Blown away by avocado delights

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: August 24, 2003| Author: MAY KLISCH | Copyright information

GATHERINGS

Blown away by avocado delights

By MAY KLISCH

Sunday, August 24, 2003

This is the final installment in a series of "no-cook" menus.

The avocado has given me "fruit for thought" over the years.

A native of Central and South America, it is sometimes known as the "alligator pear." Should the alligator be insulted to be likened to this fruit, or should the pear object to a link to the jaw- snapping beast?

Most of us who have tasted it are ...

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