- NO JOKE! In just 24 hours, you can get a green hard avocado ready to enjoy!
DirtFarmerJay compares 3 methods for ripening avocados - choose for yourself what approach you want to use!
This is the second episode on ripening avocados that we’ve offered, and we’ve received plenty of questions, comments, and viewpoints on how to get an avocado ready to use in the shortest possible time.
To provide an honest test, we bought 4 avocados of all similar sizes, colors, and hardness. They were all very green and ultra-firm - not ready to use at all!
We washed and labeled all of the fruits, and set one aside to provide a baseline. This avocado was simply placed on the counter in our kitchen, where the room temperature was about 68°F/20°C. The other three each had different methods used to attempt the hastening of ripening and all at the same room temp.
One was simply wrapped in plastic food wrap. Why? We’ve been asked many times if this is a viable approach, so we put it to the test. The result? It did NOTHING to help to soften the fruit, in fact, it appeared to impede it! The fruit that was simply left on the counter ripened faster than it did.
Another avocado was placed in a small brown paper bag, along with an apple, and the bag was rolled shut tightly. This method worked well, with the fruit beginning to noticeably soften at the 12-hour mark. When 24 hours had elapsed, the avocado was ready to go!
The last avocado was submerged fully in a tub of white flour. This method worked equally well as the paper bag and apple treatment. Like the paper bag approach, noticeable softening occurred at 12 hours, with full readiness being reached at 24 hours.
As an aside, we’ve been asked many times if this harms the flour. Nope. Assuming you’ve washed the fruit (as well as your hands!), there is no sanitary issue. And, the ethylene gas the avocado produces is a natural gaseous plant hormone that is plentiful in our environment and does not harm the flour - or you.
So, depending on your preference and what supplies you have on hand, either the submerged flour or paper bag/apple approach works very well. So, the next time you want to enjoy a dish with avocado and you can only find unripened fruit, you can be eating a great dish the next day.
Oh, what about the one wrapped in plastic wrap? It was ready to use in about 72 hours. And the one that we did nothing at all? At 48 hours on the counter, it was ready to enjoy.
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I used to work in produce, and I always make sure the stem is still in place when I buy avocados. It's like a cork in the avocado skin. If it's missing, the flesh of the avocado has already been exposed to outside air. Thanks for the video Jay
Great tip!
Thanks for watching and commenting William Welch. Good info! Best, DFJ
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Good tip. I live on an avocado orchard and we always leave a bit of stem on. Should you get one that hasn't ripened and the stem fell off, a dab of glue in the stem hole works well. If you ripen them in a day as described in this video, then the missing stem isn't such a big deal.
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I use a paper bag by itself and it works every single time. My grandfather had 400 acres of avocado groves in South Florida before hurricane Andrew hit and was working for the agriculture department . He always said to ripen them in paper bags. Overnight or for 2 days. It works. It amazes me how complicated everyone makes everything.
Thanks for weighing in. Good insights! Best, DFJ
Do you use Self rising flour?? Thanks
Recently my local supermarket has been providing me with some weird avocados in my food orders that just never seem to ripen at all. So many have gone in the bin, they were like green rocks! So I had two out of five this time that weren't ripening and just happen to have a bowl of apples, so did the apple and brown bag thing... yayhay... it worked!!😁 🙌 I'd heard you could ripen avocados with bananas, but didn't realise apples worked too. Thanks for the tip!!👏
I live on an avocado orchard. When I pick avocados from the tree, they can take two to three weeks to ripen if just left in a basket.
Wonderful. Just cut an avocado too soon. Have put it back together and put in a bag in the refrigerator. Will see if I can save it.
Can we appreciate how good avocados are? Like there's seriously nothing better
Thank you so much I thought I tried but your insights Farmer Jay is fantastic - no more refrigeration’s which produced grey insides. I needed this video and I wasn’t even looking. So, thanks UA-cam for sharing the Eggplant video of Jay Farmer
Thanks for watching and commenting Daisy Lee. Helping people is what our channel is all about. Glad you watched and found the video helpful. Best to you, DFJ
Thank you for sharing your video. Tips are valuable & helpful.
You are so welcome!
Great test. Fun n useful. I ❤️❤️❤️ avocados! Thanks Jay
Thanks for watching and commenting Cyn Forest. We are still working on our mango test. They are not ripening fast at all! Best, Dirt Farmer Maggie
Simply a brilliant tutorial, coupled with your delightful personality. Can I use beach sand, or is it the ethlene gas that flour has in it? Thanks for your presentation and all the best to you and family from New Rochelle N.Y.
stewart bruce, thanks for the kind words. The gas comes from the ripening fruit, not the medium the fruit is placed in. I haven't tried beach sand, but it probably would have the same effect. Give it a try and let me know how it goes, ok? Best, DFJ
@DirtFarmerJay I have no quantified results, but viewing the video and the other ideas (Rice, sea sand etc.) I realised a principle. The gas being expelled by the avo in a contained, yet not constricting environment (Brown bag, flour rice, sea sand) where the Avo can surround itself with enough molecules of the gas, triggers the ripening process. I am going to bet that adding a banana or apple would at best add to the total gas production by using the oxygen contained in the container quicker. It needs oxygen to metabolize, hence why wrapping it in cling film (I am from South Africa - Saran Wrap?) will slow down the process. Bananas are strange fellows, you can wrap the picking end of a hand and wrap it in cling film to avoid them ripening. I wonder if there is a controlled scientific study around where gasses are expelled and what their function is.?
I am going to add another observation - as long as the avo is at ambient temperature (In your case 18ºC, 65ºF) another possible reason is keeping the same temperature. Brown bags, flour, rice, and, flour will retain a constant temperature because of their insulation properties. Cling Wrap adjusts to temperature and also restricts gas flow. Leaving the avo outside does not create a contained enough space to "fuel" the chemical process. You will not expect a refrigerated avo directly into flour or brown bag to ripen in the same time frame, I imagine.
I have a question, and my husband is not available at this moment to answer this question. He is from Haiti and he grew avocados in his yard. Often times, when we buy avocados, and we let them ripen, they don't really ripen. He says those were picked too soon. If you pick them too soon, there's a point at which if you picked in that soon they will not ever ripen. I would like to know how to tell that. I would like to know how to steer clear of avocados that are not going to ripen ever.
I had my son run in and get me an avocado and it was far from ripe. Lol damn these crutches!!!
Thanks
Great video! It got mixed up when it was described wrong #2 avocado was the apple and bag and #4 was the flour. In the demo of slicing it the numbers got switched but it is obvious the man's a pro @ removing those pits and really helpful info
Thanks Julia Montoya. Glad we could help. Keep watching and commenting! Best, DFJ
Will do
Have a sudden urge to pick up some avocados on my next trip to the market! 👍🏻
We certainly have enjoyed to avocados we ripened during the making of this video! Happy eating my friend. Best, DFJ
Thank you I really enjoyed this information God bless 😊
Thanks for the video. I really needed this💯💯
Why did you wash them? I've been eating avocados for MANY years and have NEVER washed one.
Great videos!! Bonus tip: I loved your method for removing the pit!! I've made a ton of guacamole, and always try to pop it out with a spoon!! Keep up the great work!
Thanks for watching and commenting Scott LaMantia. Glad you liked the pit removal method. The knife is already in your hand, might as well use it, right? Best to you, DFJ
I've seen a couple comments where people cut their hands. I use this method, but use caution. Jus sayin'
@@rodneybooth4069 I take a blood thinner so if I cut my hand it is quite messy. I place a small folded towel under the avocado half and remove the pit as shown in the video.
Thank you very much for this video ☺️
You made me salivate for an instant avocado!
Thanks.
Thanks for watching and commenting John Olaoluwa. I must admit we devoured all the avodados once they were ripened. Dirt Farmer Maggie makes a mean Guac dip! Best, DFJ
Thanks for your awesome info , I will try those two the one in flour and the other one with apple.
You are so welcome!
Thanks for the flour tip. It worked great for me. Mine were less ripe than your other video, but worked like a charm and they came out perfect. I just used a smallish tupperware with a screw-on lid. Thank you and keep up the great work.
Great to hear! Best, DFJ
Good presentation. Thank you. I wrap the avocado in paper then place in a paper bag. 1 day to ripen
I remember my mother ripen mangoes and avocados by putting them in a large bin of rice 😳✅
Love it!
Good to know about adding the apple my Mom just put paper bag in dark pantry closet door closed approx 24hrs
That is really great info. I've always done the paper bag, but will have to try with an apple in there. Curious if a banana would have the same effect. Now I'm going to wrap them in plastic wrap if I don't want them to ripen too quickly! Thanks!
Hi Fran, Yes, bananas emit a lot of ethylene gas too. Our mango experiment is slow going. 2 are still hard as rocks.The one in the flour and the one in the bag with an apple are slowly ripening. Thanks! DF Maggie (Auntie Maggie to you!)
@@DirtFarmerJay Oh, now mangos ripening faster would be awesome. I will have to ask my father-in-law if he knows a trick to ripe them faster. He buys them right from a mango farm in Florida. They were so delicious.
Please test avocado just picked from tree.
Unfortunately we don't live in a climate where avocados can be grown (it snows here A LOT) so I can't pick one from a tree. I can only get what the grocery stores have. But thanks for the suggestion. Best, DFJ
yeah that would be interesting
Thanks for the ifo
You are welcome!
Love those avocados! I don't keep ground flour around (as I mill it at home and use it right away for highest nutrition), but the apple and avo in the paper bag trick will now keep me from being scared to buy the avocados when the only choice is hard...!
Sounds great!
@@DirtFarmerJay Yes, except for the one hard avocado I had left and put in a bag with an apple last night did NOT get soft. I am convinced that avocados that NEVER get soft do exist (because I have come across quite a few over the years as a great lover of avocados). I don't know why some never soften. Maybe they were pulled from the tree when they were way too young. Overall, I try not to buy avocados unless they are at least beginning to soften and once they do I hurry them into the fridge. But now in times with only hard ones available to me (like last week), I'll at least have a chance to ripen the ones that WILL ripen! I just don't like to skip the avocados in many seasons of my life, and this is one of them, haha!
If you were going to use the paper bag and several avocados, would you need several apples also and would maybe two apples per avocado work better?
You are thinking along the same lines as we are. We are working on a mango experiment right now. It's slow going!!! I think we will try either multiple apples or larger ones. Best, Dirt Farmer Maggie
Thanks I will try
Banana works better than an apple for the paper bag trick
Thanks, BiggMo!
Yeah I feel like it would... nothing ripens like a banana
Does it make a difference if the avocado still has that little Branch nub on it. You know the piece that you can pick off of the avocado end
Never buy them without unless you're going to use them quickly! That allows oxidation to start as soon as its removed
Of the two, I think the flour would be the best... you're not wasting a banana or apple..and..you can use the flour over and over again!
Flour didn't work we are trying again but it was a failure.
I'm putting the banana in the bag with four avocados right now...
How did it turn out? Best, DFJ
Great video
Thank you
You're welcome, Lady Creole!
@@DirtFarmerJay I used the paper bag method, but I didnt have an apple or a banana. It worked for 5 out of the 8 avocados in the bag. So I left the 3 inside the bag that didin't get ripe the first night. I know they all would've been ready at the same time had, I had some fruit in the house.
Well how long did the other 2 take? A week? Or more?
My recollection is that it took about a week to get the other "on the counter" avocadoes ready to use. Best, DFJ
What a great upload ! Keep it going 🙌 🙌 🙌
Thanks for the visit!
Are there other fruits or vegetables that you can put into the flour as well or is it only used for avocados?
Be a tight wallet guy, I get avocados on sale most of the time & they are soft, or too soft.
But I have shopped for the when they where all hard, I just left them in the fruit bowl until they where soft.
First time I ate one at work, I got some looks & some of the other men said that they thought only women eat avocados.
Hometown people don't know in Central America, people eat avocados & mango the way we eat apples & peaches.
Thanks for watching and sharing your experience. Best to you, DFJ.
Great video thanks for putting it out. Have you ever tried the paper bag but with no apple, just the avocado itself ? As far as I know the avocado emits ethylene on its own so was wondering if that would be enough
Not yet!
Would Love to live where they can be gotten ripe off the tree. One of the fruits i miss living on Guam.
Wow, its hard to imagine for us who live in the Mountain West of the US. We have a hard time getting any fruit to develop mainly due to unpredictable Springtime drops in nighttime temperature. Thanks for watching and commenting. Best, DFJ
Great job, although I would like to see a subsequent experiment with the following subjects:
1- avocado alone in a paper bag
2- 2 (or more) avocados in a paper bag (w/o anything else) - this is presently what I have on my own shelf in the works ..
3- the microwave method for "ripening" them ..
Great suggestions. Also, try putting an apple in the bag with the avocado, closed up tight. Both will emit ethylene gas that fosters ripening.
It was funny that i saw you in the mcdonalds parking lot in tooele utah was that you in the truck
Thanks for watching and commenting xx xx. Yes we were at McDonalds in Tooele near the freeway entrance two nights ago. Next time, honk and wave! Best, DFJ
Thx for this so much
You're welcome!
For a really great flavor, ditch the white salt and switch to red salt...well, we call it red salt. Morton's season all salt. It's really fine ground. Johnny Salt is too coarse and chunky. We have tried several different brands and Mortan's is our favorite. Thanks for the video. I've learned now to wrap the avocados if I don't want them to ripen right away. I usually buy 4 or 5 at a time and I will wrap 2 of them now.
Thanks for watching and commenting James Gulrich. Glad we could be of help. Best, Dirt Farmer Maggie
awesome thank you
You're welcome!
Hello, My question is in the flour does it have to be in a large plastic bucket or can it just be in something air tight maybe a jar or smaller container ?
Small containers work well too. Best, DFJ
i had some avocados which never riped since the beginning, after about 2 weeks they got bad and stayed hard all the time. low temperature during shipping is probaly the reason. Did you also experience this? Im gonna try this method and see if these kind of avocados can be safed.
Best of luck on your experiment. Let us know your results. Best, DFJ
@@DirtFarmerJay It worked well, the one avocado i kept outside always stayed hard. The other ones got soft really fast ;)
I wonder if the bag has to be paper?
does leaving the avocado in flour affect the flour in any way - make it unusable?
Thanks for watching and commenting Laura Daniels. No, the gas expelled by the avocado is completely harmless. If you want it to ripen even faster, put it inside a paper bag along with a ripe apple. Then you have two fruits emitting the gas needed for ripening. Best to you, DFJ
Thanks farmer Jay Jay
You're welcome!
can i use a plastic bag instead of a paper bag?
How many times can you use the same apple to ripen additional avocados?
Joseph, several times, until the apple begins to become soft. After that, you are at risk of having the apple rot. I hope that helps! Best, DFJ
@@DirtFarmerJay thank you!
Anyone know if this does / doesn't work on wheat flour b/c I have alot of that.
Does the ethanol released ruin or change the flour?
Thanks for asking Whitney. No, the gas is a natural bi-product of the ripening process in most fruits and will not hurt the flour or people. Best, DFJ
@@DirtFarmerJay Can any flour be used?
@@yasodas Yes, indeed. Hope that helps! Best, DFJ
Question. I bought some avocados from Amazon Fresh. But when I received them they were hard as a rock. I put all 4 avocados in a large brown grocery bag with 3 bananas and after 24 hours all it did was brown up my bananas and the avocados were left hard as a rock.
I really want to make something but I'm waiting on these darn avocados. I'm afraid my lemons or eggs are going to expire before these new avocados are soft enough to cut let alone est. I was going to try the flour trick, but we are low on flour and I didn't have enough to even cover 1 avocado.
What do you think I'm doing wrong? Do you think the issue is that I hand more avocados than bananas in the bag?
must have been fresh off the tree
Left 3 avos in flour in sealed container. 3 days later rock hard?
Here's another trick to try rina kolver. Put the avodaco into a brown paper bag along with an apple. Close the bag up tight. The gas emitted from the apple AND the avocado should ripen the avocado in a dayt or two. Best, DFJ
I have tried the flour method but it have never worked out for me. I would rather just wrap it up with cotton fabric and wait for it to ripen. And l like to have it with Stevia Sweethener or add in a curry . Still works out great
Thanks for sharing! Best, DFJ
are you sure those zaboca wasn't half ripe before bagging them?
Nope, all unequally hard/unripe. We are conscientious about giving honest results and avoiding dishonest portrayals of techniques, results, products, and the like. Thanks for asking. Best, DFJ
@@DirtFarmerJay well I will definitely have to try those 2 methods because I wait about 5 days for mine to ripe, although the size of my avocados are 5 times the size of yours, I don't know if that's why... I do have several trees planted and normally wait till they are ready on the trees
Dananniel, let me know how it turns out. Regards, DFJ
@@DirtFarmerJay I certainly will 🙏
Can you put more than 1 avocado in the same bag with the apple? Or do they have to be individually?
yes, you can put several avocados in the bag with the apple.
Can I use any flour, I have plenty of self-rise, and a little all purpose, can I use a combination so I have enough to cover the avocados?
Yes, absolutely. Let us know how it turns out! Best, DFJ
@@DirtFarmerJay I had the same question and even asked above, but now got the answer. thank you
Bought a 10 pound bag of all purpose flour and put in a 5 gallon bucket for 2 nights and still hard didn’t change at all
What about putting it in the Ovan or bake it for 10mins? Thanks
I don't think you'll get the desired results because the heat won't reach the interior of the avocado, and you'll end up with the outer portions soft, but likely slimy. You can give it a shot and report back, but I don't think you'll get what you want. Best, DFJ
What if uve cut it open n then can u salvage it by putting in ceran wrap and then in a paperbag alone?
It's unlikely as once oxygen hits the cut surface of the avocado, oxidizing begins immediately and the flesh browns. Of course, you could try a bit of citric acid or "Fruit Fresh®" to counter that. Do some experimenting and let me know what you find out!
@@DirtFarmerJay I left it first night only in ceran wrap inside a paper bag. Then next day realized banana might help better as suggested so slightly opened up the ceran n kept with 2 small bananas inside d bag for 1 more night.
It did soften ie ripen on the outer part but inside was still not proper. Didn't want to wait more so made a mayonnaise from it from 1 of d UA-cam recipes n it actually was v v tasty 😝 - cut pieces avacado plus 2 cloves garlic, salt pepper n some mixed herb powder plus little lemon juice n finally 2 tbsp olive oil. Mix in grinder n that's it.😉
Well do sir. Liked and subbed.
Thanks for the like and subscription Robert James. Best to you, DFJ
Question? Can you do this with bananas also, put them in flour??
Yes, you could. Bananas do tend to ripen very quickly on their own, though. Best, DFJ
Can you wrap it in a flour tortilla
Never tried it. Give a shot and let us know how it turns out! Best, DFJ
I don't want to waste my flour
I tried your advice but my Avocados are still as hard as a rock!.!!! How come they are not ripening. It has been 4 days. You said 24 hours.
Sorry A.Pang. There are lots of variables. I don't know if you watched the ripening comparison video where we used three different methods. The one that worked more dependably was to put your avocado into a paper bag (like a lunch bag) and add an apple to the bag as well and close the bag up tight. The gas emitted by BOTH the avocado AND the apple seems to do the trick. Best, Dirt Farmer Maggie
could be temperature. type of avocado or mabe they are super fresh
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Did you wash the apple prior to putting it in with the avocado?
Thanks for watching and commenting Lora Massegee. I'm pretty sure I did but can't remember for sure. I know we washed the avocados so I assume we did. Sorry, 67 year old brain! Best, Dirt Farmer Maggie
@@DirtFarmerJay
Don’t worry about your age, I I wash everything usually, but I watch the video for my mom who is wanting to make burgers with avocado, sautéed mushrooms, sour cream, tomato, lettuce, and an extremely seasoned meat patty with Colby Jack cheese.
Thank you so much. It worked great she used the method using the flower. She didn’t have a paper sack to do the Apple. hahaha
@@DirtFarmerJay Haha.. you have replied every comment Jay and with a bit of humor too. It gives a nice feeling seeing people like you. Thanks for the video
The most re-occurring kitchen injury entering an Emergency Room (other than burns) is a person who tried to cut a HARD avocado with a sharp knife resulting in a severe laceration to the hand or wrist. If an avocado RESISTS being cut leave it alone to ripen.
Well said.
oh really
does the flour method have to be covered?
The more coverage the fruit has, the faster the method seems to work. I hope that helps! Best, DFJ
@@DirtFarmerJay sorry I meant covered with the lid. But I did the flour method and it worked great!!! TY!
Never squeeze an avocado like that to check you bruise it. Squeeze on either end and leave that stem in until ready to use.
That's a great insight! Thanks for sharing! Best, DFJ
Soniceusa
Did exactly what you said, didn't work. Has to buy flour, disappointed. 😕😕
Darline, we're sorry this didn't work for you. We've had ongoing success with this method, so don't know what happened in your case. Thanks for watching and commenting! Best, DFJ
Only WAY I DO IT IS? press down on them and roll around. If any one else got ideal let us know cheers
he heee maybe put them into a micro wave for 30 sec I cut the round the middle the short round. Give it a squeeze pop out the seed. then squeeze to togather skin to skin to get all the meat out. Some time just going around squeeze them, the meat will pop out
Still says nothing if the fruit is hard&green. If the dry matter of the first avocado is 19 it will ripe lot slower then when the other avocado has a dry mass of 27😉
Thanks for jumping in.
I wish you were on Rumble. I’m spending less time on UA-cam, so I don’t see much of your content these days.
Almost an Old Fart - (what a screen name!) - I'm actually looking into Rumble, so it's a possibility that you'll see us there as well. Thanks for the nudge! Best, DFJ
Eating avocado with salt sprinkled on it...what are you some kind of Morlock...hope that was at least sea salt..
to the one guy who disliked it, this doesn't work for eggs... like cmon mann...
Thanks for watching and commenting Frank H. I must have missed the egg comment!!! Looking forward to hearing from you again. Best, DFJ
To ripen fruit, put it in a brown paper bag. Simple
Thanks for weighing in!
Bru i seen you in the micideas patking loot in tooele
I have 5 minutes
Sorry the flour thing doesn't work at all. Hard as a rock.
Sorry to hear it. We use this approach ongoing.
Sadly this didn’t work for me. Tried two methods. Its me! I’ve got a real problem with avocados 😢
Mcdonalds
If you go to the market & can't rip avocados. The produce manger doesn't know what he's doing every produce back room has a dry room for ripping he's not ordering properly he's going truck to self. WRONG
Thanks for weighing in. Best, DFJ
I'm going to do everyone a favor and say that this method does not work, I did this experiment, bought six unripened avocados, placed them inside of flour, on days 1 through 5, there was very little ripening, it's now day 7 and 5 avocados are trash and only 1 is edible, do yourselves a favor and store them individually in paper bags and let them ripen naturally
Thanks for sharing, we've used this over the years with ongoing success. Sorry to hear that it didn't work in your setting. Best, DFJ
@@DirtFarmerJay If the theory is that flour seals the surface, then cling film should also work. Isnt it more likely that the flour is releasing a gas which is causing the ripening? In that case it may depend on the type/brand of flour you are using? Also the more flour there is in the tub then the more gas there is.
Tried more than 24h but two medium-small Avocados in a glas container full of Flour at 26° C. No change at al. Hard! Big deception.
Sorry it didn't work for you! There are so many variables - how ripe or unripe the avocados were to start with, if they were completely submerged into the flour and on and on. At any rate, we appreciate you watching, trying the process and commenting back. Best, DFJ
Can you please get to the point
Roxie, thanks for the visit. It sounds like another channel might be more to your liking. We appreciate you stopping by! Best, DFJ
Thanks
Thank you
You're welcome!