Food storage hacks are going viral on social media and one item everyone is trying to make last longer is avocados. The salad item is notorious for ripening at random times; one day it’ll be hard and the next day it’s past its best. Here are five ways tried and tested ways to store an avocado.
@Alphafood on TikTok has 690k followers and she put five well-known avocado storage hacks to the test.
The social media creator used half a ripe avocado for each test, sometimes the stone was removed, sometimes not.
1. Avocado in water
Using an airtight glass container, a couple of inches of fresh water had been added.
Half the avocado was then placed flesh side down, skin up in the water.
The lid was added and the container was placed in the fridge.
As for the results, the avocado stayed perfectly green, but @Alphafood noted that “scientific evidence is against” this storage hack “because of bacteria formation”.
Further information reveals this storage hack “may create the perfect environment for harmful bacteria to grow and could possibly lead to health implications”.
It is said that bacteria may reside on the surface of avocado and could potentially multiply when doused in water and then placed in the fridge.
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5. Guacamole frozen cubes
Using half or a whole avocado, @Alphafood took it out of the skin and into a bowl where she added a squeeze of lemon juice and a sprinkle of salt before mashing it with a fork.
Using an ice cube tray, she then spooned the mixture into each slot.
“I like this one because it doesn’t change the colour,” she explained. “But it was slightly watery” when it had defrosted.