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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Stormy weather

Last night we had a major storm, it felt like we were in a hurricane for a few minutes. This often happens at the start of rainy season. It made us realize that we need to get our roof patched in a few places! Also my favorite pear tree snapped in half :(... we have 4 others but this one has the best tasting "pear" ever. Thankfully the bough fell away from the chicken coop and only knocked down a little bit of their fence. So the boys and I spend the afternoon chopping up the wood (for firewood) and collecting all the avocados. I think the tree will continue to grow, yay! Looks like we will be eating pear nonstop for the next couple of weeks. The children's home will get a bunch plus neighbours. I'm still trying to figure out if it's possible to can guacamole... any suggestions?


3 comments:

Andrea Pavkov said...

Heres what I could find...Follow the instructions below to get the best possible result when freezing pureed Avocados.

Wash - Wash the outside of the avocados thoroughly by holding them under running water

Cut - Cut and peel the avocados.

Puree - Place the peeled avocados in a food processor or blender. Add a ratio of one tablespoon of an acidic agent like lemon or lime juice for each avocado you are freezing. Puree until smooth. This will ensure that the lemon or lime juice is evenly distributed to help to prevent the avocados from turning brown. Mashing the avocado rather than pureeing yields a less desirable result because the acidic agent is unevenly mixed in.

Package - Place the pureed avocado into an air-tight container. Leave ½ to 1 inch of headspace your container tightly and label accordingly. Freeze.
Frozen avocado puree must be used within four to five months of freezing.

in the container to allow for expansion. Close Freezing guacamole is not recommended.

Megan said...

Oh I'm so jealous you have these lovelies growing in your backyard!!! I LOVE Avocados so so so much :) yum

Sarah said...

Uggg so jealouse! Our squirrls eat all the ones hear! Mmmmmmm fresh guacamole!