The Fastest Way to Ripen a Rock-Hard Avocado

The Fastest Way to Ripen a Rock-Hard Avocado
This post was published on the now-closed HuffPost Contributor platform. Contributors control their own work and posted freely to our site. If you need to flag this entry as abusive, send us an email.

Damn, an avocado with salt is awesome. Too bad the one you were hoping to eat is still totally under-ripe. Here, a speedy trick to help it ripen faster (aka almost overnight).

2016-01-14-1452802704-3867580-ripenavohero1.jpg

What you need: An apple, a brown paper bag and that not-quite-ready avocado

What you do:
Place the apple and the avocado together in the bag, then fold over the opening as best you can to seal it off. Let the fruits sit together overnight and--voilà! You'll have a ripe avocado, ready to be enjoyed.

Why this works: Apples give off ethylene, a naturally occurring gas required for the ripening process.

So does this work with other fruits and veggies? Yup! Bananas, corn, tomatoes...sometimes nature just needs a little help.

Related:

Popular in the Community

Close

HuffPost Shopping’s Best Finds

MORE IN LIFE