IMO it’s natural mayo: add bit of freshly cracked pepper and salt. If you can handle the spice: paprika or chilli pepper

Hey, how fresh are they? I never liked avocados until I tried them in California, in season. It was like night and day.

But as others have said, they're not really "sweet".

Try them with some Worcester Sauce. Amazing contrast but flavorful.

I put avocado slices on toast with fried eggs on top.

It seems you’re expecting it to act as a fruit. Avocados are used as gourmet ingredients in the west. If you want a sweeter application of it, look up southeast asian desserts made from avocado. It’s usually combined with milk, sugar, and sometimes ice to make it cold and refreshing.

Avcados need salt and acid to be good. Next time try in a salad with a sharp dressing; or just cubed with lime juice, chili powder, and salt. It's amazing added to a bowl (but not the pot!) of chicken soup.

Seems like you're missing the part of the internet with, like, recipes. How did you manage to get here, without looking up Avocado on or as food?

Weird Asian hack for ya, Avo + soy sauce on rice is weirdly very good. Wife does that sometimes, sometimes with other stuff like natto.

Avocado alone needs some salt. Otherwise, you need to prepare stuff with it.

At least in the Americas, you don't buy avocado for sweetness. It's basically a replacement for fat (with fats of its own). Think turkey bacon avocado, for example: turkey is a leaner meat, avocado supplements that, and bacon adds flavor and saltiness.

If you must get something sweet out of it, I've had good luck mixing it with a sprinkle of sugar, a splash of lime juice, and a little hot sauce if you want to be frisky.

Try a touch of salt.

I think some people genuinely like the taste, but I'm with you - they just taste kind of 'meh'. Certainly not as nice as most other things.

They are extremely healthy, though - they're considered a top-tier superfood.

Latino here, surprised how somebody would not like avocado while i eat some fried flautas with fresh cheese, cream and avocado on top; My family rarely eats avocado alone; We add it to a soup to give it a fresh taste. mash it; put peppers cilantro, olive oil, onions and a pinch of salt and lime juice to make guacamole; add it to tuna salad, in fact we add it to everything with fish on it; including ceviche, fried fish tacos and tostadas. Some soups and stews can taste great with a few slices of avocado, like tortilla soup, bone marrow soup and caldo tlalpeño.

You can mix it with dried bacon or cream cheese and make a great dip for potato chips.

Smoked mussles + mashed avocados + onions, tomatoes and lime juice, to snack with with tortilla chips.

Avocado is inexpensive where i live so it's a common ingredient for most recipes, as a fresh buttery flavor to add with some lime and salt to compliment something spicy. It tends to neutralize spicy flavors, so it's also something nice to add in particularly "hot" food for someone new to those type of flavors.

In France (a non tropical country with imported avocado), we eat them tender but not yet muchy, sliced in half, the kernel out and vinaigrette in the cavity left. The vinaigre balanced out the fattyless of the flesh. In other recipe, it would be mixed with something in small cube in a salad, as a spread in a sandwich or a cold sauce (in that case muchy) and they bring the fat of the dish.

Avocado straight out the fridge might have less flavor than if it sit for a bit outside of the fridge before being eaten. I never found avocado sweet but I only eat cheap imported one pick up before maturity.

It does taste like a block of earthy butter. It's absolutely delicious on its own. Even more delicious if cut into thin slices; that somehow intensifies the flavour.

It sounds like you're just not into that flavour. It's not for everyone.

Yeah, it's rich and fatty, which makes it more suitable than a carrot for a sandwich. But the flavour in its own isn't hugely interesting to me, but with lime or chilli or something tangy the creamy texture works wonders.

Avocados aren't sweet and contain a lot of fat, so yes, they kind of taste like a butter block with kind of a vegetable undertone. That's why they are usually eaten seasoned and as a savory.

That said, if they aren't traditional in your country, they don't have that much going for them. I like guacamole, but I don't think the it justifies the price when there are so many other things to eat.

The quality can vary by the avocado. If it is slightly stringy, brown or metallic, the fruit is bad. Even a good avocado still has a mild flavor. I think that avocado is good with salt, cumin, tomato salsa, or garlic powder. In some recipes, people add cilantro or lime juice, too.

Avocados are good for sandwiches, but you can also make guacamole dip with them. The guacamole pairs with chips. I don't think people eat avocados on their own very much.

You can eat avocados with salt and lemon. Also, look up the recipe for guacamole.

Tortillas and tacos are super easy to make yourself. They are actually poor people food. They taste very good with guacamole.

Avocados are definitely more on the savory side of the food spectrum. Culinarily, they're almost always referred to as a vegetable because of this, despite being a fruit in botanical terms.

As others have said, salt is pretty much always involved in their preparation. Also, for me and most of the people I know, it's more of an addition to a meal than an actual meal or snack in itself.

I often dice them and put them in rice bowls with cilantro, lime or lemon juice, and whatever other protein I'm using (usually chicken or a fresh fish). They're also added to citrus heavy or savory Asian fusion dishes a lot, nowadays. Basically, avocado goes well with anything rich and savory or light and citrusy.

Aside from that, they are a popular condiment on sandwiches and wraps and add a hint of their flavor and a really nice texture.

People will also do them somewhat like oysters, though, just halved and with hot sauce and lime or lemon juice.

Regardless, I don't think anyone I know eats them without preparation/straight.

It’s OK to not like stuff that everyone else likes. It happens.

It's good with salt some oil and some bread. You're right. It is better with other things rather then raw. You can also make them into a great dip for corn chips

I love this thread so much!

Just to be clear, I'm not laughing at you, OP. I sure wouldn't know what to do with a pomegranate, and we only learn through asking questions and experimenting.

That being said, the idea of biting into an avocado and expecting it to taste like a banana or apple is funny as hell! Especially the comments where they aren't quite sure if these people talking about putting it on a sandwich are fucking with them or not.

Golden!

Don't think of them as fruits. It's more like a very rich, creamy vegetable.

By itself it has a mild nutty flavour. When ripe enough to mash, you make guacamole (tonatoes, onion, salt, and freah lime juice) and it becomes amazing.

But on its own, not groundbreaking.

A lot of interesting opinions on avocados here! I had no idea that most people salt them, but I certainly don't. Someone commented that they're like carrots, but I don't find them to be anything remotely like carrots. And some people said they're not good on their own, but IMO they're delicious on their own.

I slice them up and eat them with crackers instead of cheese, and with tortilla chips. I love them on top of bagels with cheese. I dice them and mix them into salads for creamy fatty goodness, and sometimes I'll just cut one in half and eat it with a spoon. If I'm eating curry then I'll slice one up and put it on the side. I eat at least one avocado every day, but they're cheap where I live in the US ($3-4 for 6 large ones).

Pro-tip: they do spoil quickly at room temperature, so once they reach peak ripeness you can put them in the fridge and they'll be good for 5-6 days.

Avocados aren't supposed to be sweet. I can't do dairy, so sometimes I'll use avocado to get that creaminess I'm looking for, but my favorite way to eat them is in guacamole with some tortilla chips.

As others have said it's savory not sweet and guac is a great choice but I put mine in a wrap.

I cook up some chickpeas in barbeque sauce, spread some avocado on a big ol tortilla, throw in some coleslaw and the chickpeas, wrap it up and go to town.

Mash it on something with salt/lemon/maybe tomato

We see a lot of BLTA’s at restaurants here in the US: a BLT with a couple slices of avocado on top. I’d give that a try as well. Also when checking for ripeness, I usually press the stem area with my thumb slightly. If it gives a little bit, it’s good to go. If it’s rock hard, skip it.

Avocado is like mushy peat - it's fucking awful.

Even the tiniest bit in a taco or whatever ruins it for me - I find it that awful.

I don't like guac.

It makes me wonder if there's a cilantro thing with avocado, because dirt tastes better (and I love cilantro).

Add mustard.

Just so you know, you’re not alone. When avocados are introduced to new markets (this happened a long time ago in the USA), people need to learn how to engage with it. People need to learn how to buy it, how to open it, how to include it in foods.

And, as you’ve heard, indeed it’s not meant to be sweet and instead it’s just like fat. And it’s very healthy fat.

I agree with what someone else said: I’d try making a simple guacamole recipe and eating the guacamole with nachos or tortillas or something like that!

Also, as someone else said, it’s totally fair if you don’t like guacamole. Some people don’t and it’s alright :)

I hope you didn't just bite into an avocado.