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Pan-Fried Catfish Tacos with Mango Salsa- From The Obsessed Blogger In Me

12 May 2012
Pan-Fried Catfish Tacos with Mango Salsa

You are probably amazed that I can write a cookbook and still post 3 or more times a week. Today’s Pan-Fried Catfish Tacos with Mango Salsa prove that there are three simple facts accounting for this seemingly amazing feat:

  1. My posts aren’t as good as they used to be. So sue me. Sue me. Shoot bullets thru me.
  2. My brother Grant is coming up to the plate and providing wine notes for some of my posts. Do you know how much real estate a wine notes box takes up? So much that my posts don’t seem quite as inconsequential as they might have.
  3. I am a blog obsessed freak. I simply have to post or I become irregular. Yeah, that kind of irregular!

Of course there is also the fact that I have been attending quite a few of the wonderful blogger events that come my way. These events provide content. Because they are new experiences about the things I love about blogging. The very things that energize me. Things like my week in the Amish country of Ohio. My trips to Driscoll’s Berries and California Avocados were geeky food adventures that still occupy my dreams at night. Really. 

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California Avocados Make a Geek Out of Me!

7 May 2012
Avocados


Thanks to California Avocados I now have a story to tell, and a short video to share. The folks at California Avocados invited me on a tour recently. I did more than just consume massive quantities of avocado while I was there. I consumed lots of information, and I am here to regurgitate it all over you!

I am a geek. But you knew that.

I am particularly geeky when it comes to collecting useless information about things that interest me. Things like avocados.

This is the time of year we can all be geeks when it comes to avocados. Because, for avocado geeks, this is prime season. In California the famed ‘Hass’ avocado is at its peak. Meaning geeks everywhere can get quality avocados grown in California at a rate of 90% of the domestic US supply.

We love avocados for their rich, fatty oil content. In fact if we’re honest with ourselves, it’s why we love all foods. Our DNA makes us crave fatty foods to prepare for times of hardship. The fact that hardship today is a different sort of drama than it was tens of centuries ago accounts for our love-hate relationship with fat. But I digress. Because when it comes to an avocado. Fat is your friend. Half an avocado has 15 grams of heart-healthy unsaturated fat.

Which is geeky fact number one!

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Avocados: Hass vs Fuerte

23 Mar 2011
Hass & Fuerte Avocados

I am a geek. But you knew that.

I am particularly geeky when it comes to collecting useless information about things that interest me. Things like avocados.

Now we can all be geeks when it comes to avocados. And for avocado geeks this is prime season, because the famed ‘Hass’ avocado is getting ready to peak. Meaning geeks everywhere can get quality avocados grown in California at a rate of 90% of the domestic US supply.

We all love the ‘Hass’. I would never dis it! It has a nutty flavor and is rich and buttery. If you live outside California, or Florida the ‘Hass’ may be the only variety of avocado you know. That’s because it is thick skinned, peels easily and has high oil content, which delivers its superior flavor.

In our hemisphere ‘Hass’ blooms between February and May. But it has the advantage of being able to be harvested year round, because in general avocados can hang on the tree a long time. Like pears, avocados ripen only after they are picked, allowing the fruit to be shipped while still firm, minimizing bruising and other sorts of damage. The thick skin of ‘Hass’ avocados only adds to their appeal to commercial growers, because they travel best of all the types of avocado. It’s this combination of great taste and thick skin that makes ‘Hass’ the reining royalty of commercial avocado varieties. But it’s not the only variety of avocado out there.

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Market Matters: Choosing Seasonal Avocados

23 Jan 2011
Avocados from Sippity Sup

Avocados are best when they’re local and seasonal. Of course not everyone lives in a place where it’s possible to get local avocados at the peak of their season. For you poor bastards, there’s Chile, and Mexico and Brazil. They can supply you with all the carbon-horrific avocados you can eat.

Now I’m not judging, just let me say. Because if I lived someplace where avocados didn’t literally grow on trees, I’d send my carbon footprint packing and buy all the artificially ripened fruit I could get my hands on. ‘Cuz avocados are that good!

But fortunately for my status as an official member of the “Friends of Al Gore” variety hour, I can get locally grown avocados pretty much all year long.

Which means I can get rich buttery Haas many, many months of the year. Haas are terrific, especially if you have never tasted anything but Haas. But Haas are not the be all and end all when it comes to avocados. Especially in Southern California.

Still, many Californians shove the other avocado varieties aside and spend their money on the carbon horrific Haas avocados that Costco carries all year long. Which makes them dumb people. Dumb people indeed ;-)

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